[KarlInOhio]

But you wouldn't be allowed back to the gates without screening without being screened again. If there was absolutely no one available, then there might be a problem. However even one bored security guard, which I can't believe the airport would be without just to keep someone from hiding until after closing time and then sneaking in a weapon, would be enough to keep you from returning to the gates.

[rabscuttle385]

But you wouldn't be allowed back to the gates without screening without being screened again.

Why would I want to return to the gates?

Debark from the plane, go get your luggage, and then leave, if it's your final destination.

And if screening was absolutely necessary, then someone should have gone and roused the damn airport security staff from their beds at home.

[nuconvert]

“But you wouldn’t be allowed back to the gates without screening without being screened again”

So, they spend the night in the terminal (heaven forbid the airline put them all up in hotel). 9 hrs in the terminal is better than 9 hrs on the plane

[SoDak]

Rochester is less than an hour and a half from the Mpls airport. I’d sooner walk that than sit overnight in that can.