LGW North Terminal on Saturday 31st march was a nightmare. The queue for security wound around the check in desks and out of the doors! Rumours suggested the wait would be over an hour, and my flight left in 40 minutes! Quodos therefore to the queue scanners who pulled people out and directed us to a special lane where security was completed in about 10 minutes. BAA appeared to have every X ray machine operating but it was still unable to cope. Ironically as you get into the departure lounge, hostesses, presumably employed by BAA themselves and with sashes pronouncing 'Enjoy your time at Gatwick', seemed completely oblviious to the chaos only a few feet away from them