Originally Posted by
jubilee
it took about 15min. to go through passport and pick her bag up and be outside.
So full marks to the ground crew at LCY.
That's actually quite a long time at LCY
I have done aircraft steps at Gate 2 to hand on a taxi door outside in less than 60 seconds (I actually stopwatched it). Admittedly that was domestic, so no immigration, and hand baggage only, but I do quite often walk with hardly a stop past the immigration team (who compared to elsewhere are not only more efficient but actually pleasant with it as well - what a refreshing change), pick up a bag, and be out in just a few minutes.
On one occasion I was travelling in parallel with a colleague from Munich, I saw him taxi out for Heathrow, eventually we departed for LCY, I phoned him from the aircraft right on engine shutdown on stand at LCY, he was in the immigration queue at Heathrow, I called him again later from the taxi speeding away from LCY, he was STILL in the immigration queue at Heathrow.