Originally Posted by
biggs
If I spot the TSA near the gate, I am going back to the days when all the pre-boarders hung back until someone took the bullet and volunteered or let the group 2s and 3s get nabbed then make the rush to make sure you get your carryon space.
What a waste of time, money, and resources.
Yeah, and this time it's going to be even worse with the War for Overhead Storage (TM) even more out of control now than it was back in '02-'03.
I remember a Friday afternoon flight I was boarding in DFW back in the day...a classic "Friday business traveler express" flight back to NW's MEM hub. Pre-boarding was announced, and 10 of us literally formed a semi-circle around the gate and NOT ONE of us was willing to be the poor schmuck snagged for the first pre-screening. If there had been an overhead camera the photo would have been hilarious (and yet, utterly sad).