Heathrow has something similar - never ceases to amaze me how poorly planned many US airports are in comparison to European ones, and how little space they actually allow for screening

That sounds like how AMS works since a year or so. I managed 4 minutes from sitting on the train to being after security (I timed it :-P). This includes: getting off the train, walking to security and opening up my backpack (no clue why it went off and they spent maybe 45 secs to verify this).

Unfortunately this is not as quick anymore because more of the security people have now been diverted to do border checks. E.g. Ferry to England, highway checks, etc. Less people, bigger queues.

You clearly weren't flying to North America.

Yes, they have that pod system (although it's a glorified serial security scanner so I'm not sure of the benefit), and then they herd you through the full body scanner. The line was as bad as any I've seen on this side of the pond.

The secondary screening at D1 for North America bound pax is well after that point.

I like how Russian airports do it. There are huge stacks of trays and large free spaces. You put your stuff into the trays and then stack them up and carry them to the belt, then go through one of the many non-busy scanners, then grab your trays and go back to a huge empty area to put on your stuff again. Feels much nicer because you have all the time in the world to get your stuff in order without holding up people.

Yea i was stopped, and had my computer etc wiped down. Line was long, but moved along quickly, and stopping and searching my stuff did not stop any other passengers from moving. Done in about 15 min from start to end.