TSA finally realizes you can hang at the gate without a flight
Airport security is rolling back the clock to a time before everything felt like a high-stakes spy movie.
Twenty-five years after the TSA decided that hanging out at the gate was a national security threat, they’ve finally had a change of heart. Apparently, they realized that letting people say goodbye to loved ones—or just grabbing a shitty airport burger with them—doesn't actually topple the government.
For the first time since the early 2000s, some airports are opening up gate access to non-travelers again. It turns out, forcing everyone to hug their friends at the curb like they’re in a low-budget drama was a bit much. It’s almost like the agency figured out that grandma doesn't need to be frisked just to walk her grandson to the boarding area.
It takes a quarter-century to admit that maybe, just maybe, the security theater was turned up a little too high.
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