How would anyone get through the TSA vigilantes with more than the maximum number of carry-ons? I've always found it deplorable that the TSA were focusing on enforcing airline carry-on baggage restrictions instead of protecting the flying public from terrorists, but I've actually had TSA drones tell me I had to consolidate bags (e.g. put a very small "essentials" purse inside my laptop case) before I could go through the line.

I fly mostly AA and it does seem to me that the lines of people down the jetway awaiting their gate-checked bags at the end of the flight are getting longer and longer. Ya think it has anything to do with the checked baggage fees?