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#355
#355
OldandStillaVol said:
I’ve never had a personal issue with TSA but am always baffled on how they allocate their personnel. I’ve seen numerous times when less than half of their check lines were open yet 10-15 agents were standing around watching others do their job or were fiddling with the rope lines for the 100 people waiting. Or 100 people in line and an agent just stops checking and closes his/her post and walks away.
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They are a government agency. There is no economic incentive for them to efficiently allocate anyone or anything.
 
#356
#356
Well here we are at IAH, boarding in 5 minutes for a 2-day jaunt to Georgia, Bill Dance hat and all. Wouldn’t be doing this if it wasn’t a paid consulting deal and still don’t really want to do it. It’s the flying part I loathe. Now on board and no empty seats. At lest I got my preferred aisle. Particularly dislike the smaller aircraft with full flights, this is a 2x2. Why do I do this to myself? Don’t have the time and don’t need the money. But allowed the client to drag me in nevertheless.
 
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#359
#359
Just landing in Atlanta I get a text from United stating that my bag is arriving on a later flight. And me a United Million Miler and checked in 2 hours before flight time. This is why I hate to fly.
 
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#362
#362
RavinDave said:
Just landing in Atlanta I get a text from United stating that my bag is arriving on a later flight. And me a United Million Miler and checked in 2 hours before flight time. This is why I hate to fly.
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The only way you get treated well is in 1st.. coach is a flying trash can .. status means nothing anymore
 
#363
#363
Flying this morning day trip.. TSA pre check line longer than the regular due to one lane only open.. brilliant
 
#366
#366
Biopsyman said:
It’s really good at large airports hit or miss everywhere else
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I travel with coworkers most of the time when I travel, virtually all of whom use PreCheck, and I routinely get through security lines quicker than they do. At airports of any size. The PreCheck lines move quicker, but they are just so long.

It's a joke/scam even if it was quicker. Airline security is supposedly so important now that the government had to take it over (TSA created) after 9/11, but if you pay the government $85, they'll let you through with less scrutiny. Kiss my @$$.
 
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#367
#367
05_never_again said:
I travel with coworkers most of the time when I travel, virtually all of whom use PreCheck, and I routinely get through security lines quicker than they do. At airports of any size. The PreCheck lines move quicker, but they are just so long.

It's a joke/scam even if it was quicker. Airline security is supposedly so important now that the government had to take it over (TSA created) after 9/11, but if you pay the government $85, they'll let you through with less scrutiny. Kiss my @$$.
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The problem is they are profling the correct people and screening them very hard and the fact that they are making elderly women get out of there wheelchair and almost do a body search is ridiculous
 
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#368
#368
CoaxialOrange said:
Just from reading your last few posts you should retire
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I did retire, 8 years ago. So I could start my own business. Back when I worked for The Man I was traveling all the time and could not avoid it. Now my businesss rarely requires travel which is fine because I am too busy with shipping & receiving, paper/computer work and lab stuff which is the fun stuff. I may spend 10% of my time driving a forklift but that’s something I enjoy too.
 
#369
#369
RavinDave said:
I did retire, 8 years ago. So I could start my own business. Back when I worked for The Man I was traveling all the time and could not avoid it. Now my businesss rarely requires travel which is fine because I am too busy with shipping & receiving, paper/computer work and lab stuff which is the fun stuff. I may spend 10% of my time driving a forklift but that’s something I enjoy too.
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Can't beat a good forklift race
 
#370
#370
Biopsyman said:
The only way you get treated well is in 1st.. coach is a flying trash can .. status means nothing anymore
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True enough. Before they merged I liked Continental a lot. However, as United it seems they’ve gone way downhill. Nine or so years ago I had to do a startup in China and due to engineering issues I had to go back and back, 18 weeks in 6 trips in 1 year. One bright spot was the Continental flight from Houston to Tokyo, business class of course. Probably it was one night in the control room with 22 napping Chinamen that I decided to hang it up as I was turning 55 soon.
 
#374
#374
Biopsyman said:
The only way you get treated well is in 1st.. coach is a flying trash can .. status means nothing anymore
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When I was a salary man we could go business class only for flights of 6 hours or more. So anything domestic we could only go coach. Upgrades were nice especially on flights like to Newark or SF and I got a good few but it was always hit or miss.
 
#375
#375
Biopsyman said:
The only way you get treated well is in 1st.. coach is a flying trash can .. status means nothing anymore
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You would be surprised what a little courtesy can get. I was recently on a flight in coach, where I barely fit and asked for an Ice Pick. The flight attendant went back and made tea for it and did it twice. Of course I tipped her well.
 
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