This feels like "what color is your parachute".........our tax dollars at work.The green lane is for families with small children and other people who need help with the security process. The black diamond is for experienced travelers, intent upon speeding through the terminal. The TSA also had an intermediate blue lane, but non-skiers found it confusing, so the blue has been dropped.
Families in the green lane cleared security in 11 or 12 minutes. Black diamond travelers usually were through in a minute or so less. A few of the expert travelers were forced to wait up to 20 minutes while TSA agents gave their carry-on bags a more rigorous search.
So on the North Terminal there are "Green Lanes, Black Diamond Lanes, the Puffer Machine Lane, the Employee Lane and the "First Class" lane - of course I'm in the First Class lane and cannot tell a difference in any of this mess :)
Another travel first this week, on way from Denver to Portland, OR was hearing the flight attendant ask after wheels up and on ascent at about 15,000 feet, "Is there a medical doctor on board? Please ring your call button to assist two Registered Nurses. We'll come get you." The good news is, the person with the emergency seemed to be alive at least upon departure from the plane, which circled back to land in Denver, had paramedics come meet the plane and took off again a bit later for Portland, OR. Airline staff had things in control and were quite private with the matter. Bad news is - the extra take off and landing did not count for additional segment :(
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Are you implying that expert travelers have a higher search percentage?
http://flyingwithfish.blogspot.com/2008/03/theft-at-airport-security-check-points.html
This is great info as I will be doing a Denver fly-by (in and out in one day) in two weeks. Not being a skier I like to idea of hitting the black diamond route as I would never hit that on the slopes! Alas - tough call, first class vs. black diamond...I'll make a game time decision and report back here.
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