Travelers touchy about new security

Complaints about the use of controversial security measures at U.S. airports are expected to make the busiest travel season even more intense than normal.

 KEVIN HAYMES, AIR TRAVELER,  SAYING:

"The new enhanced screening procedures are noticeably more intrusive. At one point the agent had his hands actually in the top of my pants, my jeans, and I was a bit taken aback by that."

GWEN HORTER, AIR TRAVELER,  SAYING:

"It's just too personal, too invasive, (I) don't want strangers touching the boys' bodies, I don't think it's necessary."

But for now, this is the new normal- and travelers are likely to adjust.

Genevieve Shaw Brown is a senior editor at Travelocity:

GENEVIEVE SHAW BROWN, SENIOR EDITOR, TRAVELOCITY, SAYING:

"Travelers are extremely resilient and we do things now that seem second nature but that we couldn't even have imagined just a few years ago like taking off our shoes and pouring our liquids into tiny little bottles and people prove time and time again that the desire to travel, whether it's to see their families or for business or for vacation seems to trump the inconvenience that comes along with air travel."

At the Los Angeles Airport some travelers were already taking the new security measures in stride:

ANDREW CAMPBELL, AIR TRAVELER  SAYING:

"It really doesn't worry me at all. If it stops any trouble on the airlines I am quite happy."

But Americans are divided. A new poll by the Washington Post and ABC News found half of those surveyed said

pat-downs went too far. But nearly two-thirds said they support the new full-body security-screening machines.

KEVIN BLATT, AIR TRAVELER SAYING:

"Everyone is talking about how offensive a pat-down is. I think they forgot a year ago when a traveler had a bomb in their underwear."

For the 24 million Americans expected to travel over the Thanksgiving holiday, the boosted security may prove to be a small price to pay for getting home safely.

Bobbi Rebell, Reuters