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Scrivener7

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5. But what does? Is this happening? I traveled out of the country earlier this month. No wait times

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #4)

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:57 PM

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whatsoever in either direction, though the news was full of horror stories.

The Atlanta hub is often a problem, but I do wonder whether it ever really was 6 hours.

I know Denver airport had a blackout a couple of days ago and there were bad storms earlier this week. Both of those caused delays, but neither had anything to do with TSA.

I think this is a story that is being puffed up and blamed on the partial shutdown when the partial shutdown is having little actual effect.

As far as connecting flights, it only affects the time you get on your first flight, and you're supposed to be at the airport hours before your flight time in case of such waits. Luckily there are sites where we can see if our particular airport is a disaster spot.

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Atlanta Hartsfield: Entering the SIXTH hour in the TSA line [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sunday OP

Insanity on display but no worries..ICE to the rescue since the republicans can't fund the TSA Deuxcents Sunday #1

Don't understand how ICE will help the situation newdeal2 Sunday #2

Warm bodies. Iggo Sunday #7

EDIT: Right now it's 31 minutes. Scrivener7 Sunday #3

And their connecting flights? Will they be on time or will they be in lines again? It's gotta be a domino effect Deuxcents Sunday #4

But what does? Is this happening? I traveled out of the country earlier this month. No wait times Scrivener7 Sunday #5

Atlanta is a primarily Democratic, chocolate city in a state that's gotten awfully pink ms liberty Sunday #12

We all know how Georgians vote, but still--a friend of mine is a Senator from Georgia, and the other is a Democrat, too DFW Monday #18

The timestamp on the post is 5:32 PM today (downthread) hatrack Sunday #14

6 hours seems unlikely - nobody is 6 hours early to the airport so nobody is standing in line that long Prairie Gates Sunday #16

Crazy. I'm not reading a lot about the shutdown. Melon Sunday #6

I was nervous about flying this week, hauckeye Sunday #8

But they aren't. See above post 3 for the current wait times at some major hubs. Scrivener7 Sunday #9

You don't seriously expect the .gov to be telling the truth, do you? /nt dickthegrouch Sunday #13

The government's site for it is https://www.dhs.gov check-wait-times. The one I linked is, I think, one of Scrivener7 Monday #17

This is bad: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, world's busiest, has *turned off* its wait time tracker. mahatmakanejeeves Sunday #10

My granddaughter is stuck there spinbaby Sunday #11

If they are waiting 6+ hours, haven't they all missed their original flights? FakeNoose Sunday #15

Brings back memories of the Talking TSA Blues (Atlanta, 2010) DFW Monday #19