Maybe he should have flown CHO? Late last week, 21-year-old Charlottesville resident Aaron Tobey was charged with disorderly conduct after he removed his shirt and pants at the Richmond International Airport to protest the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) new passenger screening procedures. According to multiple reports, Tobey scrawled this message across his upper body: "Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated." The story made the rounds from the Richmond Times-Dispatch to United Press International.
In November, Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (CHO) Executive Director Barbara Hutchinson told C-VILLE that the local airport had not been told that it needed full-body scanners.
"I am not sure how we would accommodate a body scanner from a construction standpoint," said Hutchinson. She added her hope that TSA would include local airports in a national dialogue about safety procedures.
Read C-VILLE’s previous coverage here, and background on the two types of scanners and associated discussion of health concerns here.