{"id":1037,"date":"2001-10-22T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2001-10-22T19:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/?p=1037"},"modified":"2001-10-22T14:01:27","modified_gmt":"2001-10-22T19:01:27","slug":"dia_woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2001\/10\/22\/dia_woes.html","title":{"rendered":"DIA Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

DIA Woes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Everybody’s having fun pointing the finger at why the lines are so long for security check-in at DIA.<\/p>\n

This all demonstrates why the security check-in function should be removed from a subcontractor to an airline working with the airport which is a city location but has to abide by FAA rules, etc., etc. The situation is designed strictly to save money. Security itself is an afterthought. And flexibility isn’t even factored in. Not that bureaucracies (including military bureaucracies) are “flexible,” but this dozens of fingers in the pot approach is just not cutting it.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, if we want security<\/i>, then rushing through subcontractors before fingerprint checks come back is not the way to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DIA Woes Everybody’s having fun pointing the finger at why the lines are so long for security check-in at DIA. 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