Whats the answer to long queues at Heathrow Airport? in The AnswerBank: News

pdq, i am given to understand that football clubs pay for security, police inside the ground, but not outside, not sure that is correct, but that is what i was told.

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emmie

sunny dave

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237SJ

You can`t compare Nice airport (which is small) with Heathrow which is the world`s largest international airport. I remember when they used to let you in with a nod at Heathrow. Today is a very different world and proper checks need to be made. If all the immigration booths were manned there wouldn`t be a problem. It`s that simple.

infundibulum

Market forces creates the problem , let market forces pay for its resolution.
Heathrow knows beforehand how many people will be arriving , so should plan staff cover accordingly.

"..i am given to understand that football clubs pay for security, police inside the ground, but not outside, not sure that is correct..."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17660363

jno

the public elected the Tories on a cost-cutting programme, and this is what it means.

It was made worse by the hooha over the previous chief who was apparently trying to solve the problem by having passengers waved through. So now the public (yet again) demands full scrutiny of everyone.

The public gets what the public wants.

FredPuli43

Nice airport small? Not very . An international airport,it has 10 million passengers a year served by two terminals. Heathrow has 69 million served by five.

My point is that UK passport holders have no trouble getting in through Nice. Even UK passport holders can wait for an hour getting in through Heathrow. Now, what threat do the UK passport holders passing through Nice not present, which do they present when passing through Heathrow?

That delay at Heathrow is not readily explained, save by it being due to bad management and, perhaps, understaffing.

trt

Employ experienced management, and dont pay them as much as the over paid lot there now are getting, Simples!

naomi24

I honestly can’t see why this problem can’t be resolved quite easily. I was listening to a news report yesterday where a passenger said his flight had landed at 9pm, and all the electronic passport scanners were switched off – so he had to queue for ages. When travelling with our Canadian friends, we’ve used the ‘EU’ queue and gone through fairly quickly, only to have to wait a couple of hours on the ‘other side’ for our friends to get through – and that was several years ago – long before this government came to office. In the grand scheme of things, how much can proper staffing cost? This inefficiency is an embarrassment.

Davethedog

My Brother-in_Law used to work for UK border force, white collar not front line. They used to be based in three buildings, when they made him redundant they were on three floors in one building.

More managers than staff, no overtime allowed and the work just piled up.

jno

the electronic scanners are about as much use as Waitrose's, full of unexpected items in the bagging area. You always have to call someone for help. Plus it seems the iris scanners don't actually work and are being phased out again. I use them if the queues are significantly shorter than the regular queues, but not otherwise; they're no quicker than humans.

Staff usually prioritise locals over foreigners, in any country; there'd be even more complaints if it was the other way round.

pdq1

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Willie Walsh has just said he is willing to pay for more border staff. So problem solved. Is it?

Davethedog

Not if he doesn't have or isn't allowed the money.

Government don't care.

jake-the-peg

As I recall there was a big stink when checks were cut back last year

A charge I think that was lead by the Mail

Now they're whining about the queues and would doubtlessly whine about spending more on extra staff!

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