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- airwalkery2k, on 05/09/2008, -0/+10I do see a problem with people getting in the expert line thinking it is faster. Maybe they should make a system where you have a little travel experience card and you get promoted and demoted.
I can already hear the airport conversations... "Yay, just two more patdowns without squirming and I am on my way to double-diamond expert level!" - gill003, on 05/09/2008, -0/+10"If you are a terrorist, you probably are not going to go into the family line," noted Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition.
I'm not sure if he's serious or if he's really just tricking the terrorists into taking the family line. - ohnoerino, on 05/09/2008, -1/+10Having worked for an airline for a little while, my opinion is this is doomed to fail. The reason? The passenger chooses which line they belong in, as opposed to being told which line they belong in. It will be the Southwest Airlines "choose your own seat" boarding cluster times 10,000! I'm not buying what Midway is selling.
- inactive, on 05/09/2008, -1/+5If this works, this would make travel one heck of a lot easier.
- unclebuck, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4So is this a self-selection process? Is so, won't it end up with a lot of situations like this? (taken from the poll on the page)
Which line do you belong in? Novice
Which line are you planning to use? Expert - jonknet, on 05/09/2008, -0/+4Anyone bothered by the new "Behavior Detection" Officers? I can't believe they keep expanding the TSA and wasting our money on ways to scare us even more. So now, just LOOKING nervous, you can be dragged away to a tiny room and background checked/searched?!?!?! How long before state police start employing "Behavior Detection Officers"? ("Yea, he looks sketchy to me. Full cavity search, ASAP")
This is really disturbing. Especially how they coin the phrase "potential terrorist". Can't we all be a "potential" terrorist?
The OHS and the TSA are just pure fail. - FoxFaction, on 05/09/2008, -1/+5Hey Digg, I could use some more laggy-ass flash ads! Thanks!
/I shouldn't have to install ad-block to make the site surfable - TiMMY8765, on 05/09/2008, -1/+5did anyone else think they were talking about an island in the pacific?
- listrophy, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4This has been in effect at the Salt Lake City Airport for a few months now. The expert line was definitely the longest of the three.
What I'm really waiting for in terms of airline efficiency is loading the airplane by column, instead of row. "Window seats, you may board first." - Onyxblaze, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3Unlike with skiing, people don't stand in line because they like it, nor do they go home in a stretcher if they take the faster route.
- AceyS, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4Anyone else bothered by the real estate designated to the actual story??? Half of this whole thing is a 4-5 word wide column. Ugg. Scrolling is such a painnn.
- Drake78, on 05/09/2008, -1/+4This is pretty fantastic, I just went through Midway on Monday, this would've helped a lot.
- heystoopid, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3"Stupid is as Stupid does"
- Sol1, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3They had this system at the Oakland airport on Monday when I was flying home from a weekend trip to Berkeley. I fly on at least a monthly basis and would naturally consider myself an expert traveller. Unfortunately the Homeland Security Genius (I think that's what his jacket said) was funneling everybody else into the Expert line as well....
Back to the Woot Off ;) - DuffyDirect, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3illinois probably isn't the best state to use a ski metaphor
- RawCoyote, on 05/09/2008, -0/+3I believe we could have the equivalent security in a lot less obtrusive manner, but it's good circus to keep everyone believing that "they're out to get us!" This administration has sold the populace on fear, with the news media and Hollywood doing the marketing.
- freelancer46, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3They've got this in denver too. The best thing about it is that it gets the families and slow people in their own line so the other lines are much easier. I hate getting stuck behind a parents with like 8 kids who have no idea what's going on.
- raisputin3, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2How about we just get rid of the TSA and the DHS completely and go back to the way things should be? That would solve the whole damned problem. All the TSA and DHS do is ***** upo the lives of thousands of people every single day of the year.
Screw 'em, they are working for he WRONG team. - d686, on 05/09/2008, -0/+2"slalom course"...? i get the attempt on continuing with the ski theme, but unless the passengers have to run very quickly through a bunch of zigzagging gates, it's not the best choice.
- colifis, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3Everybody that has flown more then twice in their lives are going to consider themselves black diamonds.
- mrswirl, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3This has been in place at Denver for a few months. At first, I was excited that it would make a difference but I've quickly found that it has had absolutely zero effect from what I can tell. People just naturally feed to the perceived shortest line since there are no physical barriers separating the lines.
The lines are still out the door but now it's due to the inept (and deliberately slow moving) TSA document checkers at the front of the security queue rather than the typically inept TSA screeners who actually check the bags. I've noticed lately that when the line for the metal detectors start to back up, the document checkers will deliberately slow the flow of people through their checkpoint to a crawl. For Christ sake, it does not take 45 seconds to verify a drivers license! - inactive, on 05/09/2008, -4/+6For a second, I thought that said "Shalom course"
- darny, on 05/09/2008, -1/+3I can see this getting very messed up, very quickly.
- lillicat, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1I like how TSA stereotypes. "Workers helped steer flip-flop-wearing vacationers one way, and briefcase-toting business travelers the other."
They'd probably stick me in the green line just because I'm fat. - Nothlit, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2Many airlines already do what you propose, but they call it "boarding by zones." Typically the zones are organized so that passengers in the rear window seats board first, then passengers in the mid-section window seats along with passengers in the rear aisle seats, then the front window seats and mid-section aisle seats, and finally the front aisle seats. Unfortunately, this often means families traveling together in the same row are in different zones, so they all just end up boarding together anyway and messing up the whole system.
- redfan, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2Good idea in theory, for someone like me who can get their shoes off, laptop into a separate bin, and my toiletries "freedom baggie" out of its special pocket in about 15 seconds. I just fear that too many infrequent travelers will get into the wrong line and slow things down for us. Basically like drivers who can't figure out that the left lane is for faster traffic.
Certainly willing to give it a chance though. - EricAnderton, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2Yes, that and "why/when the hell did they put a ski resort there?"
- horscategorie, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2There may still be slow people in the expert lane, but I'd be willing to bet the noobs and families will still go in the beginner lane. Thus, the system will be faster than it is now. I like it.
- wilhb81, on 05/09/2008, -0/+1WoW, this will be a great experience for those that love skiing.
- Cornloaf, on 05/09/2008, -1/+2I saw them staging the signs at LAX Terminal 6 last Friday so hopefully it will help that mess of an airport.
- allaboutdatiki, on 05/09/2008, -1/+1I was on a couple of Frontier flights over the past month that boarded window seats first. I like that idea ... (and window seats) ...
- grngolet, on 05/09/2008, -3/+0That was my initial thought, too. If passengers understand the ski slope metaphor (and it's clearly explained in that way) there should be no problem. People know not to go down a black diamond when it's their first time seeing snow. I guess time will tell, but I'd like to see this adopted by more airports.
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