Originally Posted by
NewbieRunner
MAN T1 had three security lines for quite a while now. This is a photo taken in August 2014.
The fast track consisted of two lanes: priority lane ("by invitation only") on the left for frequent flyers and those who paid £3.50, assistance lane on the right for passengers with a wheelchair, a pushchair, visual or hearing impairment, or carrying a musical instrument! What seems to have happened in recent weeks was to move frequent flyers from the left (middle) to the right lane.
Were you, the seniors and chuggers all in the same lane? It sounds as if at least the chuggers should have been in the middle lane unless they someone managed to join the assistance lane without paying £3.50 each.
At least they seem to have abandoned the idea of a vending machine for fast track access at the entrance to security as I haven't seen it in operation since the photo was taken last summer.
The chuggers may have had multiple impairments, they very nearly gained more: or perhaps they were simply successful blaggers
But they were ahead of me in the priority/assistance queue.
Manchester is an odd airport. Typically council-run, they have for years supported teams of well-paid managers who really don't find all that much to do outside playing around with car parking, obsessively fine-tuning aeronautical charges, and polishing the retail offer. This latest initiative smacks of the efforts of a new recruit anxious to make his/her mark.