I don't know how often you fly in Europe Slim_Slag, but I do quite a bit. Of course, I grant you that it may depend on which airports you're using. However, I can assure you that all the airports I use don't require 2 hour check-in, and the security aspects are completed plesantly with the minimum of delay. A very good example is Dusseldorf where BA pax are required to go through two seperate sets of security procedures, one with a mandatory body search. It's all done politely and efficiently in a matter of minutes, even at busy times. I have no problems with security when it's conducted in this way. You may of course be refering to Europe-USA flights where there is additional "profiling" security checks. Again, I have no problem with the additional 5-10 mins this may take. What I was refering to is the need to check-in 2 hours before dep for a simple domestic sector in the U.S. That's what's driving the public away.