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Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:05 am
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
3378 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:05 am
Statistically, I’m probably not the only one stuck in this line this morning. The system is a complete failure every Monday morning.

Would any aviation logistic specialists care to chime in as to what is happening?

This is what purgatory is like, right?

Edit: I have Pre-Check, Clear, and Digital ID
This post was edited on 5/6/24 at 6:47 am
Posted by TigerReb7
Oxford
Member since Sep 2020
246 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:07 am to
quote:

Atlanta
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Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119551 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:09 am to
Don't fly out of Atlanta as yoir starting destination. I went through there Saturday only waynto FLL. Easy.
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
65941 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:09 am to
quote:

This is what purgatory is like, right?
Close

If your plane heads to JXN, you’re going to wish you could stay in the ATL.
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
35126 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:21 am to
Just keep calm and think about that hot n fresh Popeyes breakfast you are about to get.
Posted by Blutarsky
112th Congress
Member since Jan 2004
9863 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:23 am to
Pay for TSA Precheck or Clear.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51396 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:26 am to
Great airport if you’re just connecting through
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
24379 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:28 am to
Some of the rudest TSA agents I have encountered.
Posted by tigerfan84
Member since Dec 2003
20365 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:31 am to
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
7112 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:33 am to
If you fly out of big airports at all it makes no sense not to get TSA Pre- & Clear.
Posted by WHATASHAME
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2009
624 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:40 am to
Leave yesterday.
Posted by TigerFanatic99
South Bend, Indiana
Member since Jan 2007
27712 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:50 am to
Hot take, but I 100% believe that Orlando Airport security is more inept and dramatically more inefficient than Atlanta.
Posted by CaptainJ47
Gonzales
Member since Nov 2007
7374 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 6:52 am to
Gonna give up one of my little ATL secrets. Don’t check into the domestic terminal. Use the security at the international terminal and enter into terminal F then take the sky train. Shhh… keep it quiet. Don’t screw it up so the sheep in ATL start using the hack.
Posted by mauser
Orange Beach
Member since Nov 2008
21757 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:10 am to
Do they still make 70 year old granny take off her shoes?
Posted by DR93Berlin
Member since Jul 2020
885 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:17 am to
Sometimes it’s unavoidable, but I try not to fly out of ATL on Mondays. Tuesdays are getting to be just as bad
Posted by Rendevoustavern
Member since May 2018
1564 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:23 am to
The luggage screener machine is the worst. On the front end, they need to have double the amount of input and the back end needs to be about 5-10 feet longer and move luggage quicker.

Digital ID is the hidden secret of the ATL airport. I’ve never waited more than 10 minutes. I also check the security reports and if it’s bad I’ll go to the international side, which is always a breeze.
Posted by OU812ME2
Earth
Member since Jun 2021
831 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:44 am to
LOL at people complaining about 30 minutes etc. There are some days every line is backedup and wrapping the atrium. And there's also another couple thousand cars circling the airport looking for any open parking spaces at the same time.

After a while you just get used to the world's busiest airport AND the world's worst airport employees combining to create one of the worst experiences imaginable. All you can do is have Clear, digital ID and say a couple dozen hail Marys when sitting in the traffic jams getting TO the airport that you have a chance to make your flight. The good thing is that most of the flights are delayed so there's that.
Posted by concrete_tiger
Member since May 2020
6076 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:51 am to
Here's my tip, and you won't like it. Get there way the frick early.

I leave early early early for flights and beat the traffic and the lines. I don't mind spending 2 hours eating breakfast, checking emails, or whatever.

My wife rarely travels and I told her that she needed to just bite the bullet and get there way the frick early. She didn't.

Then it took her longer to find parking than she thought due to construction. Then security lines were absurd and she's not pre-check. She missed her flight.

Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
99219 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:54 am to
Flown into, out of and through ATL numerous times.

Never had an issue.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
SouthEast... you figure it out
Member since Aug 2021
25447 posts
Posted on 5/6/24 at 7:57 am to
MARTA bus gonna block your view just so you know in advance.
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