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Concerns over Heathrow queues
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Glad this is getting into the news at last. Last night for the second time in two weeks I landed at Heathrow's Terminal 1 to be greeted by queues of ******* biblical proportions at immigration. Simply not acceptable. Get some more staff or get some ******* chip-reading machines that actually work you bunch of BAA morons.
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Is it down to BAA or is it down to Border Control (Home Office)?
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Do you think the Govt went a little too far with their cuts?
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The article mentioned the BAA so I assumed it was their responsibility - I realise the staff are "Border Control" johnnies.
Whoever it is they need to get their act together - the queues I have experienced the last twice are not acceptable in a so-called developed country. The derogatory comments being made by people of all nationalities in the arrivals hall yesterday were perfectly justified - it's an absolute joke at the moment, that airport.
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Took me just over 90 minutes to get through immigration at LHR T4 back in February. They had 4 staff on duty for EU passports and then 3 doing the chip passports as the machines were uselsss!! ******* unbelievable.
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Iris scan.
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UKBA.
The most badly run dept of the Government. And its a shame because it was pretty good in the past before all the stupid uniforms and slogans. |
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Where do queues appear in the bible?
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I came through at Christmas last year and had no trouble
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How long do you think the 5,000 had to wait for their bit of bread and fish-bites?
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UKBA is massively understaffed. This problem is not just restricted to the airports either. The managment have been told to cut staff and still enforce 100% checks which is causing the problems.
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He'd have been a bit of a bad host if he didn't make it miraculously appear on their tables in front of them. And he wouldn't have gotten any tips!
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Emigration control of biblical proportions.
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being phased out
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I'm just avoiding arriving at T5 unless it's essential at the moment, it's utterly brutal
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Wearing a Santa outfit always helps at Christmas Seriously, what do people expect? When Government cuts the public sector, public services are bound to suffer and in this case where once there would have been 10-12 staff on duty now there are only 4 or 5. No doubt the likes of Cameron and Osbourne don't have to queue. |
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Came through T5 2 weeks ago after an 8 hour flight, took 45 minutes. So no difference to T4 ten years ago. Theres no money to be made in passport control
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