The U.S. is finally catching on! Argentina has special lanes at airports (and banks, grocery stores, government offices etc) for families. Well finally the U.S. seems to be catching onto the idea, even if it is just for a short time. They will have special green lanes for families to get through security screening. Now they just need to implement that for ticketing as well...
Family/Special Needs Lanes Coming to All Airports in Time for Thanksgiving Travel
The Diamond Self Select Program [link] started back in February 2008 at Salt Lake City International Airport and is now operating in 48 airports. The program allows passengers to proceed through the security checkpoint at their own pace by selecting one of three lanes: Black Diamond (for Expert Travelers), Blue Square (for Casual Travelers), and Green Circle (for Families, those with special needs, and those unfamiliar with TSA procedures.)
Today, TSA announced that the Family/Special Needs Lane (Green Circle) will be implemented at every security checkpoint across the nation by November 20, 2008—just in time for the busy Thanksgiving travel season.
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Funny that, I like to think of it more as special lanes for people who are not travelling as families! ;-)
Posted by: Andrew Owen | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 02:36 PM