$83 Billion Wasted: The Airport's 3-Hour Check-in Fiasco

This article exposes a massive inefficiency in US air travel: the requirement for passengers to arrive 2.5-3 hours before their flight, resulting in an estimated $83 billion annual loss in wasted time. This isn't solely due to flight delays, but also because airports have become shopping malls, maximizing passenger dwell time for revenue generation. The author calls for improvements in airport processes, more smaller airports, streamlined security, increased air traffic capacity, and a rejection of the status quo to address this issue.