Originally Posted by
studentff
In my experience, there aren't fewer x-ray lanes, but there are more cases of 2 x-ray machines feeding into a single WTMD.
This slows down the line quite a bit with laptop carrying passengers like myself, because I refuse to release my laptop onto the x-ray belt until the WTMD screener waves me through. I often end up waiting--and totally stalling the x-ray line--while Pa Kettle from the other side divests himself of his giant alarming belt, or Ma Kettle divests herself of jingling jewelry.
Yeah I've seen this a lot too...not at PBI though. Funny thing is a few years ago there were only 2 metal detectors, then they expanded it and probably spent millions, and now there are something like 5 or 6. Yet since that time I don't think I've ever seen more than two open at any given time.