1. Delta is not in it's own "terminal" Access point is one giant spot of all airlines (that includes the South access where the new equipment is going in)
2. The Mayor has been threatening to fire the TSA long before the current construction. They have NOT been managing the line well for quite a while. We waited an hour weeks before the "improvements" started.
The only thing they do better here in Atlanta is that it's ONE huge line (aka out to baggage claim LOL!) But since the Thousands decided "everyone will pay for precheck" and then quit staffing even though they didn't have that many folks signed up for precheck the lines have been horrid here!
Do not assume Atlanta will be nice and easy. Plan on an hour!
Folks MCO has some unique problems but if you have to fly out of an airport staffed by the Thousands Standing Around just assume it's like MCO this summer. Understaffed and poorly managed LOL!
I never meant to say (pretty sure I never did say) Atlanta was perfect, only better. I know how long I've waited on every flight from Atlanta and how long I've waited on every flight from MCO. I wish MCO was an hour. That would be fast. We've flown quite a bit from Atlanta this past 2 years and never had the misfortune of waiting even close to an hour but we haven't flown out of there since they closed the check point. I know where I consistently wait the longest and where I consistently wait the shortest and where it's perceived the crowd is managed better.
As for long lines everywhere, well, we have no line whatsoever here in Chattanooga. Took all of 15 from parking, walking in, going through security, to sitting at our gate last month. But I also wouldn't dream to compare it to a large airport. Only saying that every airport isn't suffering from lines. We'll see what it's like next week but I expect the same. Heck, if you are on the first flight of the day you can't even get there an hour early. The airport doesn't open that early before the first flights
You do not get it consistently for free. You get a random draw of a small percentage for free for a little bit while the project is still getting legs. That's quite different from what is supposed to be happening (getting it consistently) because you paid for it.
Pretty sure I never said that anyone got it consistently for free. Only that it can't be automatically rejected when not paid for. That's all I said.
Which none of it means a hill of beans to me. We do pay for it and we do get it consistently (thus far)
Obviously I'm doing a sucky job of explaining what I mean to everyone. Nor does it matter one bit what my opinion is. I'm no expert, like others here, so clearly I'm incorrect in my perception they handle things smoother in all other airports we use. That we go through security faster elsewhere, on every flight, than we do in Orlando. Before we got PreCheck at least. Now, it's all pretty dang even (outside of our regional airport here which doesn't count anyway)
