Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Hi Ted, > I flew from Detroit to Phoenix last weekend. Unless things have changed > dramatically this week, I think you will be surprised to find out that the > lines were actually shorter. I arrived at both airports to find short > lines. I did arrive a little over 2 hours before my flight just to be safe > but in both cases it just led to a longer stay in the gate. I think this is > due to letting only passengers into and past security. They did check my id > and tickets more often and probably gave my bags more scrutiny but other > than that the process was just the same as usual. > > Steve My Mother just flew (2 days ago) from Calgary to New York and was told to show up 3 hours early at check-in. So she showed up at 5am for an 8am flight, then stood around for 2 1/2 hours waiting for the airline check-in people to show up. The check-in people rushed all the passengers through in a half-hour. sl >> >> And given in two weeks I fly to Portland , Maine through Chicago from >> Vancouver to the Leica Seminar, I'm not looking forward to the line-ups and >> extra security. But I will remain calm and cool at all times, frustrated >> internally maybe, but I'd much rather arrive at MY destination than not >> arrive at all! >> ted > > -- - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html