Ashdown House

[LGW15]

What is in Ashdown House at Gatwick Airport and what is it used for?

[lobby]

Staff canteen, staff shop and offices. Nothing of any interest!

[LGW15]

Doesn't it contain the ID Centre?

[Speedpig]

How strange. You answered your own question!:ok:

[LGW15]

Thought so. Thanks for replies.
Cheers

[Rainboe]

I can't help feeling a small amount of disquiet these days when people want to know such irrelevant and unimportant details, with no attempt at explaining why! I think sometimes we answer things far too quickly, even though we've lived through the age of terrorists attacking crew buses in London, airports, Docklands, pubs all over the UK, buses and trains in London recently, and perhaps we should know better.

[lobby]

As Ashdown House is landside and anyone can walk in and out of it at will,what possible harm is there in answering this question?

I do agree however that some questions are best left unanswered.

[Rainboe]

Probably as much harm as answering questions like 'where do airline crews stay on layovers in London' which pops up occasionally. I remember one crew attacked in London outside the hotel. It seems innocuous, but does anybody know who is LGW15 and why he wants to know and are they quite sure he is not looking for targets? We are all supposed to be observant and security conscious. I'm sure it is in all innocence, but looking at the replies, there appears to be mild suspicion from somebody else too.

[261A]

Well first, only an innocent question as I live close to Gatwick and was simply curious about what goes on in Ashdown House.

I am no terrorist or criminal.

Can I also add that as Lobby says, Ashdown House is landside and anyone could go in or out so what is the problem with my question?

I am not asking about the security of the whole of an airport and how to by pass it am I!? :}

[lobby]

Rainboe

If the question was "Where do aircrew stay on layovers"? I would have had the common sense not to answer. How could answering this be compared to aircrew being attacked in a hotel?

[Caudillo]

"Where do aircrew stay on layovers"?

In hotels.

There's a difference between safety and being unnecessarily precious about everything my dear skygods.

[BOAC]

Agree - I try not to get too worried about paranoia:D

[Rainboe]

It's the day and age folks. For over 30 years the UK has been someone or other's terrorist target. I see an idle query about what goes on in '......' as suspicious, a query of 'is the ID unit in '....house' as innocent. These people are looking for targets and they appear to have reasonable intelligence as well. It does help when people advise the basis of their experience or query in a question instead of leaving it to you to answer or not, and how deeply the answer is to be given.

[amanoffewwords]

what is the problem with my question?

261A, you got two ids on pprune or did your other persona ask the question?

[Rainboe]

I noticed that......very very suspicious! Now why would he want 2 IDs...............?