Originally Posted by TravellingMan
Flying out of DEN last Friday, I saw the TSA elite line queue was at a standstill. There were dozens of crew members just marching up and taking the plastic bins and unloading their stuff. Not even an "Excuse me". Then there were airport employees marching up by the dozens. They only had cellphones and keys to unload so they were quick. Then a guy showed up with a Fed-EX ID and jumped the queue too
I was just watching the charade of the entire TSA process that it did not bother me. What did bother me was senior manager looking types yelling at the airport employees - "We have better things to do like taking a flight, compared to flipping burgers!". It appalled me that people could make such statements. I know most of them have huge egos, but will they not be stopping by the same burger place to grab something to eat?
Is jumping the queue a fair thing? Appalling behavior aside...
what checkpoint were you at? I gather that you are talking about people crowding in line at the x-ray divest tables? I can tell you that Lufthansa and BA are the worst for it by far. Usually the crew/employees take the lane with the gate WEST SIDE of all checkpoints. Now ducking under the tape lines in the queue before the ID checker is another matter.