I can't remember if it was this past Christmas or the one before.... I was flying out on 12/26 in the morning.... There'd been snow in New York. Jet Blue had landed in RDU it was so bad. There were half a dozen AA jets on the ground that weren't supposed to be there plus Jet Blue. The crowds had swallowed up the ropes and there was just this one big mass of humanity from the front door of the place....all over the ticketing lobby...and wallowing down the long hallway to security. The security line snaked back and forth along the long hallway 4 times and then up the stairs and to the front door.... I finally had to tell some guy to not use the self service check in machine as a propping post so I could check in!

Thankfully I was 3 hours early!