No, it's happening at MAN too ... the F/O and I (with 50 years flying airliners between us) couldn't get through - we were both from different bases. So a 19 year old girl ( very nice as she is) who has worked in the airline system as Cabin Crew for less than 6 months solemnly escorted us to our aircraft.
Now, call me old-fashioned, but by 'reductio ad absurdum', if I land my aeroplane at anywhere other than my home base, I am in breach of this regulation.. correct? Better confine myself to circuits then....... No, I've got it - I'll land somewhere landside.
C'mon DFT, get a grip.