Finally going to Houston

Again I went through check-in, customs, security and ended waiting at the gate.

The flight is delayed because of the long lines at security. Therefore I find it surprising that security starts only about 1,5 hours before the flight is scheduled to leave, even though by that time there is already a line of almost 100 people. I guess the procedure says to start at a certain time because the employees are chatting for at least 15-30 minutes before they start to work. Also the process could be optimized. There are about 8 employees to question the travelers, one x-ray machine operator, two persons at the metal detector and two persons who thoroughly check all hand luggage. This worked fine in the old situation, but since the Christmas day bomber there are 11 employees and 100+ customers waiting for the two guys checking the hand luggage thoroughly. I guess if they would only redistribute the employees the plane would leave on time and the airline company could save money on fuel because they don't have to make up for lost time and this wouldn't even cost them a dime.

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