Consistency..........mmmmm
EDI to LHR T1 was last experience, and did want belt removed, but not shoes at EDI..... laptops stay in bags.
Hike to T3 - belts off for all, but security then only wanted some pax to remove shoes, but others were waved past to just go through and looking back to see if there was any rhyme or reason it was as stated previously, the screens were not being 'watched' in any consistent way. And laptops taken out please....
Returning (with another internal Turkish flight) to LHR from Istanbul - (...where it was belts off, laptops left in bags, shoes stay on...and you get scanned as you enter the terminal, as well as at the gate...at both Turkish airports) to arr. at T3 - nip to T1 to get back to EDI - this time no belt off, but shoes: 'oh, yes please, everyone has to.....'
So is there different policy in place for BAA sites then? Each site shouldn't be operating under varying rules in the area of security should they?
Going to be going through T5 (and then T3) on next trip so be interesting to see how that one works out.