In the interests of being fair & balanced , I wonder, with the new & improved checkpoint in the bowels of the airport, if the black diamond lane is the only place you can take a wheelchair these days? In the new area, I don't recall seeing an elevator nearby.

I'm perturbed by frequently showing up for the Dawn Patrol and finding only one lane open, usually way down at the end. Last week, I walked up to the ID checker who was greeting everyone in a put-on friendly recitation. I looked at her and said, "It's bloody ridiculous that you have only one lane open. Where are all the screeners? Out in the concourse doing gate rapes? You're lucky most of the Congressmen use National." "Have a nice flight, sir." was the perfunctory response.