Originally Posted by
lost_perspicacity
Maybe you are all having trouble understanding the issue because you don't realize how small the screening area at LGA is?
All your theories about how clear is better for everyone dont help me when I am 15th in line for ID check and it takes 30 minutes to get through because one "regular" person is processed every two minutes becuase the area behind ID check is constantly full of a steady stream of clears .
And assuming all other things are equal, that line you joined was a lot shorter than it could have been because of the steady stream of Clears who got through before you even arrived.
If there was no Clear, then you would be 45th (assuming a steady stream of Clears is 2 for every 1 non-Clear) in a line that now takes 45 minutes.
Anything that makes the bottleneck more efficient helps everyone, just not equally, but the Clears are paying for the non-Clear small benefit.