AIT Conditioning
May 29, 2011 | 6:34 pm
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More evidence of conditioning.. DEN is following their friends at ORD, and putting cones in front of the WTMD, making all pax go through the NoS. They seemed to realize that the long lines were due to the NoS, so a WTMD opened up to clear the backlog, but they have gone back to putting all pax through the NoS..
May 30, 2011 | 4:21 pm
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Just went through SJC Term A. Only one lane open, duel WTMD/NoS. They are also doing the go slow bag xray and directing people to the NoS.
I self selected the WTMD side when I noticed they were directing primarily towards the NoS. I timed sorting out the bins so that there would be at least 1 person waiting for the NoS when I got there. I pushed my bags into the xray and was about to step through the WTMD when the guard on the other side stopped me and questioned the person feeding the NoS. NoS was backing up so I got through the WTMD, then waited for my bags.
Bags got out when the person ahead of me was leaving the NoS.
I self selected the WTMD side when I noticed they were directing primarily towards the NoS. I timed sorting out the bins so that there would be at least 1 person waiting for the NoS when I got there. I pushed my bags into the xray and was about to step through the WTMD when the guard on the other side stopped me and questioned the person feeding the NoS. NoS was backing up so I got through the WTMD, then waited for my bags.
Bags got out when the person ahead of me was leaving the NoS.
Jun 1, 2011 | 6:17 am
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TSA is passive-aggressive. They won't come right out and state "NOS is now the primary means of screening passengers" so they set up all sorts of obstacles to try to force people through.
Jun 1, 2011 | 11:57 am
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Oh, and a big
^ for acknowledging these things for what they are.
Jun 1, 2011 | 11:58 am
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Jun 1, 2011 | 4:17 pm
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If eyecue's assertion that "NoS is primary now" is true (and I have no reason to doubt him other than previous TSA spokespeople saying that would never happen), then...
Is it possible that a widespread observations of WTMD being slowed down so that more people more through NoS is simply so the TSOs can meet a new quota? i.e. they have to make NoS primary by admitting more people through NoS than WTMD, and the only way to do it is to slow down the WTMD?
I would appreciate any TSOs who can confirm or deny this chiming in!
ETA: I noticed some strange checkpoint statistics at DFW and SEA this weekend, where lines I would normally expect to move quickly were moving slowly, but I didn't connect the dots to a larger pattern.
Is it possible that a widespread observations of WTMD being slowed down so that more people more through NoS is simply so the TSOs can meet a new quota? i.e. they have to make NoS primary by admitting more people through NoS than WTMD, and the only way to do it is to slow down the WTMD?
I would appreciate any TSOs who can confirm or deny this chiming in!
ETA: I noticed some strange checkpoint statistics at DFW and SEA this weekend, where lines I would normally expect to move quickly were moving slowly, but I didn't connect the dots to a larger pattern.
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Jun 1, 2011 | 5:47 pm
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Jun 1, 2011 | 5:47 pm
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Jun 1, 2011 | 8:12 pm
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Is it possible that a widespread observations of WTMD being slowed down so that more people more through NoS is simply so the TSOs can meet a new quota? i.e. they have to make NoS primary by admitting more people through NoS than WTMD, and the only way to do it is to slow down the WTMD?
I noticed some strange checkpoint statistics at DFW and SEA this weekend, where lines I would normally expect to move quickly were moving slowly, but I didn't connect the dots to a larger pattern.