I fly a few times a year for work and for pleasure, and I’ve noticed the lines have grown for airport security, and it seems that more and more resources are being dedicated towards TSA Pre Check-dedicated checkpoints.
Pre Check is already faster by design, but why it requires more staff, and more checkpoints than standard security is beyond me. I think the problems start to arise when the non-paid, unwashed masses are forced to divert to smaller and smaller checkpoints staffed by a skeleton crew.
This government-controlled security measure is starting to look a lot like a poorly conceived freemium software offering—designed to be intentionally poor to force an upgrade to the paid plan.