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the_happiness_store Nov 4, 2007 8:09 pm

A reason to be marked for initial extra screening.
 
I was at ORD on the morning of 11/03/2007 trying to depart on an AA flight. The security lines were not that long but they were infinitely slow. All the lines in Terminal 3 were slow with very few customers. I would normally have expected to clear security in 5 minutes, in 25 minutes I have moved about 10 yards and there are still 20 yards to go. A gentleman behind gets called over for extra screening. He gets screened and he is through all of security in about 3 minutes.

What a lousy system.

obscure2k Nov 4, 2007 9:29 pm

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N830MH Nov 4, 2007 10:16 pm

Because ORD is very extremely overcrowded in terminal 3. You will wait more tehan 10 minutes to get cleared security. You don't want stuck in the lines. You will missed the flights but, airlines will rebooked your next flight out from ORD. That's why there is no more room for security screening in ORD. I actually that we cleared security before I headed back home to FLL years ago. It was no lines there wait more than 10 minutes to get cleared security.

MrAndy1369 Nov 4, 2007 10:42 pm


Originally Posted by the_happiness_store (Post 8676881)
I was at ORD on the morning of 11/03/2007 trying to depart on an AA flight. The security lines were not that long but they were infinitely slow. All the lines in Terminal 3 were slow with very few customers. I would normally have expected to clear security in 5 minutes, in 25 minutes I have moved about 10 yards and there are still 20 yards to go. A gentleman behind gets called over for extra screening. He gets screened and he is through all of security in about 3 minutes.

What a lousy system.

Why were the lines slow? ID checkers?

Palal Nov 4, 2007 11:06 pm

If it wasn't ID checkers, you can always say you have no ID and SSSSed.


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