On the security issue. BAA security is at fault here. The longest I heard of a guy being on a tempory pass is 18 months. This has nothing to do with Ryanair. In order to get a pass you need a security check. This takes several weeks. It is only valid for a short time. It then goes to BAA and joins the queue. By the time BAA get to it the security check is out of date and the process starts from the beginning again. My own pass came without any such hitches but still took 6 months.