Never flying in kilt again!

[O'Callaghan]

What do the security people do to women who are wearing tartan skirts?

I think they are supposed to 'wand' them on the outside of their clothes, whatever pattern is on their skirt, tartan or not, LOL!

I think someone posted in another thread that the male security screeners don't cover that in their training, i.e. what to do when the subject is in skirts, so to speak, which is apparently a problem. I assume they should do the same as their female counterparts do, but apparently nobody ever tells them this. Perhaps they are even told that they must bring the wand right up the inside leg to the crotch, on the assumption that all males will be wearing trousers and not a kilt?

I think it's a fair bet that inserting the metal detecting wand inside someone's clothing in the genital area IS sexual assault, and therefore IS a crime. I assume they get away with it solely because they have the power to keep you off the plane.

Perhaps in court they could get off on lack of intent, which is a required element of any crime, on the grounds that they are only doing it out of stupidity, and not because they really have any intent to assault you. They most certainly cannot get off because they were following orders, even if that is the real reason, because that is the Nuremburg defence, as unsuccessfully employed by the Nazis, LOL! However, if you argue at the time, they won't let you on the plane. Oh, the seemingly limitless power of petty bureaucrats.

Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.

[Michael Flemming]

On a seriously fun note - I ran across a bachelorette party on Saturday night and they went wild because of the kilt. They all wanted photos with me and they were just about squealing about how hot they thought it was to be with a guy in a kilt. Talk about feeling like a Rock Star! The gals are going to email me some photos and hopefully I'll get them to share with everyone here. They were really polite too - they wanted to know "the" question but weren't going there...

At least you were adequately compensated for the inconvenience.

And BTW I can't believe that there are three pages of replies and I seem to be the only person who noticed the best part of the story.

[Rex_Tremende]

Just affirms my belief - we all need to fly naked.

Not at all. Bruno, EcoGir, and Spencer Tunick have the answer to this problem.



Regards,
Rex.

[McClef]

But a kilted version might give too much information away!

[The Barry]

HAHA, I love the Bruno outfit, perfect for the TSA screeners!

[Stratherrick]

I must admit, the only time I've taken my kilt for an overseas trip, my brother-in-law's wedding in the Czech Republic last year, I put it in my suitcase. The bind was that my wife had put my sporran, with pewter flask, in the hand luggage. Suffice it to say, they made me pour 150mls of Grouse into a bucket!

Well, at least airport security smelt nice!

Slainte

Bruce

[wildrover]

DUDE...twitching, but laughing.... For some reason, I now have this strange urge to watch David Lynch's Dune, as in, "here's your kitten, here's your clear raincoat, the Baron will be in to see you shortly."

Moving right along ...

Question for you guys who wear kilts through security...do you figure it's the kiltedness that garners the unwanted attention, or simply the extra metal on a UK or similar which isn't removable and therefore requires a manual search? Anybody had a problem once they've removed shoes, sporran, sgian "dont", kilt pin, etc., simply because of the garment itself as opposed to the metal buckles on the sides? For example, if you had Velcro closures and didn't set off the detector, but were pulled aside on account of your clothing as opposed to incidentally on account of your bag, ferrous medical devices, or similar?

-Sean

[Coinneach]

I've flown once kilted. I knew that once I landed we were going to a favorite local pub. I pointed out the belt buckles on my SWK to the TSA agent before going through the detector. He asked, "can they be removed?" I smiled and said, "neither of us really wants that, do we?"

So yes, I walked through the detector, set it off, and then went over to the side and got the wand treatment. I expected it, so it was really a nonevent.

[Geoff Withnell]

I flew from Washington DC to Miineapolis kilted. I wore a USAK casual through security. I had put on my belt without putting through the loops. I just took the belt, sporran hangers, sporran, cell phone in belt pouch and all through the xray. No troubles.

Geoff Withnell

[McClef]

Question for you guys who wear kilts through security...do you figure it's the kiltedness that garners the unwanted attention, or simply the extra metal on a UK or similar which isn't removable and therefore requires a manual search? Anybody had a problem once they've removed shoes, sporran, sgian "dont", kilt pin, etc., simply because of the garment itself as opposed to the metal buckles on the sides? For example, if you had Velcro closures and didn't set off the detector, but were pulled aside on account of your clothing as opposed to incidentally on account of your bag, ferrous medical devices, or similar?

-Sean

I have not seen the kilt given more special attention for its own sake. It's weird but sometimes the buckles set the alarm off and sometimes they don't.

Belt and sporran go through the X ray, pins and sgian in the hold luggage anyway to avoid any controversies.