So how do I go about getting a job at MAN security then? :)

Just a slightly different take on the situation for a change....

Last Monday (11th) I flew as pax out of UK for first time since advent of new security. I decided to leave lots of time in view of both the measures, the date and the evening rush. So, I am doing LHR-PRG out of T2, and decide to time the process to see just how bad things are. I started the stopwatch as I paid off the taxi outside the terminal, kept it going all through check-in (not pre-checked, and with luggage for the hold) and security, finally stopping when I retrieved my bag, PC and shoes at the end of security.

Total time? 7 minutes and 30 seconds. Start to finish. I have never done T2 that quickly before.

Oh, and the security staff with whom I had contact were all pleasant, efficient and tolerant (anyone really know how to explain "just one bag" in Japanese?) in spite of being at the end of a long day.

So, it can be done!

This letter is published in The Independent (UK national newspaper) Thursday 14th September;

Banjo on board
Sir: Recent discussions regarding carrying musical instruments on airlines reminds me of the time I was taking my five-string banjo with me on a flight to Gibraltar. The check-in clerk asked what was in the soft bag on my back. When I told her it was a banjo, she said, "Oh, that's OK then. If it had been a tennis racket, it would have been classified as an offensive weapon and you would have had to check it in." Of course, she hadn't heard me play the banjo ...

IAN QUAYLE
FOWNHOPE, HEREFORDSHIRE
:p :D

Well it took 40mins in the BA check in queue and 1hr 5mins in the security queue at T4 Heathrow yesterday.

That was bad enough but watching the security staff sit there whilst a women was having some sort of fit was appalling. A friend was helping to support the woman, a BA staff member called for a medic but the security staff with the only seats in the area sat watching!:ugh: