+1 if the clear people just waited in line with the rest of pre-check I wouldn't care but I hate to get to the front of pre-check just to have these people cut in front. Get your own line or eliminate it. |
Well, too bad, so sad. |
No, tolls paid for express lanes are collected by the government and used to improve the infrastructure for all. Fees paid to Clear are used to benefit Clear and the airlines, but are relying on federally-funded services (TSA). PreCheck is like an express lane, not Clear. |
I feel pretty certain you can use context clues to figure this out. |
Clear wouldn't be banned, just have a separate line. At some airpots (Atlanta and Houston), it's already like this. Not because they were required to, but just it was easier to do it that way when the airport security area was renovated.
As a frequent flyer, Clear is usually slower than regular Pre-check during busy times, especially at IAD. At moderately busy times, Clear is faster than Precheck. At slow times, it's about the same. |
It is not analogous to the toll lanes on a road. On a road I am not held up by your use of the toll road. You have a ramp to get on and it does not hold me up. In fact your use of it actually helps me. But with Clear I am forced to wait while you cut in front of me. It actually harms me (my time is wasted). It's a totally different situation. |
Making Clear have its own line is an obvious solution. |
You have to have precheck as well so those people bumping you have also paid. If you have clear but not precheck you go to the regular security line. That said I’m all for having separate lines for Clear. |
Reading that the airports only have authority up until the TSA check, what is to prevent the TSA from selecting people form other lines or non clear people from just walking up to the TSA? The airport's jurisdiction over the line ends at the TSA checkpoint |
When was the last time you went to an amusement park like Disney World? This is a well established practice. |
Airport employees/policy control the lines. TSA authority only takes over once a person gets to the desk where they check your ID and boarding pass. |
You are not lining up at Disneyworld for a government-run and -mandated security check. That’s the difference. |
The CA government allows a lot of people to cut corners, such as making an appointment in advance at the DMV. Not everyone has internet access to be able to do that. And nobody is forcing you to travel by air, you're free to take other modes of transportation if "line cutting" is so galling. |
If they have their own line won't a worker go have to work that line, making the other lines longer anyway?/ |
Clear should be eliminated. These passengers should not be cutting in front of TSA Precheck. |