A shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security has gone into effect. That includes the Transportation Security Administration, whose officers are responsible for screening passengers and bags at airports.
And it was relatively pleasant. Walk through a metal detector, have your carry on x-rayed and you’re good to go. Whole thing would only take a couple minutes once you made it to the front of the line and most of that was just waiting for the tray to go through the little x-ray conveyor belt. Even the people running the machines were relatively pleasant, not the surly assholes looking for an excuse to power trip on somebody that are all running things now.
Before the TSA existed (pre-911) airport security was run and paid for by the airlines.
And it was relatively pleasant. Walk through a metal detector, have your carry on x-rayed and you’re good to go. Whole thing would only take a couple minutes once you made it to the front of the line and most of that was just waiting for the tray to go through the little x-ray conveyor belt. Even the people running the machines were relatively pleasant, not the surly assholes looking for an excuse to power trip on somebody that are all running things now.