TSA pre-check experience at PAE?
Jun 12, 2022, 11:05 am
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TSA pre-check experience at PAE?
Trying to decide between booking an AS flight from PAE or SEA — a big factor for me is the security experience. I know smaller airports often have a modified pre-check experience. Does anyone know if pre-check passengers will still need to remove liquids, laptops, shoes, etc.? Or will it be like the normal pre-check experience where you just put your bag through the scanner, walk through a metal detector, and that's it?
Jun 12, 2022, 11:44 am
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Trying to decide between booking an AS flight from PAE or SEA — a big factor for me is the security experience. I know smaller airports often have a modified pre-check experience. Does anyone know if pre-check passengers will still need to remove liquids, laptops, shoes, etc.? Or will it be like the normal pre-check experience where you just put your bag through the scanner, walk through a metal detector, and that's it?
Jun 12, 2022, 12:15 pm
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There is a TSA Pre line, it's the same line as the Known Crewmember line. You skip the regular queue and the officer will give you a colored post-it note that lets you keep your shoes on and use the WTMD instead of the scanner.
Jun 12, 2022, 2:34 pm
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Unless something's changed since March, this isn't accurate.
There is a TSA Pre line, it's the same line as the Known Crewmember line. You skip the regular queue and the officer will give you a colored post-it note that lets you keep your shoes on and use the WTMD instead of the scanner.
There is a TSA Pre line, it's the same line as the Known Crewmember line. You skip the regular queue and the officer will give you a colored post-it note that lets you keep your shoes on and use the WTMD instead of the scanner.
Jun 12, 2022, 2:55 pm
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One thing to note - now that they have started flying mainline 737s out of there, the security lines have gotten longer and the terminal quite crowded. I could see them wanting this if they have a late arriving crewmember.
Jun 12, 2022, 5:18 pm
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Pre check was similar to GEG and PSC - but fewer passengers to bog down the line. I would fly every AS flight from PAE if I could, even without clear and lounge. From gate to my car in less than 5 minutes.
Jun 12, 2022, 5:25 pm
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https://flypainefield.com/about/security
Having said that I have never flown out of PAE with fully dedicated PreCheck screening in operation. They always have a dedicated PreCheck line for ID verification leading up to an ID verification person shared with regular passengers. After that you get a slip of paper and sent into the same flow for screening as everyone else.
Even so you still get through to your gate in like 5 minutes from when you enter the airport.
We are able to offer up to two TSA Pre✓® lanes at any given time depending on the demand. TSA and the airlines operating from the terminal will coordinate on a continual basis about the anticipated flow of TSA Pre✓® travelers, and have the ability to open and close lanes for TSA Pre✓® to ensure the most expeditious use of the security lines. For those passengers who are eligible for TSA Pre✓® screening, please look for the queue with that designation; if it doesn’t appear to be available, please present yourself to a TSA employee as they may be able to expedite your passage.
Even so you still get through to your gate in like 5 minutes from when you enter the airport.
Jun 13, 2022, 8:12 am
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That is interesting. Like I mentioned, I was last at PAE this past March. At the time, there was a single sign indicating that KCM and TSA Pre were to go to the left of the regular queue and skip the line. I was confused because I've never seen TSA Pre and KCM be the same line... and I didn't want to be yelled at for going into the wrong line. I took the chance and the TSO said the line served both purposes. Maybe it's a new-ish thing.
One thing to note - now that they have started flying mainline 737s out of there, the security lines have gotten longer and the terminal quite crowded. I could see them wanting this if they have a late arriving crewmember.
One thing to note - now that they have started flying mainline 737s out of there, the security lines have gotten longer and the terminal quite crowded. I could see them wanting this if they have a late arriving crewmember.
Jun 13, 2022, 9:24 am
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Unless something's changed since March, this isn't accurate.
There is a TSA Pre line, it's the same line as the Known Crewmember line. You skip the regular queue and the officer will give you a colored post-it note that lets you keep your shoes on and use the WTMD instead of the scanner.
There is a TSA Pre line, it's the same line as the Known Crewmember line. You skip the regular queue and the officer will give you a colored post-it note that lets you keep your shoes on and use the WTMD instead of the scanner.
Anyone know why there are so many old, green, aircraft sitting around?
Last edited by philemer; Jun 13, 2022 at 11:07 am
Jun 13, 2022, 9:57 am
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iirc the green is a factory finish that protects the bare metal before the jet goes into the paint hangar ... Boeing obviously built a lot of jets for customers who cancelled orders over the past couple years; they typically paint some in a neutral white (typically referred to as "white tails") and leave some in "green"
Jun 13, 2022, 11:19 am
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Not old; they’re brand new. Prior to their first paint, airplanes are coated in zinc chromate (green color) to prevent aluminum corrosion. Paine, being home to one of Boeing’s factories, has a ton of planes waiting for final assembly and delivery.
Jun 13, 2022, 2:02 pm
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Egregiously OT, but...
Fun fact I learned while on the Boeing Everett factory tour. Rudders have to be so precisely balanced that they are painted prior to assembly. So on the factory floor you see all these generic green fuselages with spanking airline-livery-painted tails. Looks funny.
Fun fact I learned while on the Boeing Everett factory tour. Rudders have to be so precisely balanced that they are painted prior to assembly. So on the factory floor you see all these generic green fuselages with spanking airline-livery-painted tails. Looks funny.