Originally Posted by
greg
And it's easy to claim national security when flying in/out of DCA. The flight decks are within 2 miles of the major Federal buildings after all.
So? If the great TSA is doing their job, this would be a non-issue.
Originally Posted by
greg
A minor inconvenience for the privilege of flying into the most premium airport in the US. Your alternative would have been IAD (24 miles further out) orBWI (29 miles out). That's what gives DCA its cachet - the seat of power, baby.
It is not a minor inconvenience; it is stupid and was from the start.