Originally Posted by
joeyrukkus
There are standard procedures in place designating flights which carry perisable organs. Sending one of these organs with a med-student through airport security without any paper work isn't one of them.
It wasn't sent "with a med-student ... without any paperwork ..."
It was carried by a professor who is an MD who had previously contacted the airline to make arrangements. A non-aviation person can't be expected to know the local ins-and-outs of airline and security procedures; that's what they're paying the airline for.
The med-student merely did what many grad students are very adept at--finding an out-of-the-box workaround in the form of a short-notice private flight.
Too bad there's probably no way to bill EasyJet and/or whatever entity controls security at Bristol for the flight.