Originally Posted by
chrisny2
It's definitely frustrating, but because international arriving passengers are able to bring their checked luggage on the train, there doesn't seem to be any other option than to force travelers landside. So yes, signs might help, but a lot of people likely won't notice them.
It's not the fact they can bring luggage on the tram. It's the fact they're on the tram at all, which means you have non-sterile passengers from ex-US mixing with pax who have already been screened by the TSA.
It certainly used to be the case that the international arrivals on the opposite side of the airport *had* to recheck bags and all pax had to go through a TSA screening before being able to get on the tram to the terminal. Now that's a pretty poor arrivals experience all round and hits 100% of passengers involved. Having the minority who want to go to a Starbucks or the Club in a different part of the airport potentially reclear security seems like a far better solution, allowing the TSA resource to be refocused on departing passengers...