mad_jock, no I think from Luton, a number of years ago, I was one of a team from Stansted, that went to Luton to recover a 727 private jet, owned by a Saudi, he had bought a new one, and left that there for about 2-3 years, now wanted to sell it. All of us had BAA passes, at the time even though working in Stansted, swipe my card on the gate at Gatwick, gate opened and let me in, no problems, only used when I was sent down. We arrived in Luton, although this had been arranged, jobsworth refused entry, when asked to phone the person who had arranged for us to be there, refused, "telephones cost money" he said, team leader put 10p on the counter, no jobsworth was not having it, great we retired to a near by pub and waited, took 4 hours to sort out. These idiots have always been around, and possibly always will.