airport 1hr prior to flight? does anyone do this?

[maldini]

having my first flight post 9/11 w/o a female telling me when to leave. they always want to be there an hr (or more) early. i used to fly alot pre terrorism and would skate in like 10-15 min before flight. never had any problems then.

does anyone know if this is still doable? i figure that as long as i alow enough time to go through the bataan metal detector march i should be ok. do they really deny anyone just cause you got there too late?

also, i would like to check a bag but can take it on the plane if it'd allow me to show up later.