Comments on: Next Idea: Self-Service X-Ray Machines http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/05/30/next-idea-self-service-x-ray-machines/ A Blog of Musings and Mockery Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: just pixels http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/05/30/next-idea-self-service-x-ray-machines/#comment-70 just pixels Fri, 30 May 2008 16:08:05 +0000 http://blog.benjaminfenster.com/2008/05/30/next-idea-self-service-x-ray-machines/#comment-70 Perhaps a nude line -- ticket only, no clothes, no carry-on -- would work. Nude travelers can check their bags for free (a $15 value) from the money saved on screening material. On the plus side, that line will move quickly, ticket sales will be higher (tickets to watch the screening lane, that is), and there are literally a million jokes to be told. On the down side, the airlines would have to remove and burn a certain number of seats after each flight which would offset some of the savings. Perhaps a nude line — ticket only, no clothes, no carry-on — would work. Nude travelers can check their bags for free (a $15 value) from the money saved on screening material.

On the plus side, that line will move quickly, ticket sales will be higher (tickets to watch the screening lane, that is), and there are literally a million jokes to be told. On the down side, the airlines would have to remove and burn a certain number of seats after each flight which would offset some of the savings.

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