A Department of Transportation rule implemented in April 2010 prohibits airlines from keeping passengers sitting on a tarmac for more than three hours — a rule it says an American Airlines affiliate has since violated so frequently that it’s now been slapped with a $900,000 fine, the first such fine handed down since the edict took effect.
Seriously what do you expect will happen if you refuse a full body scan at the airport? You could be lucky like John Tyner, who faces fines up to $11,000 for refusing a full body scan and a pat down.