I keep hearing about these long lines but I literally went to a major airport the other day for a flight and got through security in minutes.

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dawnerd 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

It’s really just a handful that have long lines part of the day. LAX for example hasn’t has a line at all really. Takes longer for my bag to be secondary checked every time than it does to wait in line.

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amelius 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

That's why anecdotal evidence doesn't mean much.

	▲	groundzeros2015 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		They are both anecdotal

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fourside 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I’ve heard this is very airport dependent

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kotaKat 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Essential Air Service travelers aren't seeing any major pain either traveling outbound. Fortunately (though kind of sadly) the TSA folks only work a couple hours a day at the checkpoint for the single flight in and out so most of them are working side jobs anyways as their day job from what I hear. Our checkpoint doesn't even open until ~45 minutes before boarding starts in the middle of the day.