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The differences between the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport [1] and the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport [2] are night and day. The Ft. Lauderdale airport is U-shaped; the Detroit airport is two linear terminals, each nearly a mile in length. Hopping through Security Theater was trivial in Ft. Lauderale; it was a nightmare at Detroit. I mean, if you don't want people to use the plastic bins for the contents of pockets, then why are they even there? Stop berating people who use them! The gates at Ft. Lauderdale were loud and crowded; in Detroit—blissful silence. And no Starbucks [3] at the gate.
At least Detroit provides an elevated tramway to traverse the nearly mile-long terminal. That was fun to ride.
The flight back was uneventful the entire way, until we got to the gate at Ft. Lauderdale. The jetway malfunctioned, and we were stuck on the airplane. Everybody was getting up to retrieve overhead luggage and then it was announced that we all had to sit back down because they were planning on taxing the plane to a different gate. So everybody sat down, several minutes of non-movement passed, then suddenly, the jetway moved into place (or someone, or someones shoved it into place) and we could disembark.
And that was really the only issue we encountered. At least it happened on the ground and did not involve the airplane.
Also, it appears the line at the Starbucks [4] had finally cleared. That's nice—took only a week.
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