I was in the F terminal a few months ago. Literally took 25 minutes for them to even begin bringing bags up that were gate checked.

Then when we finally got into the terminal, there was some kind of alarm that was going off and they couldn't get it to stop. Not sure if it was a fire alarm...but no one seemed concerned. It was really loud. There was a pilot sitting there with ear plugs in...and tons of gate agents just standing around talking doing absolutely nothing.

I'm gonna be flying through PHL F on saturday. I'm gonna be gone for a week...so I think I'm gonna need to check a bag. My layover is about an hour...hopefully if I check a bag it will make it...but that might be too much to ask.