Is it possible that security at MAN as well as all UK airports adhere to the same very strict CAA governance...
I came through T2 a while back and was *ordered* not to try and drink the last of my water bottle that I had left in my bag, and if I attempted to do so, he would call the Police and I would be detained. He genuinely told
me I could be drinking liquid explosives and trying to blow myself up. I had no problem doing as he said but it was the zeal and the attitude that was frightening.
There is a calm and a rationale that you find at some airports that MAN had lost entirely. The gentlemen told me in no uncertain terms that MAN not only met DfT guidelines but went further and did things “the right eay, the Manchester way”. Now that sort of fear is driven from the top. Some airports help you through and only put barriers where they have to, MAN consciously go the extra mile to put barriers in your way, the MAN way. And IMHO T3 is the worst passenger experience in the first world.