on head coverings

In that wonderful sourceof news, AM New York, I learned that the TSA has a new policy on headgear.

Acc to the TSA:

Head Coverings
On August 4th 2007, TSA implemented revisions to its screening procedures for head coverings. TSA does not conduct ethnic or religious profiling, and employs multiple checks and balances to ensure profiling does not happen.

All members of the traveling public are permitted to wear head coverings (whether religious or not) through the security checkpoints. The new standard procedures subject all persons wearing head coverings to the possibility of additional security screening, which may include a pat-down search of the head covering. Individuals may be referred for additional screening if the security officer cannot reasonably determine that the head area is free of a detectable threat item. If the issue cannot be resolved through a pat-down search, the individual will be offered the opportunity to remove the head covering in a private screening area.

TSA's security procedures, including the procedures for screening head coverings, are designed to ensure the security of the traveling public. These procedures are part of TSA's multi-layered approach to security screening.

On my way to Chicago last spring, as I was waiting to collect my shoes at the end of the screening process, the TSA employee asked (in a voice worthy of a meddling grandmother) "so, what religion is this?"
I though about getting offended, then I glanced over at the two women in headscarfs (one also in a wheelchair) waiting for special screening, thought about the time, and said "oh, Judaism."

I'm told sheitels are good for flying (or at least for passing security) for this reason. But I'm not quite there yet...