PDX used to be a non TSA Airport. And I think it won "best small airport in the US" for 5 years running. I didn't hate it. At the end of last year, TSA took ov

PDX used to be a non TSA Airport. And I think it won "best small airport in the US" for 5 years running. I didn't hate it. At the end of last year, TSA took over. The difference is dramatic. I fly through PDX at least 4 times a month. Average security wait time has more than tripled for me. They've installed scanners. But the big change is the way travelers are treated. As a woman waiting in line next time me on one trip put it, "these TSA guys act like they're Prison Guards - and we're convicts." It's turned a not terrible experience into a truly awful one. It's turned PDX from one of the best US airports into just another shit show. I know that I would absolutely fly to a less convenient airport if it were not TSA staffed.