Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
Arriving at Heathrow then, you will have been preceded by a dozen or so other widebody landings, including 4 A380s, so it's not altogether surprising that the baggage system couldn't keep up.
It is altogether surprising, that after many years of exactly these schedules, things cannot be organised better.
I understood, for immigration staff, that if anyone is rostered on duty one minute before 0600 then night shift rate applies for the whole shift, so only the minimum skeleton are so, regardless of passenger numbers, to shave someone's budget a bit more. Of course an 0600 report, after all the security stuff and distant reporting points, means people not in position until well after 0630. Does the same apply to handling staff ?