Originally Posted by
janetdoe
Is it possible that a widespread observations of WTMD being slowed down so that more people more through NoS is simply so the TSOs can meet a new quota? i.e. they have to make NoS primary by admitting more people through NoS than WTMD, and the only way to do it is to slow down the WTMD?
That seems entirely plausable. There's lies, damn lies, and statistics. If TSA needs to "prove" that NOS is effective and runs just as fast as a WTMD then they'll simply simply slow or close the WTMD until the figures catch up. This lets them justify the program to congress.
I noticed some strange checkpoint statistics at DFW and SEA this weekend, where lines I would normally expect to move quickly were moving slowly, but I didn't connect the dots to a larger pattern.
I use LAS C-Gates for WN. At the off-hours times I travel my typical "TDC to sitting-in-the-tram" times have usually been well under 2 minutes. Typically no queue at x-ray with 80% of my time spent unloading and repacking. However, my last couple of trips they've been running NOS only with a 6 minute or longer line. Add the opt-out and my security trips have started averaging about 12 minutes.