I'm going to be flying from Hartsfield on Thursday with my son. Does anyone know what the deal is with the backscatter scanners? Is everyone required to go through those machines now? I traveled two weeks ago and I did not see any of those machines when I went through security. I really don't want my son to have to go through one. To be honest, I'm not even sure how the scanner would work since I'm going to have to hold him. He's only 5 months old.
Do you know if everyone has to go through those scanners now? Any thoughts / advice is appreciated.
Re: Airport scanner / baby question
ATL only has millimeter wave scanners (per the AJC). These are not the machines producing radiation concerns.
We went through them when we traveled to Hawaii back in October, but not when we traveled to Philly over Thanksgiving.
My observation was that the families getting shuttled through the family assistance lanes were going through the regular magnetometers.
ATL does have the scanners, but only a few of them. When I flew a little over a month ago the only lane that had the scanner for the main security was all the way on the far right. All other lanes had the regular metal detectors. If you go through security near the T-gates there is one there, too, and more of a chance you'll have to go through it.
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