A few months ago, I mentioned that the INS installation at Vancouver International Airport had dispensed with its traffic-control personnel, and by not directing travelers to what those officers felt were the most efficient lines had managed to drastically reduce waiting times.  Well, the security checkpoint which I bemoaned half a year ago has also rid itself of those earnestly helpful staff, and has (as a consequence, I suspect) also rid itself of obnoxiously long lines.

In respect for the tradition of obstructive Canadian bureaucratic influence, they have one agent at the head of the line whose sole purpose is to inspect travelers’ boarding passes, a job which is also performed by the first CATSA agent one encounters at the security checkpoints.  This is of course my tax dollars at work.

Hmm.