Austin's airport now wants people to arrive three or more hours before departure

Because of understaffed airline counters and TSA lines, airport officials are advising people to show up three hours or more before departure.

That variation in how early people board before departing is what prompted the new guidance, ABIA says. With TSA lines back out the door this week, and the new guidance to arrive three hours or more before departure, Congressman Lloyd Doggett is urging the head of the TSA to send more agents to ABIA.to TSA Administrator David Pekoske that the TSA is"thoroughly unprepared" to process the large volumes of travelers that are expected over Memorial Day weekend.

"What we need most, as both the Airport Director and I have urged, is more TSA officers, but I believe you also need a specific contingency plan that may require treating passengers for heat stroke if substantial relief is not promptly provided," Doggett wrote.

What does Pete Buttigieg do all day? We have many national transportation issues that are getting zero attention.

At this point might as well…

nathan Might as well drive to Houston and fly from there?

nathan 😡

nathan Ridiculous

nathan This is infuriating. For many business travelers, you could likely get to your destination in 3 hours by just driving there. Certainly if it’s Dallas or Houston.

nathan A train to the airport will get people there faster, cheaper, and with way less stress.

nathan Fun.

nathan I just got back from a trip to Austin. TSA was great and polite. The line was no bigger than any other airport any other day. Of course Memorial Day Weekend will have lines, but that's the nature of the beast, not TSA's fault. Austin ATX

rkelmo nathan It’s a nice airport!

nathan wow, lay off the drugs Austin

nathan

nathan Guess I’m not flying through Austin anymore 😬

nathan Long past time to re-think the TSA. Technology can screen passengers must faster.

nathan

nathan Yeah, Austin airport wants me to not fly. That’s what I’m reading.

nathan TSA lines are shorter than coffee lines this morning at Bergstrom. I think there’s only two or three coffee stands open now— the busiest time of the day! 😡😡😡

nathan Not enough TSA staff. It's a shit job and nobody wants to do it.

nathan With a toddler in tow, no thanks.

nathan 'What we need most, as both the Airport Director and I have urged, is more TSA officers, but I believe you also need a specific contingency plan that may require treating passengers for heat stroke if substantial relief is not promptly provided,' Doggett wrote. Heat stroke?

nathan Those $17 gift shop tacos and $22 Lone Star tall boys aren’t going to sell themselves.

nathan FFS

nathan Get Global Entry y’all !

nathan Nope.

nathan Stop making people take off their fucking shoes for no reason This has prevented ZERO terrorist attacks in 20 years Also: hire TSA agents, this isn't rocket science

nathan I was doing that anyway but go off

nathan I am embarrassed for my city. This is a terrible look for a city that presents itself as a destination.

nathan All the blame being directed at tsa with no discussion of the fact that airlines could stagger schedules to be more accommodating. There are times when there is no security line at all. Perhaps more attention to the number of departures at a given time would be helpful.

nathan Bottleneck at TSA security checkpoint..

nathan In some cases, driving to their destinations would be quicker...🤣

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