Originally Posted by
Global_Hi_Flyer
2) The pressure will be on the airport to eliminate the elite lines. In most cases, a company that wants to operate a concession at an airport must pay money to the airport authority. Most airport authorities are money-grubbing. Ergo, the more flyers using CLEAR, the more money to the airport, and the more incentive the airport has to eliminate elite lines in favor of CLEAR. Delta is NOT pulling out of Atlanta, so unless DL's contract with the airport authority gives them some say in the security lines, all the leverage is with the airport.
Disagree. When you have a tenant/client like DL in ATL, you want to keep them happy. Sure, DL isn't leaving ATL, but the airport authority has to work with DL in a million ways about a million different things... any $$ brought in by CLEAR will be a drop in the bucket when compared to DL.