London Airports
I do not know if it was due to terrorists, or the really bad weather we have had this year in the UK, but the process of going through the London Airports (Heathrow and Gatwick) over the last 10-12 weeks has gotten longer and longer. I remember the first time I flew out I could walk straight up to the guy sat on the security check, show my boarding pass and 2 minutes later (after the "What's this" bag check) be lacing my shoes up and heading for the Bar for a coke or a beer (depending on time of day). Today it took me 90 minutes to get from Bag Drop to the otherside of security. Now I haven't been in every airport in the world, but the ones I have been too typically take me 5-15 minutes to get through airport security. The UK currently varies from 20 - 90 minutes depending on time of day.
I wonder if we are being over cautious in the UK? All I can say is that it is not well advertized as hundreds or passengers proved to me just in the short time I was in the line. All I could hear was the tense droning of travellers desperately wondering if they would make it through on time for their flights...
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02:07AM Oct 05, 2007
by binwooke in Personal |