Originally Posted by
sunrisegirl
Passengers requiring police presence are a regular occurrence. As flygirl68 and paxagent (both BA staff who know facts rather than needing to speculate) have indicated they could either have been deportees (handled on a regular basis at LGW for Jamaican and/or Eastern European flights) or VIPs requiring escort. It's no big deal for either and something we as staff see on a daily basis.
You'd be surprised at some of the things we see and deal with on a daily basis.
Yes, as I said, I've seen a few of these over the years. It's not a case of 'marching' them to the aircraft, (most of the time!), it's not how you would expect it to be. It's not always 'dodgy' folk, sometimes it's just passport problems.
The last guy I met, was just happy to be on the plane, he'd spent quite some time at the airport, hadn't had a chance to wash or sleep, hadn't had much to eat. He hadn't been let in to the US, but was just happy to be on the way home again.