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>> So what caused the huge TSA lines in Chicago? Did they change the process in which each person is checked?
@Jeff1928: http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/01/politics/tsa-failed-undercover-airport-screening-tests/
My understanding is that this caused a major embarrassment to the TSA and they are being a lot more methodical and thorough.  
assenger traffic is not significantly up in Chicago. I think the TSA agents themselves have an us against them attitude and could not care less how long the line is or if you make your flight.
@ForeCPA90:
Tax dollars at work. This should all be privatized and fire the schlubs they have "working" now. It's all a giant scam, they can't stop anything.
And not just Chicago, we flew into Newark and I have never seen more people in one line ever. Not even Disneyworld.
@ET: In all my years of near weekly air travel, I never, not once thought that I am any safer because of the TSA process.
True story, I saw a guy that was HAMMERED, like me as a teenager hammered, at 6am in the morning. Obviously had been up all night. He stumbles up to the front of the line, puts a shoulder bag on the belt, then gets confused and just ducks under the barrier, completely by passing screening and NOT ONE of the TSA agents noticed. We ended up calling him out in case they saw him on camera and made the entire terminal evacuate and re screen. The total confusion and utter lack of any competence on how to deal with it was astounding. 4951