Mar 11 2009
Not-So-Expert Traveler
This morning I saw a perfect example of why the TSA’s new security line organization system doesn’t work. As I was approaching the checkpoint at PHL I watched a young woman approach ahead of me carrying two mildly organized bags and a confused look on her face. She slowed almost to a thoughtful pause in front of the rows of cattle chutes and glanced once or twice at her ticket. Propelled more by the general direction of her momentum than any deliberate decision, she made her way into the Expert Traveler line. Once there she committed the standard litany of delay-inducing tricks that proved she was anything but. The TSA’s system is vague and unenforceable, with the exception of the Families line, which is as close as they come to a good idea. Unfortunately, it looks like we’re stuck with it for now…