TLH is my home airport; I live 16 miles away. I've joked that the only thing missing from TLH is tumbleweeds. In April 2012, TLH had 56,656 passengers, down from 83,358 in April 2006. I have witnessed this firsthand--before 9/11, I remember TLH being pretty lively, and since then, I've watched it get more and more empty. Today, six of the 14 gates are mothballed, but that might have more to do with the fact that they're stairs down to the apron with no jet bridge.

While I place a lot of the blame on the TSA, you'll never hear that from the City of Tallahassee.

A common complaint about TLH is high airfares vs. JAX. Every time my wife and I take a flight, we check fares out of JAX, and using $0.50/mile for driving plus possibly a hotel the night before departure, it's never worth it.

But back to the Flex thing...yeah...I could not justify paying $20 to skip the line to the TDC, especially since there's no line to begin with. I can imagine most Flex clients being:

- Local self-proclaimed VIPs and DYKWIAs who use TLH frequently and want to feel important.

- The types of people who enjoy the rush of arriving at the airport 20 minutes before departure.

- People from out of down who are using the airport for the first time, and think there might be a long line. I haven't been to JAX since 1998, and I could imagine myself getting it if I was flying out of JAX, as I don't know how long the TDC lines are there.