Originally Posted by
PlateMan
I second that ... fly out of DCA often and the wait times have gotten insane lately. Used to be 5 minutes max, now it's an average of 15-20mins.
Main reason is understaffing ... last few times (B & C) concourses, lovely TSA has only had one ID checker and one belt open. Not due to lack of staff, they were just all standing around shooting the breeze,
And I realize 20mins is not a crazy wait given other airports but at DCA it is. The TSA is such a joke.
My experience in April/May was 5 minute lines. In June/July it's been 15-30 regularly. This is with the TSA lines largely open, so it's hard to solely square the blame there, though it's not like they do much to help the situation.
I did notice that at least 10 planes were parked on the tarmac for gate 35A/B which in the past I used to see about 5 planes on average. I'm thinking the extra flights are backing up term C, but would prefer stats to justify.