On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:51:01 +0000, Peter Parry
wrote:
>On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:07:49 +0000, judithsmith@live.co.uk wrote:
>
>>What is the problem which they are trying to solve here?
>
>In order that more people could enjoy the "shopping experience" BAA
>designed T5 with a retail area shared by all outbound domestic and
>international passengers and transfer passengers. There is only one
>departure area for all domestic and international flights.
>
>Someone on a flight involving a transit change at Heathrow would not
>go through UK customs/immigration but straight to the airside
>departure/shopping area. In the departure area they could switch
>tickets with a waiting accomplice booked on a domestic flight from
>Heathrow to another UK destination. They could then enter the UK
>without going through any border controls.
>
>>Are there people regularly going through check-in and then swapping
>>tickets with someone else so that they can board different planes?
>
>It happens at airports with similar design flaws such as Gatwick,
>Manchester and HR Terminal 1. Fingerprinting/photograph schemes are
>also in use or being introduced at these.
What's the betting that this scheme will receive zero opposition from
British airline passengers?
MM |