Originally Posted by
WHBM
Came through yesterday, notable was the queue marshal in security nonchalantly directing people, while gassing to their colleague, arbitrarily between two queues, one of which took about 2 minutes before getting to the trays, the other queue turning out to be far longer and taking more than 10 minutes. Hey Ho, I presume it was convenient to somebody to do that.
But they also have new notices up there, grimly stating that anyone approaching the security x-ray who has the effrontery to have not put their liquids in the bags will be Delayed By 15 Minutes. Just whatever sort of organisation do they think they are running ? A military boot camp ?
In all fairness anyone these days who doesn't know the liquid rules deserves to be delayed by 15 minutes, especially as it also delays people behind them. who are adhering. You can't have it two ways, that long wait you experience was almost definitely down to too many people having liquids in their bags and requiring a second screening, which causes trays to mount up. If you want more of that then by all means be soft on people who ignore all the warning signs, but if you want a free flowing security lane then it needs to be harshly enforced, as it is in airports the world over. I really don't see how anyone, frequent flyer or not, English speaking or not, can be ignorant about the security rules which have been in place now for over a decade in most of the world. Even before you get to the xray machine there are signs at check in level and before you pass through the gates there are about a dozen tables to repack, each one with the rules displayed nearby.