No one is forcing anyone to be searched against their will.
If you would like to use THEIR mode of transportation for YOUR convenience, you'll have to follow THEIR rules in place to keep you safe.
If you don't like THEIR rules to get on THEIR plane, the solution is simple; find some other mode of transportation.
First of all, it isn't "THEIR" plane unless in the time I wasn't paying attention the TSA bought up all of the airlines.
Second, not everyone is flying for convenience. I travel a lot for business. Trust me, it would be much more convenient for me to stay home rather than flying to Europe or Asia. I doubt my company would allow me the extra time to take a ship either. The suggestion "Don't like it? Don't fly" is about a useful as "Don't want to die? Don't be born".
Maybe I can simple it up for you a little....
The planes are privately owned by the airlines.
You have no "right" to be on one, but you do have the right to purchase a ticket if you CHOOSE to get a ride on their machine.
To buy the ticket, you pay their price and (read the fine print) follow their rules.
Should you not agree to follow their rules and regulations, you're not getting on their plane and enjoying that convenient mode of transportation.
If you don't like flying because of their rules, but your job requires it, you have two options:
Get a new job that doesn't require flying
or
Follow their rules
Heres a couple more examples:
The convenience store has a sign that says "no shirt, no shoes, no service.
So you walk in barefoot with no shirt on.
Do you have a RIGHT to buy a candy bar?
The owner has no obligation to sell you anything and can have you removed from the store.
Don't like it? Go to another store that lets you buy from them.
You have to go to court tomorrow to fight a speeding ticket.
There is a metal detector you don't want to walk through...
You don't want a pat down for weapons...
Don't like it? You have no RIGHT to go inside...
Your friend installs a new carpet in his home.
You go over, he opens the door and tells you to take your shoes off before you come inside.
You don't want to take your shoes off. He asks you to leave and closes the door.
Do you have a RIGHT to enter his home or even stay on his property?
Hope this helps... first of all.