Airport security is a great thing. It really is. Air travel has never been safer .But Tampa Airport’s security is one of the best I’ve seen. They get you in and out of the lines in less than ten minutes.
I say this because I flew home for Thanksgiving this weekend. I live in Connecticut, so it’s about at 3 hour flight. My flight was at 11:30. I took the Saint Leo shuttle from the school to the airport. They picked me and my luggage up at the dorm at 5:45am. The reason for taking the 6am shuttle was that I wouldn’t have enough time to clear the 2 hour window that’s recommended when flying if I took the 9am shuttle. There were about 6 of us that took that shuttle that were all flying out within ten minutes of each other. I recommend taking the shuttle closest to your flight time. At 6am, there’s not much to do in Tampa Airport, especially when you’re sitting around for hours and hours doing nothing. I love flying, and airports, but after awhile, it gets dull.
When I came to visit Leo in April, I flew out of Orlando (we stayed for a few days). We got stuck in Pittsburgh for 6 hours because of fog in New Jersey. Moral of the story: be prepared to wait in the airport. Bring a book or a movie to watch on your laptop, and make sure you’ve got gum for your ears when you take off and land.
That’s what happens when you’re the only flight left in the airport. Nothing happens.
