Originally Posted by eyecue
our staffing levels are too high right now. We have to cut. last year at Thankgiving we had over 900, this year we will be just over 700.
That's what I mean. Slower lines leaving the impression that you need all that staffing. I wish the IG would make it to DEN and see the SOP violations there (and hopefully run across a couple of the rudest screeners I have seen).
The changes that your FSD refuses to abide by were apparently designed to speed things up and, presumably, leave space to trim staff levels (presumably by the trend of trimming TSA budgets).