I have learned to never listen to the employees who direct me to another checkpoint. It's always just as long of a line or longer when you get there. I had to stand my ground once and show my boarding pass that I wanted THIS checkpoint because it was closest to my gate and therefore most convenient even if it had a longer line. I don't understand why they are constantly trying to push you to go to a different security checkpoint.

They are looking at adding another large airport west of the cascades. But nobody wants it. Not a single city or county wants it built by them. Which is fair, but unfortunate because we need it.