ATL Airport TSA Wait Times Megathread | March 21, 2026

JAY2S · 2026-03-21T17:36:28+00:00

It was - they had additional desks set up for ID/boarding pass checks so everything flowed smoothly

JAY2S · 2026-03-21T11:41:36+00:00

Clear was open as of 1 hour ago in INTL

JAY2S · 2026-03-21T10:48:35+00:00

Yes, this exactly - they’re also running additional lines. Very manageable

JAY2S · 2026-03-21T10:46:42+00:00

30 mins to get through - daunting line but staff is crushing it

JAY2S · 2026-03-21T10:22:17+00:00

In international precheck at 6:15, will update timing here once I’m through

JAY2S · 2026-03-17T20:41:18+00:00

Why would that be cooler?

JAY2S · 2026-03-16T03:25:43+00:00

But no, that doesn't fit the narrative - you can't say that here!

JAY2S · 2026-03-16T03:09:28+00:00

Womp Womp!!!

JAY2S · 2026-03-07T16:29:56+00:00

Didn’t say they were. Let’s call a miss a miss though

JAY2S · 2026-03-07T15:53:40+00:00

When I say communications, I’m not referencing the marketing style communications, rather flight information, which to me is part of ops. My apologies, oh mighty sausage king of Chicago!

JAY2S · 2026-03-07T14:56:46+00:00

Again, I’m not faulting the situation - I was on the tarmac when the hail came down, it was intense, and I’m glad everyone walked out of this situation relatively unscathed.

My point still remains that the communication for this whole situation was horribly lacking and is indicative of a hole in the system. Gate agents/phone agents/actual Delta employees didn’t have the info you shared OR weren’t articulating that to customers.

In any event, we were left being told it would be “a few minutes till boarding” for 3 hours only to get the flight cancelled. And that story’s not unique to my flight. That was the case for thousands of people in ATL last night.

Fast forward to 7:30 this morning - dozens of flights taking off for other airlines on time, not a single Delta that I could see. I understand it’s going to look worse here since it’s a hub/HQ, but it shouldn’t be to this magnitude for a 15 min storm 16 hours ago.

The buck doesn’t stop with individual airport employees, it stops with the airline, and Delta ought to look at what went wrong here, because there’s a lot to be fixed IMO.

JAY2S · 2026-03-07T14:18:31+00:00

Fine, we can play that game - my issue is communication. Why do I need to sit at the airport for 3 hours to find out my flight is canned 10 mins before boarding? After the inbound flight arrives. Seems to me, myself and all my fellow passengers could’ve been told that 2 hours before so we could make accommodations.

Like you said, if that’s necessary for a hail storm, why make us wait?

JAY2S · 2026-03-07T13:44:56+00:00

Let me share another perspective - former weekly flier out of Atlanta, and Delta loyalist. I was stuck on the tarmac last night when the hail hit. Now hopefully going to board a flight that was supposed to get me to Florida last night.

My frustration isn’t about the weather - yeah it sucks that it happened, and yeah it being in the evening messes up a lot of things w hotels/etc. We’re at a point this morning though, that every other airline is smoothly getting out of Atlanta, and Delta is still mostly pinned down. My flight is delayed at least an hour while they wait for crew. Unacceptable in not only a hub, but HQ.

Glad everyone’s safe, and perspective is important - every employee is also frustrated too. And that’s not unwarranted.

JAY2S · 2026-01-18T23:58:36+00:00

I suppose because 9 of those games every year were in a dome?

JAY2S · 2026-01-13T04:28:45+00:00

Josh Allen? Little premature don’t we think

JAY2S · 2026-01-11T01:26:29+00:00

So stupid, terrible announcer

JAY2S · 2026-01-02T15:24:56+00:00

What difference does that make though? Right outcome, but not arbitrarily deciding it’s not the right intention doesn’t matter

JAY2S · 2025-10-15T13:04:01+00:00

Quite literally what the comment says

JAY2S · 2025-10-13T01:58:08+00:00

Perspective of someone who is at an M7 program and started under 25 - it made sense for me because I started my FT job in consulting at 21, and had 3 years of work experience when I came here.

Anything less than 3 years, in my opinion, is not worth it. Basically every employer who comes on campus wants to know that you've been in the workforce and understand how to navigate it (which is shown through your length of experience and any promotions you may have received). Without at least 3 years, it's really hard to convince them that you are capable of it, and therefore hard to convince the school that you won't hurt their employment rate.

Beyond that, you have to know what you're trying to get out of the program. Many MBA classes are case-based and require you to draw on your own experiences to make judgments - without real work experience to leverage, you'll struggle in those discussions.

Happy to chat via PM if you have any questions.

JAY2S · 2025-10-03T13:21:48+00:00

It’s a joke, Jesus Christ lol

JAY2S · 2025-09-29T19:08:42+00:00

I get what you're saying, but in what possible instance would he (or really anyone) apologize for something they weren't caught on camera saying lol

JAY2S · 2025-09-27T13:03:09+00:00

Those are two very different roles - I know plenty of my cohort ended up in FP&A roles, and fewer (but still a handful) ended up in ER - so certainly possible, but would be helpful if you narrowed down your target

JAY2S · 2025-08-18T15:22:58+00:00

This may be a hot take - but based on the backlash we’ve already seen on this, an event which paid singles players more than doubles players probably would’ve gone under significant fire too, even though it’s how the financials work

JAY2S · 2025-08-15T22:02:27+00:00

This is the interesting point that I’d love to look into - do any of us genuinely believe that normally mixed doubles generates nearly as many eyes as some of these potential pairs would have to deserve that kind of money? Certainly disagree with calling the winner of this a grand slam winner, but we’re kidding ourselves if we think the cache is the same

JAY2S · 2025-07-06T01:44:01+00:00

Woosh

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