Passengers, not the TSA, are the problem at Lafayette Regional Airport

Letter to the editor | The Daily Advertiser

I am a frequent flier traveling out of Lafayette monthly for 10-plus years. When it comes to long lines and missed early-morning flights, passengers are the problem, not the TSA or the airport. People always prefer blaming someone else for their ignorance rather than their own actions.

I show up 90 minutes ahead of time and have never had a problem catching my flights. Airports constantly ask passenger to arrive 90 minutes to two hours in advance of the scheduled departure time. I watch 75 to 80 percent of passengers showing up 45 to 60 minutes before departure.

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Then you have people who don't follow TSA protocol, or who have large containers of liquid in their carry-on luggage!

Lafayette is a small airport and there is no excuse for people to show up late and not follow TSA procedures. I wish airlines would move passengers to later flights if they are not on the plane 15 minutes before departure time, as they do at major airports.

Thank you, TSA and Lafayette Regional Airport staff. Just remember you are maybe 10 percent of the problem. Late and inattentive passengers are the other 90 percent!

From a happy Lafayette Airport frequent flier who is looking forward to the new airport.

— Joey Broussard

Lafayette

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