Originally Posted by Bart
I noticed how no one addressed the issue of the long lines created by the airlines at the ticket counters, or at curbside, or at baggage claim, or at the taxi stand, or at the shuttle bus stop, or at the road entrance to the airport, or parking lots. Lots of eagerness to point fingers at TSA and somehow connect it to what is popularly referred to as the shoe carnival.
That was not the subject being discussed, but since you introduce it those lines do represent an equal exposure. The salient considerations are whether those lines are
necessary and
unavoidable. Maybe they are, maybe not. The lines
generated by TSA security in the opinion of some, do not meet those criteria. Case in point: were there ever 100-yard long lines along the sidewalk outside LAX T1 prior to 9/11 ?
And continually categorising our dissatisfaction with the TSA as whining says more about your mindset than it does about ours.