Yea, I agree things are really smoother. I'm back to the point I walk in the front doors of the airport an hour or a little more before I'm to leave and have had no problems, and that has been at IAD, DCA, PHL, MYR, MCO, DAB, and SEA. Not having the checks at the gates is great, its like it use to be, just walk up and walk on. The electronic kiosks seem to work well and everywhere I've been the staff has really been active in helping people through (Again on a couple of different carriers, US, DL, and UA). The biggest issue I have is semi personal. I have a lot of crap on me that I have to take off (pager, phone, keys, rings, change, badge) and they really don't have a place to do it. I'd like a couple of tables just as you enter the rope lines so I can get all of it out, I'll hold up the line if I wait until I get to the checkpoint tables. That and one of my belts sets off the machine about 1/2 the time. Like I said to the one TSA agent when he asked me if I wanted to take my shoes off, if I go off, I go off, wand me, there is only so much I'm going to take off on a maybe. He just laughed, and that trip through, I didn't go off. Shawn At 10:59 AM 2/20/2003 -0800, you wrote: >David, >I agree with you about the smoothness of travel these days. >I took several international trips and 15-20 domestic round >trip flights within US after Sept. 11 > >My experience is , except the transitional periods (transition >from priv. firms to TSA, from some bags checked to all bags >checked, etc. ) the travel has gotten better. Noone is talking >about the skies being less crowded. Thanks to that ATC delays >are almost non existent anymore. > >TSA is doing a much better job compared to the private companies. > >I think most of the discomfort is created by the airlines. Who >cannot forget the stupid USAirways rule changes of last year. > >I have a better solution for the people who are nervous about >traveling, turn off CNN, turn on Travel Channel.. > >BAHA ACUNER - CFI,CFII,MEI >Soon to be travelling CFI. > >www.bahadiracuner.com >www.acuwings.com > >- David You land a million planes safely Then you have one little mid air And you never hear the end of it