Originally Posted by
Mr A Tis
Unfortunately, if you're flying with the likes of Loganair, Blue Island or Eastern the check in would not open until 2 hours before, so there is no point in arriving earlier. Not to mention, if you are doing a 30 minute hop to the Isle of Man - do you really want to arrive 3 hours before? On that basis it would be quicker to drive to Liverpool & fly from there.
But the problem isn't the people being told to check-in two hours before . It's the people who are being advised (by their airline) to check in three hours before. It was the likes of passengers flying with Jet2, TUI etc that were causing problems by arriving 1.5-2 hours before departure, therefore ignoring the advice of the carrier.
Of course this has all been exacerbated by MAG management themselves laying off 100s of experienced security staff and then not bringing them back. On top of this (despite the denials to the press) they are suffering staff shortages due to Covid isolation rules.
Its a perfect storm of people disregarding the advice given by their airline (and then wanting to blame anyone else but themselves) and inept management decisions all whipped up to create a story that gets "clicks" and sells newsprint....