Long TSA security lines at Chicago Midway airport (video)

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I recently got PreCheck, and I used it for the first time in Atlanta a few weeks ago on a Friday evening.

I was in and out of the PreCheck line in literally 5 minutes.

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midramble said:
Anyone try Clear at the airport?
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I use Clear and TSA Pre.

Clear gives you an escort to the front of the TSA (or TSA Pre) line to the ire of everyone else :)

TSA Pre gets you out of the more invasive security screening.

I get from curb to gate in 5-7min depending on how far the gate is at SFO or SJC.

Makes life way more predictable and totally worth the cost since I travel a decent amount.
 
On the nightly news story I saw that they are also collecting record number of weapons. Motherfuckers need to stop trying to bring on guns/knives and making things even worse for everyone else.
 
The lines here at SeaTac in Seattle have grown to multiple millions of people a year. It is the fastes growing Airport in terms of people right now. I hate when I have to go there to head to the parents in CT.
 
CornBurrito said:
GOOD idea from my wife. We like to take the day prior to the flight off and sleep at the airport. We then wake up to be sure we are the first in line. Little known fact: TSA serves coffee and biscuits to the early birds ;)
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I got a free blanket when I had to sleep in the Atlanta airport
the second time.
 
Midway fuckin sucks!

About a year and a half ago I was at the Portland airport and didn't even have to go through! No shoes off, no jacket off, no scanning at all!

I was in line and a dude with a bloodhound came up to me and the dog sniffed around my stuff and then the guy just waved me through andsaid no scanning was needed. Has anyone else seen this before?
 
Anywhere outside the US I've never had more then a 15 min wait. Actually, probably not even that long.

My friend flew from the US to London with only carry on. Got on board with a 2-3 inch pocket knife he forgot he had in this jacket. Didn't realize till he got to London he had it on him. TSA does a really good job....
 
I'd wager it's due to a security risk that's not being 'alerted' to us travelers. Good.


Oddly enough, I flew Tokyo-LAX last weekend from Haneda and was TSA'd right before the flight. I had been sitting in the terminal for three hours so I was a little concerned I'd make my flight but they were very cool/proper about it.


I have no real evidence of why I was screened but it could've been one of the following reasons (I'm a born/raised American of French-Irish descent):

1) I was wearing light clothing that was noticeable
2) I was in the airport for awhile reading a book
3) A cousin of mine married a beautiful Muslim woman about three years ago and we're close with their family/on social media
 
LyleLanley said:
Clearly you've never been to Heathrow.
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Lived in London for 4 years and would fly at least once a month. Never waited for more then 15 mins at Heathrow.

Getting in through Immigration always sucks, but never had to wait for security. Even when I flew home to NY once a few days before Xmas I had 45 mins waiting to check in, was through security in 5 mins.
 
SummitAve said:
On the nightly news story I saw that they are also collecting record number of weapons. Motherfuckers need to stop trying to bring on guns/knives and making things even worse for everyone else.
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I think they're basically there to prevent some jackass from leaving a loaded gun in a carry-on and punching a hole through the plane.
 
The lines are just making the airport itself more packed and prone to attack. There's no screening into the airport, just to the terminals/planes.
 
Mr. X said:
The lines are just making the airport itself more packed and prone to attack. There's no screening into the airport, just to the terminals/planes.
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This point.... The recent Brussels airport attack were pre-security checks. If the security area has many people waiting it increases rather than reduces the risk to passengers.
 
This is what happens when a ton of flights start making hops through dense areas to increase profits rather than make flights shorter and more convenient for consumers. I can book a flight up north that would be a few hours, but instead there's always layovers through two major airports increasing the trip by three, four, even five times the duration. They're getting security for free, low gas prices, multiple new additional fees that make no sense, tons of stuff subsidized, and still they do shit like this to maximize their record profits.
 
I remember the thread about the failure of the US rail system and how everybody in it argued how it was faster to just take a plane. Good times.
 
Apt101 said:
This is what happens when a ton of flights start making hops through dense areas to increase profits rather than make flights shorter and more convenient for consumers. I can book a flight up north that would be a few hours, but instead there's always layovers through two major airports increasing the trip by three, four, even five times the duration. They're getting security for free, low gas prices, multiple new additional fees that make no sense, tons of stuff subsidized, and still they do shit like this to maximize their record profits.
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Because, just some money isn't enough when you can have more
 

GNX22 hours ago
Yeah lets group everyone in one location BEFORE we check for weapons. gg

I'm dead. These comments are on point and highlight the hilarity of this situation.
 
CornBurrito said:
GOOD idea from my wife. We like to take the day prior to the flight off and sleep at the airport. We then wake up to be sure we are the first in line. Little known fact: TSA serves coffee and biscuits to the early birds ;)
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Meanwhile in Incheon (Seoul International Airport) South Korea, 10 minutes from the car, to check up to past security.

Every single time.

God I love that airport.
 
Kayo Police said:
I'm kinda curious as to why the TSA keeps having people quit on them? Are work conditions that bad?
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Low pay, stressful environment, your job 100% requires you to deal with grumpy/angry people that sometimes don't speak your language, and it's non-stop besides your breaks. Nothing says fun like telling someone they have to throw away that expensive electronic/bottle of wine because it breaks some obscure TSA regulation.
 
And this is how the terrorists slowly win.

I flew out of Brussels Airport last month, just over a month after the attacks, and the security was crazy and completely irrisponsible at the same time. You had to queu outside of the building to be checked before entering, resulting in huge lines, people not really knowing where to go (and some unintentionally cutting the line). It was one big soft target waiting for some ISIS cunt to do more damage with less explosives then they did in the march attacks.

Worst thing was, once inside you had to go trough security again to get into the Gate area. Those checks went way faster though. Ironicly they were more thorough. I could walk trough the metal detector with my belt and watch on in the first check, but in the second I would have gone off with them like I had half an arsenal in my jacket. So it was more show then anything else. (And didn't make me feel secure at all)

I understand there needs to be some security, but we've gone of the rails with it. (Case in point, the idiotic restrictions on fluids) And worse of: it's not even sure it actually lessens the chances on a terror attack.

Akyan said:
This point.... The recent Brussels airport attack were pre-security checks. If the security area has many people waiting it increases rather than reduces the risk to passengers.
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Not entirely true. The attacks happened in the main hall at the bagage drop of and check in points. Not at security checkpoints. You still need those check ins and drop offs. But as I said above, the pre-security check ins they did after the attack DID result in long lines and a lot of people standing together in a small place, which seems to me to be actually even more unsafe then not doing those checks. Those were only good for one: the private company conducting those security checks.
 
Ashby said:
Why doesn't everyone do Pre Check? Is it that complicated to do?
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Maybe because it's thinly veiled class warfare and airplane tickets are expensive enough already?
Maybe because it's still just as unlikely to prevent terrorist attacks as the normal TSA check and pretending it does makes us woefully vulnerable and complacent?
Maybe because if everyone did then we'd be having the same wait issues we do now, except now the TSA has gotten more of our money for doing basically nothing?
 
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