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Scirocco@lemmy.world 3 days agoHow so?
I fly enough to hit “gold” status on major airlines, and have seen the transition from the shit-show that was TSA initially into a universally smooth and fast process.
I think a lot of people don’t truly know the chaos that was pre-TSA screening. Do you recall being stuck in an aircraft at the gate, because the airline had to unload luggage for a passenger that hadn’t boarded?
For a long time after 9/11 the only airport operating smoothly was DCA (Congress uses DCA)
But for the last dozen or more years, things have only gotten smoother, everywhere.
I passed through JFK screening in less than 22 minutes a few weeks ago.
That's because you're US-centric still.
Other countries, interestingly, didn't have all these issues prior to TSA hardening the screening process post-9/11.
All those countries and airports, however, upped their processes when the US did, making air travel a chore instead of a good experience.
Obviously I am US-centric. This is a thread about voting in US elections (??)
I do happen to fly to UK, and generally to LBA or MAN, which are easily two of the worst / most annoying airports in Europe.
Both of them have made great improvements over the past ~18 months though.
CDG is also particularly annoying imo.
I literally specified that the changes in TSA will affect airports "in other countries".
Barfing in that pre-TSA the US air travel market was a shitshow contributed nothing to the discussion of how introducing the TSA and their stringent, invasive procedures fucked up air travel for other countries. Which, again, I very clearly specified.
smeenz@lemmy.nz 3 days ago
Must be nice to have tsa pre-screened status.
Scirocco@lemmy.world 3 days ago
To be fair, it is. I also kept a Clear membership for a few years, but it wasn’t worth it.
But, non-pre lines are just as short as pre-check these days, and my (non-science) impression is that the only reason it’s slower is that more of the folks in it are unfamiliar with the process.
But messaging/signage for what’s required is quite good in most places, and it’s still much less confusing than 80s and 90s airports.