Quote: "I never felt that scanning the boarding card at the gate slowed things down in Manchester, what does slow things down is 'despite being told regularly' people wait till they get there to slowly remove coats, belts etc."
That is exactly what slows the process down, and not just at MAN.
Quote: "Personally I'd be happy to avoid the chaos that is the main departure area and be routed to a domestic flight only lounge, and no longer have to endure this process. But only if there was a Pret or similar in it of course..."
Domestic departures were segregated at LHR-1 until recently when they brought in the common departure area (like LHR-5) and photographing domestic pax at security and again at the gate or pier entrance.
The question is: why is this system in use at some airport terminals with common departure areas, such as LHR-1 and LHR-5, but not at others, such as EDI, GLA, MAN-3, etc.?
Last edited by Fairdealfrank; 7th Sep 2012 at 18:56.