Just because you CAN walk out directly on the apron in Bern doesn't mean it's a good idea to bypass customs if flying out of Schengen.
Now as to the bus - if you read the AIP and have the jackets with you, you can just tell the handler bus driver to bugger off and walk over to the terminal, and there's really nothing he can do.
And where did Timothy say that he did that? When I was last at Bern (2 years ago) there was a security guard at the gate (one of those revolving barriers) and he checked where your flight was going before letting you proceed, or sending you via customs.
Originally Posted by vanHorck
This thread was about someone claiming to having been robbed by the authorities where in fact it seems he wanted to take off without clearing Schengen and someone decided he needed to come back to customs....
vanHorck, that is the second time you've said that, and you haven't answered when I asked you where Timothy said that he did that.
The fact is that he did not say that he:
a) Bypassed customs
b) Was making a flight outside the Schengen zone
c) Didn't wear a yellow jacket on the apron.
It may be the case that he did in fact do one or more of those, but since he's posting here, you should at least have the curtousy to ask him if he did rather than make such accussations on assumptions.
For all we know he wore his yellow jacket, went through customs even though he was only making an inter schengen flight, and still had this handling agent demand he travel with him back to customs.
Have the decency to ask the man what happened before making such accussations.