Air travel: Suggestions for making it run smoother

Air travel today, even for the most veteran flyers, can be a frightful experience. Long lines, three-hour early arrivals, body searches,etc., can cause the bravest of passengers to think : Why didn’t I take Amtrak? What if passengers were allowed only what they were wearing when boarding their flight? (Medical devices might be an exception.) All carry-ons, luggage etc. would be checked and would follow immediately, on a separate aircraft.

The benefits of these changes are that check-ins would be brief, and security agents few. The safety and the fear factors would be much improved. Who knows, it just might work.

This story was originally published May 23, 2016 at 12:09 PM with the headline "Air travel: Suggestions for making it run smoother."