Lxxx Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 Just now, forestboy said: Not me your honour!! I'll have you if I see you near my Ford Cortina, Mark III, in chocolate brown with tinted windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellefield Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 its not just us complaining about long queues and waiting times and being asked to get to airports earlier https://thepointsguy.com/2016/05/tsa-head-of-security-removed/ this was from last year, but i wonder if the outcome will be the same here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battling the System! Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 23 hours ago, WTF said: the first 30 mins is still free in the car park. i managed to get parked, enter terminal, plane landed 5 mins later, picked up sibling ( hand luggage only ) get back in car arrive at barrier, put card in slot, no fee to pay. this was this week. Sadly it isn't. All public paying carparks that operate a barrier system have a free grace period to allow motorists to find a parking spot an leave without paying if none found. The airports one is around 10-12 minutes so quite generous. However if you do park upu for longer than this, the time starts from obtaining your ticket and is a pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyBlue Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 In passing through security at the airport today (which was quiet), I noticed that there's as second door between the queuing area and the security screening area. It's marked 'Escorted only', or 'Staff' or something - but goes into the same area on the other side. If the delay is genuinely the time it takes people to get ready for screening and unpack their stuff etc. then I wonder why they don't just reposition the barriers to form two separate queues to and open the other door too? Then just have two sets of tables for people to use to unpack? Then channel the people into both (or even just one) X-Ray machine? It would be a bit cramped but would make much better use of the space and would cost nothing in terms of staff etc. if they stuck to one machine for now. Even while they try to come up with a strategic/expensive/complicated solution they can claim lots of credit for, it has to be worth a try to see if it helps. Micky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 29 minutes ago, MickyBlue said: In passing through security at the airport today (which was quiet), I noticed that there's as second door between the queuing area and the security screening area. It's marked 'Escorted only', or 'Staff' or something - but goes into the same area on the other side. If the delay is genuinely the time it takes people to get ready for screening and unpack their stuff etc. then I wonder why they don't just reposition the barriers to form two separate queues to and open the other door too? Then just have two sets of tables for people to use to unpack? Then channel the people into both (or even just one) X-Ray machine? It would be a bit cramped but would make much better use of the space and would cost nothing in terms of staff etc. if they stuck to one machine for now. Even while they try to come up with a strategic/expensive/complicated solution they can claim lots of credit for, it has to be worth a try to see if it helps. Micky Where would they transport the one person per day that needs to go back through from security for whatever reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 On 10/4/2017 at 3:35 PM, forestboy said: Too many people like you doing this on the Silverburn Estate on the frontage of the bungalows and dangerously near junction. One car doing this over several days had a couple of its tyres let down!! I didn't think you liked bullying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwell Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Who's bullying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chancer Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 Having your tires let down is bullying. Forestboy doesn't like bullying so I thought he would show some sympathy. He's normally bleating on about it elsewhere on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 How many terrorists have been caught at Ronaldsway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 2 minutes ago, Kopek said: How many terrorists have been caught at Ronaldsway? All of them. They’re not running around the island are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forestboy Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 58 minutes ago, chancer said: I didn't think you liked bullying. 34 minutes ago, chancer said: Having your tires let down is bullying. Forestboy doesn't like bullying so I thought he would show some sympathy. He's normally bleating on about it elsewhere on the internet. How do you know what I like or don't like? Please quote where else I bleat on the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Went through security last Friday for Birmingham flight and arrived after all the publicity these last few weeks in plenty of time. However despite being no queues it still took too long to handle the maybe 8/9 people ahead of me . Part of the problem ,despite me having no liquids etc was the need to take off hoodie ,shoes ,belt ,jacket ,I pad ,change ,wallet ,keys and hand luggage the likes but required 4 bins !. The operators choice not mine so in effect 1 person becomes 4 as far as scanner is concerned . Also the lack of seats and area to empty the bins and put everything back in pockets and shoes on and belts etc definitely slows the process hence anback up occurs .Yet same operation on return including a additional hand luggage ,which incidentally was a sine wave inverter ,needed only 2 . Big queue at Birmingham though with many scanners working . Also the spare scanner at Ronaldsway was switched on but not being used on departure . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/why-do-we-have-to-take-our-shoes-off-at-airport-security-history-of-the-tsa Number of shoe bombers before Richard Ried: 0 Number of shoe bombers after Richard Ried:0 Yet people are now required to remove shoes...16 years later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 43 minutes ago, RIchard Britten said: https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/why-do-we-have-to-take-our-shoes-off-at-airport-security-history-of-the-tsa Number of shoe bombers before Richard Ried: 0 Number of shoe bombers after Richard Ried:0 Yet people are now required to remove shoes...16 years later... Number of shoe bombers who would have attempted operation if we DIDN'T have these measures: Unknown? You can't leave the door open for further similar attempts. Or they'd all be trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIchard Britten Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 1 minute ago, Non-Believer said: Number of shoe bombers who would have attempted operation if we DIDN'T have these measures: Unknown? You can't leave the door open for further similar attempts. Or they'd all be trying. Good job someone has developed expensive scanning devices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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