Originally Posted by
boadh398
The two floors...... if you've used current T5 connections, you'll notice that you take a very long escalator to North fast-track or non fast-track security.
Yep, I know where it emerges and that the building was designed with this in mind. Unfortunately to put an escalator up to that new area at Security South would mean losing at least one if not two shops on the main departures level. The other issue is that I can't see where you would start the escalator from on the arrivals level, short of building a completely separate FCC to the left of the existing UK Border area. That's a huge amount of building work.
Originally Posted by
boadh398
The problem is with this is that very tight connection eco pax are pushed to the front of the fast-track queues - I'm sorry but I've paid more money for the fast-track to the airline, and it is their staff who are making me wait longer because of the airline's inability to arrive on time, or the pax inability to book with long enough connection time. If a proper premium connection took place then to the South it would be.
I'm not sure that this is true any more. The Fast Track lanes for Security North are now at the Northern end, away from the Flight Connections escalator. The exit of the Fast Track lanes now drops you only a few paces from Galleries North.
Originally Posted by
boadh398
BUT
the old T5 register for IRIS is one of the shut-down boarded up areas......
Indeed true. Sad, though it is, the writing's been on the wall for IRIS for a while now. Let's all enjoy it while we can.
