Originally Posted by
Barling Magna
I see no reason to doubt what M3B has said. I guess teething troubles are to be expected since this was probably the first day when pax numbers were so high in such a short time space. The important thing is that Stobart learn from this.
Stobart has known about the pending arrival of Ryanair for months. They will also know the capacity for security per lane per hour and they will know how many passengers were expected to need to pass through security in the morning peak. If they had a closed lane then they don’t employ enough staff or some of the equipment was bust.
Queues = £.
No queues = ££££
More like a case case of Stobart looking at their back pocket.
Got to be honest why would SEN need more than one or two lanes anyway as Southend’s busy period is actually not that busy. Just 4 departures and then a half hour gap.