LCY Security Queues - terrible !
Apr 19, 2010, 7:17 am
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Nov 24, 2010, 10:02 am
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Any recent experiences at LCY? I have a forthcoming flight at 845 am--how much time should I allow?
Nov 24, 2010, 10:23 am
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I had an 0840 flight this morning. There was no real queue at security. Both the old and the new security were open. It took about 10 minutes - mostly because there just isn't enough room after the scanner for people to re-pack their bags. All it needs is one person to have a bag searched or to need a hand-search and the space after the scanner is full.
Nov 24, 2010, 12:02 pm
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I had an 0840 flight this morning. There was no real queue at security. Both the old and the new security were open. It took about 10 minutes - mostly because there just isn't enough room after the scanner for people to re-pack their bags. All it needs is one person to have a bag searched or to need a hand-search and the space after the scanner is full.
Nov 24, 2010, 3:11 pm
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Nov 24, 2010, 4:47 pm
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So, anybody want to apply for this job at LCY ? http://www.reed.co.uk/job-details/Do...JobID=19574184
Amongst the responsibilities:
- Driving continuous improvement of the queuing management system across the airport in varying areas
- Modelling of queuing systems
Amongst the responsibilities:
- Driving continuous improvement of the queuing management system across the airport in varying areas
- Modelling of queuing systems
Nov 25, 2010, 12:58 am
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Walking off the DLR one hour before departure would have left you plenty of time to have coffee and some kind of breakfast. It's also plenty of margin in case yesterday morning was much quieter than average.
Nov 29, 2010, 12:42 pm
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I allowed some extra time, as I understood there had been some bad delays on the DLR the previous day, and, since it was running smoothly that day, arrived about 85 minutes before my flight. Very short queue at Security and I was through in 8 minutes or so. Had a rather long wait as my flight was 45 minutes late.
Jul 11, 2011, 3:13 am
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Bumping to see what recent experiences are at LCY.
I've got a Sunday evening flight coming up (19:45 - there's quite a bank of the 100-seaters leaving within 10 minutes of that) and would quite like to eat at the airport. Any regulars who travel around that time know when the queue peaks and troughs are?
I've got a Sunday evening flight coming up (19:45 - there's quite a bank of the 100-seaters leaving within 10 minutes of that) and would quite like to eat at the airport. Any regulars who travel around that time know when the queue peaks and troughs are?