Originally Posted by
tcody
You were lucky with RDU. I have cut my flying way down this year (275k miles on AA in 2010 and 45k in 2011) due to TSA at RDU. I have been Exec Plat on AA for the last 8 years. AA is losing tens of thousands of dollars directly due to TSA. I hate RDU TSA, they are the most arrogant, rude, abusive TSA in the country in my experience.
Maybe that's why they are going Chapter 11?
I agree with the sentiment about RDU, but in my experience it seems to be the small airports have the most aggressive and least sensical policies. For example: BDL requires you to show your boarding pass after the initial check just before you pass the WMT. What's the purpose when you've already had your boarding pass checked? And all you have to say is "electronic" indicating it's on your mobile phone that's in the X-ray machine and they let you pass.