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Old Mar 1, 2013 | 9:52 am
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Originally Posted by Jenbel
Another why? I can walk through from a BA domestic plane into T5 departures with only the most cursory check. You can do the same check on bus boarding. Why is there a security problem when the pax have already been screened to UK standards?
I think it's a strange set up. Normally with a T1 to T3 transfer from domestic to international, you will be going through security at flight transfers, as you are mixing with passengers that have arrived on international flights that haven't been screened to UK standards. As there is no way of stopping things exchanging hands, harmful things or just boarding passes, all passengers must be checked.

At T5, you join the international passengers when they have already been checked to UK standards.

So if Virgin does have its own bus (they would be paying a lot to LHR for the privilege) they could by-pass security as they haven't come in contact with "dirty" passengers (not screened to UK standards). Having an additional bus make a return trip 10 times a day at a very congested airport isn't ideal.
Currently, the only place I can think of that they could enter T3 without being searched is up through a gate? Any other ideas?
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