Comments on: Geek Data - 11 Slowest Big-City Airport Security Lines http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:51:20 GMT http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 By: Hoosierprof http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2644 Hoosierprof Mon, 03 Dec 2007 17:48:03 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2644 You're correct about Concourse A at Indianapolis. If a female traveler happens to annoy one of the workers (who is also a woman) on the daytime shift there, she'll be pulled to the side while the workers demonstrate how slowly they will perform the search. I avoid flying out of Indy now. You’re correct about Concourse A at Indianapolis. If a female traveler happens to annoy one of the workers (who is also a woman) on the daytime shift there, she’ll be pulled to the side while the workers demonstrate how slowly they will perform the search. I avoid flying out of Indy now.

]]> By: Rick Seaney http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2579 Rick Seaney Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:21:22 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2579 <blockquote> The Top 40 cities were selected based on passenger enplanement statistics from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS.gov), The accuracy of the TSA database is unknown -- we selected Monday afternoon because it wasn't crazy busy like Monday morning but it was busy enough to get a nice sample of the 40 cities. </blockquote>

The Top 40 cities were selected based on passenger enplanement statistics from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS.gov), The accuracy of the TSA database is unknown — we selected Monday afternoon because it wasn’t crazy busy like Monday morning but it was busy enough to get a nice sample of the 40 cities.

]]> By: Press http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2574 Press Fri, 30 Nov 2007 02:20:33 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2574 New Orleans isn't (and wasn't) a big city. It's probably the smallest airport on the list. Maybe the day after Mardi Gras has a 40 minute wait, but usually it's nothing like a truly big city airport. I can't say why, but one very long wait at a gate C doesn't gel with the 10-15 minutes at the other gates. But then, the TSA is famous for catching 7-year old terrorists, so GIGO. New Orleans isn’t (and wasn’t) a big city. It’s probably the smallest airport on the list. Maybe the day after Mardi Gras has a 40 minute wait, but usually it’s nothing like a truly big city airport. I can’t say why, but one very long wait at a gate C doesn’t gel with the 10-15 minutes at the other gates. But then, the TSA is famous for catching 7-year old terrorists, so GIGO.

]]> By: Joan Zaiz http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2565 Joan Zaiz Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:39:57 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2565 New Orleans may be bad but Chicago is the worst airport for delayed flights and lack of information. New Orleans may be bad but Chicago is the worst airport for delayed flights and lack of information.

]]> By: Jesse Harris http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2561 Jesse Harris Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:21:03 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2561 As a former resident of Sin City, I can tell you the absolute worst time to try and fly to or from Las Vegas: the day before Thanksgiving. Not only do you have a bunch of people flying in, but it's the busiest travel day of the year for locals. Keep in mind that's a market of somewhere around 2.5-3M people, almost none of which have family in town. As a former resident of Sin City, I can tell you the absolute worst time to try and fly to or from Las Vegas: the day before Thanksgiving. Not only do you have a bunch of people flying in, but it’s the busiest travel day of the year for locals. Keep in mind that’s a market of somewhere around 2.5-3M people, almost none of which have family in town.

]]> By: Rick Seaney http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2557 Rick Seaney Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:07:08 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2557 <blockquote cite="">I apologize for the Cleveland typo. It should read "C/D" not "4D"</blockquote>

I apologize for the Cleveland typo. It should read “C/D” not “4D”

]]> By: Scott http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2553 Scott Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:36:49 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2553 There's no 4D concourse in Cleveland. Did you mean C/D (which share a security checkpoint)? There’s no 4D concourse in Cleveland. Did you mean C/D (which share a security checkpoint)?

]]> By: Dan http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2550 Dan Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:39:00 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2550 Good research here-CLE doesn't have a "4D" concourse. There is a D concourse, but it has no security line at all!!! Good research here-CLE doesn’t have a “4D” concourse. There is a D concourse, but it has no security line at all!!!

]]> By: Gretchen B http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2549 Gretchen B Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:22:11 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2549 Not surprising that MSY ranked #1. I left there on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 27th, in hopes of missing the bulk of the Thanksgiving travelers, but discovered the airport even more of a mess than usual. The restrooms appeared not to have been serviced since before the holiday travel season and I found only 1, yes ONE, person at security manning the individual metal detector that you have to walk through. Yikes. Not surprising that MSY ranked #1. I left there on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 27th, in hopes of missing the bulk of the Thanksgiving travelers, but discovered the airport even more of a mess than usual. The restrooms appeared not to have been serviced since before the holiday travel season and I found only 1, yes ONE, person at security manning the individual metal detector that you have to walk through. Yikes.

]]> By: Melinda http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2544 Melinda Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:29:46 +0000 http://rickseaney.com/2007/11/27/geek-data-10-slowest-big-city-airport-security-lines/#comment-2544 This is a strange way to compare security line times. I travel routinely between Philadelphia and New Orleans and only once have I seen a long line in the N.O. airport. Usually it's just 0-5 people between me and the agent checking IDs. I have even had times when there was no one else in line at all and I went straight on through the metal detector. Philadelphia, however, always has a line, which seems to vary in length unpredictably: sometimes you can walk right up to the ID-checkers and other times you're lined up all the way down the hallway with the 'moving walk'. This is a strange way to compare security line times. I travel routinely between Philadelphia and New Orleans and only once have I seen a long line in the N.O. airport. Usually it’s just 0-5 people between me and the agent checking IDs. I have even had times when there was no one else in line at all and I went straight on through the metal detector.
Philadelphia, however, always has a line, which seems to vary in length unpredictably: sometimes you can walk right up to the ID-checkers and other times you’re lined up all the way down the hallway with the ‘moving walk’.

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