On: The Revival of Concorde

[superuser2]

What do delays at the arrival end of your trip have to do with 9/11? Customs screening for international flights has always existed; only security on the departure side has gotten slower, and this is a problem you can solve with not very much money by enrolling in pre-check.

Your air travel experience will be much more pleasant if you exclusively do carry-on. I've never needed more than a backpack and a suitcase. Most destinations have laundry machines.

My understanding is that weather, taxi gridlock, and under-provisioned gates are the primary drivers of slowness in airports.

[bwilliams18 → superuser2]

Pre-Check is great, when you have it, and did not exist from 2001 until the concorde shut down in 2003, thus was a significant factor.

It is probably safe to say that almost anyone flying on the concorde at the time would have pre-check today.