Originally Posted by
skyhighlander
The thing that suprprised me (and to which I found no explaination to this day) is that when you're transferring from 2E to 2F on top of the passport check you go through the full security screening again. But when you're doing reverse (2F to 2E, Schengen to non-Schengen, gates K in my case) you just go through passport control, no security whatsoever and that obviously speeds things up.
Simple reason : if you come from a Schengen destination, you are considered to be already screened (as per the European rules and specifications) and coming from "safe" countries, while if you come from a non-Schengen destination and connect to anywhere (Schengen or non-Schengen) you may come form a "less safe" countries or applying different rules and so you have to go through security again. OK, you will tell me that if you come from US, UK, Ireland, Canada, etc those are safe countries : yes, correct but simply the terminal design currently doesn't allow to have a separate flow for some non-Schengen flights.
You have the same situation in the US when you make domestic connections (no re-screening) or international to domestic or international (screening mandatory).