I'm not sure if what has been posted so far is an actual trend, or just the typical whining of over-entitled FT people
For the last 2 weeks, I have used the TSA Pre line at PHL, IAH, PVD, SFO, LAS, LAX, DFW, SNA, ORD, and the grand total time that I spent for each trip through security was 2 minutes!
Yes, there have been a few newbies sent through who proceeded to take off their shoes and their laptops, but I still breeze through security whereas the "regular" lines are miles long.