Originally Posted by
Seattlenerd
@AlaskaAir issued an alert this morning on the North Security Checkpoint closure at SEA:
Please allow extra time to get through security lines at Sea-Tac airport as the TSA is closing the North Security Checkpoint (D gates). Travelers who usually use this checkpoint will use a different checkpoint and waits can be up to one hour or more. The closure is expected to last approximately two weeks as the TSA reconfigures the layout to include the new full body scanners.
See
http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/fli...OC=TW_Advisory
I got to the airport at 0630 for a 730 flight, barely made it. Came in from the north end of the airport, to find a lot of chaos, w Security 4 closed (D & N gates). Asked if there was a priority line, the y pointed me to Security 2, as there was no priority line at #3 (why not, if that's where most United fliers will go?). That priority line was about 45 people long, and not moving. So went down to Security #1, where there was another priority line, moving faster, then took the train from south to north, and then the train to N satellite.
Crazy, but at least there were a lot of folks out directing the foot traffic. When the body scanners get installed at D&N, and they start closing other security checkpoints to install more, I predict I won't want to fly very much!