Flew into Terminal 2 this evening. Super Bowl Sunday and very slow at every airport. Planes were nowhere near full. Note for next year, if you do not mind missing the game, it is a great time to fly.

The two terminals are built identically. There is no Terminal 1 or 3. Go figure. There is a place for them, they just are not there.

If you are elite, to the side is a TDC that will let you pass to an elevator that misses the main line at the bottom of the escalator, but everything merges together at the top of the escalator.

The lanes separate into two lanes with baggage xray. Both have the MMW machines and WTMD. Tonight, both MMW were blocked and they were using just one WTMD. Like I said, it was very, very light. I would expect full use of all four machines during the busy times.

At BNA, where I originated, it was so slow that they had time to send everyone through the scanners. I opted out and got a polite, non genital contact but everything else, rub down that was very thorough. He checked inside my collar, a new one. Anyway, the key is, if it is slow, there is a greater likelihood that you will be chosen as more people can be sent through the scanners.

The rope lines were set up so than when you get to the end you can pick whatever line you want. Look for a blocked off scanner if you can. If both are being used, choose the longest line as a greater percentage of the people should get the WTMD.

Bottom line, unless they are off, there is no guaranteed avoidance.