http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/000147.html Comments for "Give us appointments at airport security" en http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/000147.html#comment-11427 <p>I can't believe you came up with this idea in 2004 and they still haven't implemented it. The last paragraph is spot on.</p> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:13 -0800 LevelHeaded comment 11427 at http://ideas.4brad.com http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/000147.html <p>I've written about a few plans to get rid of the headache (and travel killer) that airport security has become. One of the great curses is that because you can't predict how long security might take, most people end up arriving way, way ahead of their flight in case the line is long, but often they clear it in just a few minutes. (Ditto the immigration/customs line at Canadian airports going to the USA.)</p> <p>So here's another idea -- appointments for going through airport security. When you use web check-in (which many airlines now support) or even at the gate, you would be allocated an appointment in the latest available slot some period (say 20 minutes) before boarding ends for your flight. Appointments would be spaced at slightly more than the average time to clear a passenger through security.</p> <p>This would work because there would be two lines at the security gate. One for people with appointments, one for those without (or who missed their appointment.) You could only enter the appointment waiting zone in the 10 minutes prior to your appointment, and presuming 30 seconds per party, that would mean it would hold about 20 people. An agent would check your bar-coded appointment slot in letting you in.</p> <p>When your time comes (or at any free time) you would be taken through at the head of the security line. If somebody needs extra security (random search, suspect item) that of course delays the station they are going through, but the other stations are free to take the person with the next appointment. Only if all stations got bogged down with problem cases would people in the appointment line not go through at close to their exact appointment time.</p> http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/000147.html#comments Best Of Blog Air Travel Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:36:11 -0700 brad 146 at http://ideas.4brad.com