We flew UAL from O'Hare to Hartford on Friday, the second day of the restrictions. Everything worked remarkedly smooth. It only took 15 minutes from the time we walked up to the self-service screens to check in our two bags until we were clear of security. Of course we dreaded the worst after seeing the long lines on Thursday when the restrictions we intially implmented...so we then had two hours to kill waiting for the flight!

Today (Sunday) on returning from Hartford we actually pushed back from gate 14 minutes EARLY since the plane was full and everyone was ready to go.

In both instances the loading and unloading was quicker and actually quite nice -- didn't miss all those folks struggling to cram so much into the overhead bins. And surprisingly, UAL might have even expanded its ground crews because, even with all the extra checked bags, the delivery was timely on both ends of the trip.

Hopefully everything will as smooth for those travelling this week.