The main doors are closed to try and keep the heat in the check-in hall. If you are working one of the desks or pods directly opposite the doors, you may as well be outside it has been so cold. The pods are not temporary, they are here to stay. GIP management believe this is the way ahead instead of building a check-in hall with enough desks to cover all airlines the decision was taken to move some airlines to pods. Due to limited space the pods have been placed all over the hall and in every conceivable corner so the whole area looks very unprofessional. As for actually working for 8 hours on the pods,,,,that is another story !!!