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The quite obvious answer for pax that can (due to their particular travel arrangements) avoid travel from/to/through any UK airport .... decline to do so, on a regular basis...as quite frankly the UK security staff have become so obtuse, I simply will not put up with it....
This also positively eliminates any travel on any UK airline...
And I am another pax who does just that. It also eliminates UK transit on any airline with O&D there, including AA, UA, CO and DL.
I was once EC Silver on BA and am Lifetime Platinum on AA. But it has been over four years since I flew BA and over three since I was in transit through LHR on AA. I use the airports on the continent.
I don’t care if it is the Exchequer (the outrageous taxes), the DoT (the senseless delays at security), the BAA (the baggage losses and silly airport rules), BA (lack of staff) – the UK airport experience is something I avoid at all costs!