Originally Posted by p106_peppy

June 27, mid day just before 2pm, terminal 3 "the west jet one":

Zero lineup at security but long waits at most airlines.

We lined up with KLM/Air France to have our boarding passes reprinted to show priority security (we were connecting from Edmonton on AC and the tickets they printed for us only indicated priority security and lounge access at the first airport, unsure if this would cause issues, we requested new boarding passes printed on KLM cardstock)

But we probably wasted more time with that than just going through security, priority or not.

However, I would like to point out that any problems Pearson has are entirely of their own causing: there is no way to connect between terminals on the airside. We arrived on AC (terminal 1) and are departing on KLM (terminal 3), and had to exit the secure area, take a train, and then go through security all over again for no good reason other they haven't figured out how to build an airside pedway. It doubles or triples the amount of work security is doing.

Compare this to other airports where it you're connecting and have already cleared security somewhere else, there will be a train, bus, or tunnel for you to move between terminals and gates without leaving the secured zone.

Heck in Calgary you can even clear customs without needing to re-clear security or re-check your bags.

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Pearson is just incredibly badly designed, in spite of all the landing and improvement fees it collects.