Will Pat-Downs Cut Into Airline Travel?

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As if airlines needed more problems as they struggle back toward profitability, the current furor over pat-downs and full-body scans at the airport is threatening to weaken their business.

In a Zogby International poll conducted in recent days, 48 percent of respondents said the more intrusive security measures will prompt them “to choose a different mode of transportation whenever possible.”

And, worse news for airlines, this opinion isn’t confined to people who don’t do much flying in any case.

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