Pilot walks off job after refusing to go through full body X-ray scanner at airport

 The pilot didn't want to go through a scanner similar to the one pictured as he said he was tired of being manhandled
A Tennessee pilot is waiting to find out if he has lost his job because he refused to go through a full body scanner at a Memphis airport.
ExpressJet Airlines first officer Michael Roberts turned up for work on Monday but says he's tired of being manhandled by security agents and went home after deciding he didn't want to be patted down.
Roberts was chosen to go through the X-ray scanning machine at Memphis International airport before getting into the pilot seat to fly a commercial aircraft.


Scanner fury: ExpressJet Airlines first officer Michael Roberts refused to go through the X-ray scanner at a Memphis airport on Monday and walked off the job

The Houston-based pilot walked off his job after declining to go through the security screening but has said he wants to go back to work.
The 35-year-old says he has an issue with the security procedure because he doesn't want to be 'harassed or molested without cause'.
Speaking to The Commercial Appeal newspaper Roberts said: 'I just kind of had to ask myself, 'Where do I stand?' I'm just not comfortable being physically manhandled by a federal agent every time I go to work'.
Citing privacy concerns, the Transportation Security Administration refused to speak directly about Roberts.
But their spokesman Jon Allen confirmed that a person was turned away after refusing to follow federal security procedures