You’re “clear”!

Cleared for entry!

Those are the words you hope to hear when passing through the security section of our airports today. Fly recently?

If you have flown recently, you went through a security check before being allowed to enter the secured part of the airport where the flight gates are located.

Depending upon your “clearance” level, you either waited in a very long line which sometimes can take a very, VERY long time.

Or if you didn’t want to stand in the long line, you could qualify to go through a preferred line called TSA Pre-Check. With TSA Pre-Check, you have swifter service, an easier time at the baggage belts --and you don’t need to take off your shoes! But you still have to wait, present your ticket, be checked by security, pass through several steps, and take o…