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Traveling with prosthesis
Hello everyone - I recently went to Perth airport to see some friends off. I went through the Virgin security and was unceremoniously patted down in public ! I don’t EVER want to go through that agai...
Hi @"Grandma of 7"
I'm sorry to read of your experience travelling through airport security. As Fufan and Flaneuse have said it is in your right to be patted down in a private room by a female officer. We have some further information here https://myjourney.org.au/article/2198 under the subheading 'Airline travel with a breast prothesis'.
Hope this information helps and do let us know if you have any further negative experiences as our policy team continues to work towards improving this issue.
I'm sorry to read of your experience travelling through airport security. As Fufan and Flaneuse have said it is in your right to be patted down in a private room by a female officer. We have some further information here https://myjourney.org.au/article/2198 under the subheading 'Airline travel with a breast prothesis'.
Hope this information helps and do let us know if you have any further negative experiences as our policy team continues to work towards improving this issue.