Sounds very similar to the debacle we had in BRS over the summer, DFT actually asked the security to do their job properly and the whole airport fell apart, the queues were snaking from departure lounge twice around by the shops and then down the stairs into check-in hall and all the way back to the BA ticket desk, If you've ever been to BRS you'd know it made quite a queue, suprised the press didnt pick up on it, it was terrible, didnt help with the airport putting tannoys out to advise pax to only attend the dept loung an hour before their flight, to add to it, it was a Sat morning which is the busiest period in the summer for BRS, most flights departed with at least a 20 min delay, mine went with 40 mins, we debated whether it should of been DL85(Mandatory security) or DL97(Airport facilities) or DL15(Boarding) think it went down to DL85 in the end as every other airline was going down as the same EZY/BY/MYT/FCA/BA etc it was the most rediculous thing i've ever seen.