“We’re getting people who don’t normally fly,” a source said. “Slightly strange people who don’t get out much”

“They tend to hover around the scanner smiling. We have no problem getting them to use the scanner but security sometimes have to remove them from it,” he added.

Full body scanners can reveal concealed weapons but they also show you naked and are human operated. Management at airports are noticing an increase in sick leave since the scanners were introduced.

“I thought this would be a dream job. I didn’t think it through. The horror, the horror,” a scanner operative on long-term sick leave said.