Reason #396 I hate flying
Coming home from PA this AM. Flying out of BWI. Get there and they have 2 out of three TSA “Pre” lines closed. The only open line is so long it extends beyond the rope maze out into the lobby. The regular lines are just as long so we go ahead and get in the TSA line. Soon I notice that the line is barely moving. Turns out they have ONE guy checking ID and boarding pass for the only TSA Precheck line in the entire GD airport! For those of you not familiar, BWI is not as big as DFW, ATL or ORD but it certainly is not some smal regional airport. Thirty five minutes later we finally clear TSA and start walking briskly to the concourse our flight is leaving from. Of course it is at the last gate at the far end. Half way down the concourse, I hear Southwest paging us telling us the door is about to close. Run down the rest of the way and get there to tel them my wife is right behind me. We were last ones on the plane and they closed the door 15 minutes before scheduled.
One TSA guy for checking ID for the whole airport. There were plenty of others standing around with their thumbs up their asses as usual. Typical government operation Rant off. :banghead: |
Only 35 minutes? You got lucky.
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Never had one near that long before. Been at Midway where the line was longer than this but moved a lot quicker.
I sometimes wonder if it’s a contest between TSA and the airlines to see which can make the flying experience as bad as possible |
I'm always to the airport early, so 35 minutes would be nothing. Annoying, yes, but not an issue.
What pisses me off is a flight that leaves 11 hours after the scheduled departure time due to mechanical issues. I guess the more you fly, the more BS delays you see. It gets old for sure. Yay, 5 more weeks of flying starting this Sunday. |
TSA didn't hire America's best and brightest..
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All the TSA is a placebo for the American traveling public. |
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Flying used to be a fun experience, it was exciting, going places. Now you have to decide if wherever you want to go is worth the humiliation and inconvenience. There's a project in Texas to get a high speed train from Houston to Dallas. It seemed reasonable, right up until the part where they came out and said TSA style security would be at the train stations. Uh, OK, so what's the point? Flying is faster, unless you get to save the hassle and humiliation of getting sexually assaulted by the TSA. |
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I was in the security line at Salt Lake City in around 2005 or so, took me two hours. That's the worst wait I've had so far. Luckily didn't miss my flight but just barely.
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