Originally Posted by
Panam Clipper
Some countries have that six month passport validity requirement, not the airlines. Going to the UK will be no issue as you state.
But, the point is that the air carrier is effectively the first checkpoint for entry. It is the carrier which is fined and must return the pax to his origin point if he is denied entry for lack of proper documents. If you don't have the docs for the carrier, you don't board the aircraft.
Not OP's problem.