This is nothing but a manufactured crisis in the ramp up to the summer travel season. We flew over Mothers Day weekend. ZERO PROBLEM WITH SECURITY LINES. They just want more money and more people. WAKE UP, AMERICA!
I fly somewhere three weeks out of 4. Honestly, I hadn't seen ANY increase in security lines anywhere until last week. I flew in and out of O'Hare last Wednesday. It was RIDICULOUS!
The wait time in the TSA pre-check line was 30-40 minutes. The "regular" line was easily 200 yards long. I can't imagine how long it must have taken.
The crazy thing was: All security lines seemed to be open and there were PLENTY of TSA agents working. I don't know what they could do to speed it up.