TSA is the classic example of the ancient adage “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.” TSA claims they need more screeners. Because the highly trained highly motivated folks with blue latex gloves are doing such a stellar job. So the airports and the airlines are trying to help speed up the TSA checkpoints (or bottlenecks to be truly accurate).  Memorial Day weekend 2016, the airlines and airports are doing TSA’s job. Bloomberg says this:

U.S. airlines and airports are spending millions on added workers to avoid a repeat of long security lines, as the coming Memorial Day weekend kicks off what’s expected to be a record year for summer travel.

“We are concerned for this weekend, where we’ll see higher than normal flight loads,” said Ross Feinstein, a spokesman for American Airlines Group Inc. “That will just continue into June and pretty much all the way to September.”

Sadly, TSA has not been able to accommodate the travel patterns. Or predict them it seems. Over the last 15 years someone surely saw the need to change staffing, right? Oh never mind that is the airlines and airports.