>The lengthened times for showing up at the airport mean that it no longer even makes sense for many people to take shorter flights Shorter flights should gene

>The lengthened times for showing up at the airport mean that it no longer even makes sense for many people to take shorter flights Shorter flights should generally be rail anyway. The math on "no longer makes sense" isn't run, but short flights were never cheaper - the benefit is that I either don't have to pay attention and drive for hours or that I don't need to be on a slower bus for more hours.