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Jul 20, 2008, 4:24 pm

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Originally Posted by scunnered

I typically come through ATL international arrivals twice a month and I have to say your experience is very much the exception. The norm is a 20 to 30 minute wait and I have seen it take an hour. Even when the traffic goes down, they close down scanner lines to create a queue and make sure that arriving international visitors don't get their hopes up about their upcoming air travel experiences in the US.

For arrivals into ATL from South America, I've often observed beastly lines of the sort you mentioned.