Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone been through recently, is it as bad as being reported? I'm flying out in a few weeks for Easter. I last used the airport 4th March, Easyjet checkin was zero queue, fairly sizeable queue for security but nothing crazy. On the way back, landing Sun 27th at 11pm the passport queue was very slow, until they realised they had 6 real people doing nothing in the non British passport holders queue and opened the UK queue to those people!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-60859993
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Flew out with TUI on Sat 12th March and it was awful. Arrived over 3 hours before the flight and there was one large queue out of the terminal building, another queue to drop bags and a further 30 min queue for skis Just got through security in time to get a quick take away cuppa and had to go to plane.
Return journey and passport control went much more smoothly last Saturday evening and through at the baggage reclaim in under 10 minutes. Bags seemed to take a while but they all arrived which is the most important thing. We landed about 7pm
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hmm might be the only time in my life I’ll pay for security fast track!!
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I've use it a few times over last 6 months. I've always had carry on so can't comment about the bag drop, but the security is a complete joke. I had to use 5 trays (for 2 bags), and the chap behind be used 7 after they told him to put his sandwich and crisps in a separate tray (why??). I read that 60% of bags get rejected first go and fully believe it. I've had bags refused for a kindle, and another time a speaker, both of which passed straight through Geneva on the way out.
@kitenski, I pay for fast track in Manc and Brum. Granted you get to skip most of the queue, but you still have to deal with the worlds most idiotic security (not blaming the staff on the ground, it's idiot management making the rules)
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@kitenski, I’ve just returned this morning, on easyJet flight landed at 10.11 and I picked my bag off the carousel at 10.34, a world record I reckon . there were 2-3 other flights so not mega busy arrival. Outbound a week last Friday equally as quick
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@Dr John, I'd guess Geneva has rather fancier, newer scanners than Manchester, which would mean they can cope with more things staying in bags, rather than it being a question of silly rules.
Geneva even has some scanners now where you don't need to take anything out of bags. Liquids, laptops etc all go through in the bag.
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The problem at Manchester seems to be the lack of staff to operate all the new technology. Certainly when we went through at 1/2 terms loads of new scanners etc but only had 2 sets of scanners and 1 scanner gate open - the rest of it just gathering dust
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