Am I missing something or is it TOTALLY FORBIDDEN to stop momentarily in front of the terminal to enable someone to get in/out of a car and retrieve their luggage?
It all began after the Glasgow fiasco. Some airport managers were quick to identify the "security" need to close the terminal access road as a great money-making opportunity. Well, they do have to earn their bonuses don't they! Of course, any terrorist with half a brain will now realise that there's no need to crash a vehicle into the terminal building. At peak times airports like Birmingham concentrate hundreds of passengers into a small drop-off car park, presenting a sizeable target. When that happens (only a matter of time) passengers will, for their safety, be banned from airports unless they enter by an approved airport bus shuttle - at a cost of course!
Seriously, I thought a part of the passenger airport tax we pay on our tickets went towards passenger services. It's time the Government looked a little more closely at all these additional charges such as drop-off and baggage trolley charges to name two.