I guess this is why you get to the airport two hours early . After check - in I breezed through security ( I did n't even have to take off my shoes ! ) . I took a look at the terminal screens and it was showing a Brussels flight at Gate 52 . I headed over , sat down , threw on some This American Life and got ready to wait for a bit .
According to the above context, answer the following question.
What leads the speaker to reccomend getting to the airport early if possible ?


They had a stress - free , breezy airport experience thanks to arriving before they needed to