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I think you will find Ernest that you are required to remove glasses for a
passport photo anyway, although I stand to be corrected.
You need to remove glasses when having your passport photo taken. That is because frames can hide part of an eye and glare from the flash.
This year was the first time I have ever been asked to remove my glasses when going through 'Border Force' on arrival.
As has been said before you do indeed seem to have an agenda about
Manchester. However having been to over 200 airports in my time I have to say
there are very few that do not require walking, I do not think Manchester is any
worse than most.
I agree - I have never had a complaint about MAN departing, it's on arrivals I have had problems. First a long walk at 1am to security and baggage reclaim - them with a taxi waiting over two hours to get my baggage. 2 years ago or thereabouts.
This time a long walk to security (Border Force) and a long queue with a notice to expect a delay of 25 minutes and that was optimistic.
As has also been pointed out the 'Border Force' is nothing to do with the
airport it is an agency of the UK Government, if there were delays it is their
staffing issue not the airports.
Exactly - My sole point being this could not happen at Blackpool or even Liverpool, not the same volume of PAX.
I don't have an issue with MAN as such, it surely can't be disputed that BLK was easier to use.