Originally Posted by
CZAMFlyer
Most travelers don't seem to understand that it's not the screening staff that create the delays, it's the pace of the machines themselves and the inability of people in line to be ready to place their items on trays as they arrive - rather than get to the conveyor and only then begin to unzip jackets, remove coins from pockets, unpack laptops etc. I have never seen CATSA staff allow regular passengers into a priority screening or NEXUS line, but my anecdote is simply that.
For connecting passengers from many flights at YVR, there should be no need to see a CATSA staffer. The airport has had its ITD (Int to Domestic) operation* running all summer and for many incoming AC and WS flights (from US, EU and Australia), there's no requirement to pass through additional security lines. There will be more origin cities included in the program to come - perhaps including TPE - but for now, the airline and the airport are offering you about as streamlined a connection process as you'll find anywhere else. And when the new CATSA-Plus lines are installed in the C pier (this requires knocking out some walls and rejigging the security area), it'll get faster still. So go ahead and try to find a smoother, faster connection in Asia, but I'd place money that you'll be back through YVR again...
Or...people could opt for one of the other carriers that don't arrive at the peak morning AC Asia rush.
* word of caution: this ITD operation involves a bus. Many AC FT members are unreasonably opposed to busses, or indeed going outside, but perhaps that 30-40 min in line in a stuffy corridor is more enjoyable.
I would respectfully disagree.
C gates security at YVR regularly sends non-Nexus pax to the Nexus lines as they try to have the same number of people in all lines. Most of my flights out of YVR to YYZ are late evening or red eye.
YYZ International security does not have a dedicated Nexus line, the line just gets you to the front similar to the priority line, then you just get lumped into whichever lineup is shortest.
I have used both YYZ and YVR a few times this year.
The delay at security for connecting pax at YVR is very much due to the security and not due to passengers. As I said there was somewhere between 10-15 people ahead of me and it still took close to one hour. The reason was that they had limited staff, only one scanner/line was open, they did the liquid check on all liquids incl sealed duty free, they did the swab test on all electronics (NBs, tablets) and swabbed a lot of pax incl me. They have just one liquid scanner and that machine takes a heck of a long time. Last time it would not clear my duty free scotch and I had to have the concierge take my bag and check it for me to go thru. It is a gong show and has nothing to do with the passengers who were dutifully following all orders to remove metal, shoes, etc.
And I have done smoother connections - in ICN, HKG and NRT to name a few.
And I have no aversion to buses. Or BMWs if AC wants to use those to ferry me around.