"Airports empower Clear Secure’s employees to issue instructions to all flyers going through security—including those who never signed up for CLEAR."
That's... interesting. So if I'm reading that right someone working for Clear at the airport can just wave anyone through? And/Or stop anyone from getting to their plane?
No, it's saying Clear employees can manage the line of travelers. They have permission from the airport to ask non-Clear people to back up and wait, as the author mentions at the start of the article. TSA has no control over that part of the queue.
So they can maximally inconvenience the non-customers. Things like, "oh, you waited for 2 hours and are about to miss your plane? Please back up so our special customer can jump the line".
Cost optimization can turn anything to crap. As a kid I used to go to amusement parks on off days and get 10-20x the riding in, because nobody was there. Often could go from a ride exit to a ride entrance and hop right into a seat. Now they "optimize" this, run rides so you always have to wait 20-30 minutes.
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No, it's saying Clear employees can manage the line of travelers. They have permission from the airport to ask non-Clear people to back up and wait, as the author mentions at the start of the article. TSA has no control over that part of the queue.
So they can maximally inconvenience the non-customers. Things like, "oh, you waited for 2 hours and are about to miss your plane? Please back up so our special customer can jump the line".
Cost optimization can turn anything to crap. As a kid I used to go to amusement parks on off days and get 10-20x the riding in, because nobody was there. Often could go from a ride exit to a ride entrance and hop right into a seat. Now they "optimize" this, run rides so you always have to wait 20-30 minutes.