Ridiculous Security at Dulles
Me and the 13 year old ventured forth from Dulles airport today to visit family in the frozen tundra of NH. Prior to leaving the house, I printed out our boarding passes, checked in online, and read the "important information" from Independence Air. They told us to be at the airport 1 hour in advance. Well, luckily for us, I decided to go earlier, just in case of strangeness.
Strangeness it was when we found that the line began almost as soon as you entered the door, near the escalators down to baggage claim. It then went off to the right, almost to the end of terminal, then left, almost to the other end of the terminal, then filtered through a VERY FEW open screening stations.
Of course, the employee screening stations were clear and open.
So, there we were, approximately 8:45, in this VERY long line. By approximately 9:45, we wound up just about to go through the security station, when a TSA representative told us "we're closing this one, you have to wait in line for the next one." We were VERY annoyed, to say the least, but grumbled into the next line. Approximately 10 minutes later, we were again about to go through the security station, when another TSA representative informed us that THIS one was also closing, and we would have to go back and wait in yet ANOTHER line. So, I called for the supervisor, who decided to keep it open, likely because about 10 other people started also complaining.
By the time we got through security, went through the tunnel to terminal A, and got to our places, we had approximately 10 minutes before boarding. Arrival at 8:45 for a 10:50 flight and we barely had time. Go figure.