Comments on: TSA "Black Diamond" dumbness

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:15:55 +0000

This program STINKS. As a elite flyer, I find now that all elite lanes have been eliminated, and now we are lumped in with the Ma and Pa Kettles. Security takes 10 times longer for me, as now I am stuck behind people who have NO clue. I only pray they will dump this crappy program and go back to how it USED to be. This is NOT working!!!

By: Scott Blomquist

Scott Blomquist — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 04:53:37 +0000

@Dan Fulbright, it was Denver where it seemed to be hibernating. In Tulsa, it’s still painfully well in force.

By: silvrayn

silvrayn — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:42:29 +0000

Amen. I made the mistake in Minneapolis of actually reading the signs. It claims that people with more than one bag must go into the casual line. Despite the fact that I’d been on three flights in the last month, already had my liquids out, etc etc, I listened. The casual line was 3-4 times longer than the expert line, and as I sat there behind the 70 year old woman who was extremely pissed when they “caught” her water bottle and in front of the couple who grabbed 6 plastic bags to hold all their liquids, I watched “expert” travelers with 3+ bags going through the other line without a word being said. From now on I’m sticking with your shortest line theory. Screw the signs.

By: Dan Fulbright

Dan Fulbright — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:44:08 +0000

I hate that this program has jumped the shark at TUL. I first encountered it on a recent trip to New York. The line was huge, then I noticed the black diamond. My wife and I jumped over in the expert line (even though we only travel by air a few times a year at most, but we are quite familiar with the security procedures) and made it through the whole process in less than 10 minutes. I suspect the long line would have lasted at least 30-40 minutes. Ah well, it was good while it lasted.