Originally Posted by flight62 (Post 8765419)

I hate to break it to you folks, but the well over 60,000 f/a's in this country alone are....sit down....HUMAN!! Just like some of you can be real jerks as passengers, so are some f/a's. You hate them. So do I. An employee on vacation should never break line...period!! I use a 5 person rule. Under five people, I wait. Over five and I kindly excuse myself and proceed. Most people are very kind and I usually end up chatting with that person. I have a knack for choosing the slow line. My only exceptions are families and the elderly, both who usually require more time and I can be on the ac brewing coffee before they get thru security.

The best managed TSA security airports have seperate lanes for employees. That's the way it should be. I know I would get a tiny bit stressed had I been waiting 30 minutes and right as I was putting my bags on the table, a crew of 6 break in. The good thing? We are use to it and usually get thru quickly.

Originally Posted by RichMSN (Post 8767234)

I was at the front of the line at LAX T2 and a crew of Air New Zealand FA's came in. Nicest bunch I've ever seen. I was about to put my luggage through when they came to the front of the line, apologizing and excusing themselves all the way -- and they queued up behind me. I offered to pull my stuff back so they could pass and they couldn't believe I was so polite and understanding.

Well, I took credit for being a super human being, but it actually started with them not being pushy jerks showing off how entitled they are to cut the line. Had a great chat with them about visiting New Zealand some day and if all New Zealanders are this nice and pleasant I'll have to make that trip.