A couple of days ago, I traveled from MIA to ATL, positive space, home from recurrent training (on Delta). The gal that checked me in said that there was no KCM at the adjacent security screening portal, so I took a long walk down to the next one. There I found a sign simply stating that KCM was "closed." Only, that portal had no Pre-Check. I walked back to the original portal, and right in front of me, the TSA agent anounced, "After this one, Pre-Check is closed." She made concession for me and a couple of others who were in ear shot.

Later the stories began to hit, about long delays at airports. I can tell you that this is a coordinated effort, from the top down, to ratchet up the pain on the traveling public in advance of the Memorial Day weekend (like escalating gasoline prices). The obvious goal of the bureaucrats is to pour on the pressure for increased budget authority for the TSA. Really shameful, and typical of this administration.

Write to your elected reps in Washington, and ask them to punish, rather than reward, the TSA for this.