Whoa!! I can't belive that getting from A to B could be made so difficult. Airlines do it everyday. Even those F%^&wits at R%an air manage to get a few punters around europe every day!!!! As for W & B on a Trans Atlantic route the a/c will burn the same weight in fuel as a pax + kit on the way to the runway. I have worked at AA and BA and we would "normally" accept late pax provided they had an entertaining excuse. Sorry but I don't get it. Being found guilty of Jobsworthsism should be punishable by Bugg%%ing with a Ragmans trumpet. We could start with the security guys/gals at MAN/LGW/LHR. I'm sure ITV would run a programme on it. We could run a thread for the programme title here.