Air Safety, Shared Equally

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To the Editor:

Re “How to Zip Through Airport Security” (news article, nytimes.com, May 27): Yet another sign of money fracturing our society: the wealthy paying for fee-based programs offered by some airlines to zip through airport security checkpoints. While those time-devouring security lines are awful, even more disheartening is the fact that those with extra cash can pay to avoid the waiting.

Given that there are so many ways for the rich to assert their superiority — yachts, sky boxes, concierge medicine, gated communities — wouldn’t it be nice if the burden of travel safety were shared equally?

MURRAY SUID

Inverness, Calif.