Friday night T5 TSA blues
Apr 30, 2011, 11:26 am
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Friday night T5 TSA blues
On Friday evening at 730 pm at T5, TSA seemed to intentionally screw up the processing of people arriving for flights. All but 2 screening lanes were closed, and stayed that way for an hour as the backups and missed flights started escalating. Jet Blue tried pulling people with near-time flights to the front of the line, which meant the lines moved backwards for everyone else...
Did someone at Jet Blue piss off a TSA supervisor? Friday night is a busy time every week...
Did someone at Jet Blue piss off a TSA supervisor? Friday night is a busy time every week...
Apr 30, 2011, 3:51 pm
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Maybe the plans to add a priority screening lane there (not officially stated, but we all know it is coming) got someone from TSA mad. 
But seriously, I've seen way too many cases of only 2-3 lanes open of the 20 they have. The TSA has apparently decided that we should wait in lines. Doesn't seem to be much the airlines can do about it.
But seriously, I've seen way too many cases of only 2-3 lanes open of the 20 they have. The TSA has apparently decided that we should wait in lines. Doesn't seem to be much the airlines can do about it.
Apr 30, 2011, 4:04 pm
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Maybe the plans to add a priority screening lane there (not officially stated, but we all know it is coming) got someone from TSA mad.
But seriously, I've seen way too many cases of only 2-3 lanes open of the 20 they have. The TSA has apparently decided that we should wait in lines. Doesn't seem to be much the airlines can do about it.
But seriously, I've seen way too many cases of only 2-3 lanes open of the 20 they have. The TSA has apparently decided that we should wait in lines. Doesn't seem to be much the airlines can do about it.
May 1, 2011, 11:44 pm
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Just to emphasize...this is a recent change!
I've been on the same routine for a year or so, and the last 2 Fridays have been different than all before them, and not in a good way. If the pattern continues, it will change my routine!