The Revival of Concorde

Re:The Revival of Concorde by lobster_johnson on Saturday September 19, 2015 @02:12AM (#10243467)

Adding to what the other comments say, these days a lot of the time through security is wasted on the multiplicity of items that have to go through the scanners.

Instead of just chucking your hand luggage on the conveyor belt, you have to take out your laptop and tablet, you have to take off your jacket, belt and shoes, and assorted metal things (keys, etc.) -- I usually end up having to use four trays for all my stuff when traveling internationally.

I remember the 90s well, when the security gate took less than 20 seconds -- you walked through the metal detector and then waited for your bag. Since the queue wasn't jammed up with people, your bag usually came out at the same time that you were done walking through the detector. Occasionally something set off the detector, of course, but then they just made you go through again without the offending item.

It's definitely much worse now.

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Re:The Revival of Concorde by superuser2 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @03:25PM (#10245286)

I've never spent more than ~30 seconds actually being screened. The delay, if there is one, is waiting to get to the front of the line to be screened. This is an embarrassingly parallel problem and security at every airport could be trivially brought down to 60 seconds maximum by operating more lanes.

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Re:The Revival of Concorde by lobster_johnson on Saturday September 19, 2015 @03:29PM (#10245296)

I was factoring the time spent waiting in line to get screened into my nostalgia.

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