美国飞行员须接受X光透视全身惹争议

　　A Tennessee pilot is waiting to find out if he has lost his job because he refused to go through a full body scanner at a Memphis airport. ExpressJet Airlines first officer Michael Roberts turned up for work on Monday but says he's tired of being manhandled by security agents and went home after deciding he didn't want to be patted down.
　　来自美国田纳西州的飞行员Roberts 这下可惆怅了，因为拒绝登机前进行“全身透视X光扫描”，他有可能遭遇解聘的危险。他本人觉得，“全身透视X光扫描”因对人体隐私部位的轮廓扫描太过“生动、形象”，所以他觉得本人被电子仪器“粗暴地侵犯了”，所以回家待着也不错。

　　Roberts was chosen to go through the X-ray scanning machine at Memphis International airport before getting into the pilot seat to fly a commercial aircraft.

　　据悉，飞行员Roberts本来被选中在孟菲斯国际机场担任商业飞行的任务的，但是由于飞行员必须通过“全身透视X光扫描”测试才能进行飞行，所以这下，飞行员也当不成了。

　　Speaking to The Commercial Appeal newspaper Roberts said: 'I just kind of had to ask myself, 'Where do I stand?' I'm just not comfortable being physically manhandled by a federal agent every time I go to work'.

　　他说：“每当我站在扫描仪前的时候，我就在想，天哪，我究竟在干什么?”我不可能每一次进行我的工作前都被联邦探员这么“粗鲁地窥视”吧？

　　Roberts says he has safety concerns and doesn't actually believe TSA's 'make-work' programs makes flying safer for travelers. Full-body scanners were meant to be installed in several New York City area airports by September but this has not yet been completed according to new reports.

　　飞行员Roberts对美国运输安全管理局应用的这套“全身透视X光扫描”仪器是否真正能确保飞行安全深表怀疑。据悉，这套系统即将被在纽约的各大机场登机口使用。

　　Spokesperson Ann Davis say passengers are no less safe using the scanners. She says they are designed to be faster and less physically intrusive than pat-downs and metal detectors. But passengers visiting airports with the full body scanners have the option to be patted down and passed through a metal detector if they prefer. So far the TSA has installed 259 scanners at 59 airports worldwide

　　美国运输安全管理局的发言人Ann Davis 则对这套系统充满信心，她觉得这套系统大大加快了安检的效率，另一方面也照顾到了乘客的感受。她觉得乘客只要“穿过”这台仪器就可以了，期间并不用受到任何“让你感到不舒服的物理方面的骚扰”比如：扫描棒在你身上划过等安检方式。另外，乘客在安检的时候，也可以对安检方式做出选择。

Vocabulary:

　　intrusive adj. 侵入的；打扰的