Originally Posted by TSAMGR
First I'm sorry you had a negative experience. Now, acording to your post it appears it took you about 50 minutes to get to and through the checkpoint. If 10 minutes are added for other delays that gives us an hour. TSA and many of the airlines suggest you arrive an hour and a half to two hours before your flight.
That is for the whole process. Waiting at an airline counter can easily consume over a half an hour. 50 minutes in a TSA line is an abomination. It would be far faster if you didn't have SSSS, shoe carnival, and groping.