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Old Apr 3, 2017, 8:15 am
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tigertanaka
 
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Originally Posted by Ditto
It is already quite impressive that 5 gates were operational, how many KMARs were there in total? only 2 for non-EU passports?
I think there were 5 in total. 2x non-EU, 2x short transfers & 1x behind the EU scanners. I would be interested to know in what circumstances Schiphol/Marechausse would fully staff all the desks. It was extremely busy this morning - as busy as I have seen it apart in the last few years apart from just after the attacks in Paris & Brussels.

Originally Posted by q
25 seconds is not bad at all. My first time going thru the auto gates, I put my passport in without opening it ... then a guy had to come over to get it out, not too happy about it (and neither were the people waiting behind). Next time, staff were around and attentive that everyone does the right thing
25 seconds was the typical time, some were about 20 seconds but one person was 50.

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