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Its going to impact on Flybe bookings.Q
Ridiculous you have to turn up 3 hours before for a 1 hour flight. Especially poor for a business oriented airline like Flybe and KLM.
Early morning departures and security have always been a pig at LBA never mind whatever extra problems have been caused by COVID. I have mostly been an early morning Jet2 customer and have been used to the snails pace through security over the years and have got used to it and expect it. It is the same once you are through there. Finding a seat has also always been a problem prior to being called to the gate.Am I right in assuming that it is the early morning rush that create the queues?
The only issue with the last flight of the day is that it might be delayed due to the chaos earlier in the day.I’m on the last Saturday night departure to Alicante 30th July so should miss all the chaos
I’m on the last Saturday night departure to Alicante 30th July so should miss all the chaos
Funny you should mention this..Later this month we had EZY flights from Manc to Gibraltar..We have switched them outbound to Liverpool/Malaga instead. Presently LPL are saying their queues are 15/20 mins tops..Have fastrack open for £4 and asking people to turn up as they normally would have..I believe Liverpool is managing ok. I wonder what they did differently.
you ask “Like What?” and I agree it’s very difficult with an “industry wide problem” but as a very regular user there are some little tweaks that will help. Sadly, through media exposure, this has now become like the recent supermarket and petrol shortages. People are panicking and who can blame them when they stand to be several hundreds of pounds out of pocket and loose their holidays. Accepting the only people to do physical checks are those trained and vetted to do so I would reconfigure the security hall with more counters and trays before the scanners, use other airport staff from management and admin roles, on overtime, to work proactively with passengers to absolutely ensure what they present for scanning is correct which, from my observations, would significantly reduce the manual searching and double scanning. Others could work the queues keeping passengers informed. Whether we like it or not this requires action and not just words.Like what?
They have been recruiting for months! They can't force the right people to apply for jobs. Nor can they circumvent the Government's demands to speed up the approvals and training process. Or control sickness absences which an shut down security lanes. They couldn't do any of this until the Government removed the shackles from the aviation sector which came very late.
Applying your argument then exactly the same applies at many other airports who are experiencing the same issues, including Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol.
All very good points. The more preparation that can be done 'landside' the better.you ask “Like What?” and I agree it’s very difficult with an “industry wide problem” but as a very regular user there are some little tweaks that will help. Sadly, through media exposure, this has now become like the recent supermarket and petrol shortages. People are panicking and who can blame them when they stand to be several hundreds of pounds out of pocket and loose their holidays. Accepting the only people to do physical checks are those trained and vetted to do so I would reconfigure the security hall with more counters and trays before the scanners, use other airport staff from management and admin roles, on overtime, to work proactively with passengers to absolutely ensure what they present for scanning is correct which, from my observations, would significantly reduce the manual searching and double scanning. Others could work the queues keeping passengers informed. Whether we like it or not this requires action and not just words.
you ask “Like What?” and I agree it’s very difficult with an “industry wide problem” but as a very regular user there are some little tweaks that will help. Sadly, through media exposure, this has now become like the recent supermarket and petrol shortages. People are panicking and who can blame them when they stand to be several hundreds of pounds out of pocket and loose their holidays. Accepting the only people to do physical checks are those trained and vetted to do so I would reconfigure the security hall with more counters and trays before the scanners, use other airport staff from management and admin roles, on overtime, to work proactively with passengers to absolutely ensure what they present for scanning is correct which, from my observations, would significantly reduce the manual searching and double scanning. Others could work the queues keeping passengers informed. Whether we like it or not this requires action and not just words.
Like what?
They have been recruiting for months! They can't force the right people to apply for jobs. Nor can they circumvent the Government's demands to speed up the approvals and training process. Or control sickness absences which an shut down security lanes. They couldn't do any of this until the Government removed the shackles from the aviation sector which came very late.
Applying your argument then exactly the same applies at many other airports who are experiencing the same issues, including Manchester, Birmingham, and Bristol.
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