still happens to often I spent over 2 hours in line at Delta Tampa earlier this year (one machine screening the entire concourse-reached by a train shuttle-) Also Las Vegas most anytime has loooonnnggg lines (America West and ?) Besides you cant count on line being quick-still being told to get to airport 90-120 min prior to flight departure and lots of us lump it all together--ya gotta leave many hours before your flight, drive to airport, try to park, shuttle to terminal, line to airline checkin, line for security, line at gate. The whole process is a mess I think the blame is all lumped into one catagory---Security delays. (probably should also blame the carriers for cutting back on staff so severly that checkins also take forever) Dennis