Anyone who can afford this ride will be part of a paid Get Out of Grope program.
Does this happen anymore? I flew out of Boston the day before Thanksgiving (when I would imagine tons of people are traveling) and it took <5 minutes to get through security. Same thing on the way back.
One data point doesn't mean anything... It's the uncertainty that you might spend 1h in line that makes you waste time in the end.
No, but this is HN.
It depends on when you fly. I haven't had a really bad (1 hour) security wait since 2002, but when the airports are really crowded, I've seen it get close to that.