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I wouldn't mind Clear one bit if they had their own dedicated security scanners. But they don't--they cut into the PreCheck line.
by beej71 3y ago
I wouldn't mind Clear one bit if they had their own dedicated security scanners. But they don't--they cut into the PreCheck line.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoI do mind my government contracting out the ability to cut the line to a non government entity.
- solardev 3y agoThe whole setup is ridiculous. PreCheck is pay to play too. If the government wanted equitable security it could just offer the same background check for free to anyone. But then all the lines would be long again because everyone would be on equal footing, like the citizen lines in immigration. It's just their lame way to appease rich people and business travelers after the increased security after 9/11. And yeah, outsourcing some of that security to a private company -- and a single one at a that --just seems like rampant corruption. Wouldn't expect any less from the US gov.
- filoleg 3y ago> It's just their lame way to appease rich people and business travelers. PreCheck costs $75 and is valid for 5 years.
- solardev 3y agoWhich, for the many people who don't travel frequently, is a non-trivial cost on top of expensive tickets.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoAnd time to go to an airport and get your fingerprints taken. Either way, it could cost $0.01, the point is a barrier is put in place to allow some people to save time.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoSupposedly, the line could move faster if we didn’t have to take shoes off.
- solardev 3y agoAfter the next terrorist attack, we're all just going to have to start flying naked.
- Gibbon1 3y agoIf one were to truly embrace the free market you would allow airlines to compete on the level of security. Maybe say Delta does a full CT scan and chemical tests. American is like getting on BART[1]. And we can let the free market decide the risk people want to take. [1] Small hill to die on. On BART someones packing a gun on every ten car train.
- beej71 3y ago> PreCheck is pay to play too. True, but typically doesn't involve cutting into the non-precheck line. > all the lines would be long again because everyone would be on equal footing Also true, but processed faster. I certainly wouldn't mind it being free.
- solardev 3y agoIf a Clear customer goes through a PreCheck line, that's because they also have PreCheck (paid separately, not related to their Clear subscription). They are different things -- the gov offers PreCheck, and all Clear does is let you jump whatever queue you would've gone into anyway. You can also be a Clear customer without having PreCheck, in which case they'll just move you to the front of the non-PreCheck line.
- evrydayhustling 3y agoWhy should you be able to pay to jump any line, just to go through the same screening? Total regulatory graft.
- solardev 3y agoI agree, and wish Clear were not a thing. To a lesser extent I also think PreCheck should not be a paid service, just an optional free screening that any citizen or resident could get.
- bradknowles 3y agoNot at the Austin airport. They have their own dedicated scanners at the Austin airport.