Now that pax have to check-in at airports much earlier, due to more robust security checks, what do you expect them to do whilst they wait for their flights
I don't understand. If pax now have to check in earlier for more robust security checks, why is this additional time not being absorbed by selfsame checks, and why do pax have the time to spend in the bar ?
5 years ago : 1 minute in queue, 2 minutes doing check. Total time 3 minutes.
Nowadays, often : 28 minutes in queue, 2 minutes doing check. Total time 30 minutes.
5 years ago : 5 million pax per year, 3 security stations costing £100,000 each, all 3 staffed.
Nowadays, often : 10 million pax per year, 6 security stations costing £1 million each, 3 of them staffed.
Nothing security-assisting there at all. It's enough to drive you to drink. BTW, just to add the final Anorak point, Gatwick Village is before security.