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SALT LAKE CITY -- The TSA is receiving more complaints over its new pat-down technique in screening airline passengers.
One traveler, Thomas Mollman of Texas, says he felt abused during a pat-down at the airport in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
"Between the underwear, right on the skin, all the way around the back, all the way around the front," he said.
He's filing a complaint, saying the TSA employee screened him three times without an explanation.
Local TSA spokesman Dwayne Baird told KSL's Doug Wright Show Thursday the agency hopes to get the same level of security from pat-downs as it does using body imaging.
The TSA implemented the new pat-down procedures at airport checkpoints nationwide Oct. 29. Travelers undergo that if they refuse to go through an advanced-imaging technology scanner.
Screeners now use the fronts of their hands, instead of the backs, and use a sliding motion along a person's body. In some cases, security workers are now allowed to touch body parts that were previously off-limits.
