Apparently, the U.S. federal government, in the form of the so-called Traffic Security Administraton (TSA) is even insisting that pilots go through this. This is absurd beyond belief. If a pilot really wanted to crashland a plane, would he really need any explosives or weapons. All he needs to do is use his control of the plane to crash land it. But that's hardly the only problem with the full body scanners.
First of all, they are intrusive and humiliating as they allow government employess to view everyone nude, something which can and will be (and already have) abused.
Secondly, the radiation involved in these scans create a health risk. While the health effects are probably very low for people who travel only occassionally, it is nevertheless a negative.
And thirdly, it won't stop people who are really determined to blow up planes. I of course have absolutely no such desire (in fact, I'm of course strongly opposed to it), especially if I'm on that plane, but if I wanted to do it it would be quite easy to do so. In case you don't realize yourself how the scanning could be circumvented, let's just say it involves places where the sun don't shine. As Rafi Sela, a security expert of the arguably safest airport in the world, the Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, puts it:
rest at http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Stefan-Karlsson-s-Blog/2010/1116/TSA-screenings-Government-stupidity-at-work"I don't know why everybody is running to buy these expensive and useless machines. I can overcome the body scanners with enough explosives to bring down a Boeing 747"
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