Originally Posted by
bse118
AMS is set up in a way that does not require you to immediately exit immigration - arriving and departing pax intermingle. So you can access the terminal prior to clearing entry immigration.
Thats no longer necessarily the case. AMS has built an arrivals corridor on top of the departures wing that is used for arrivals from countries they consider “less than stellar” in the security department, as well as flights on known drug smuggling routes. (Presumably an AA flight is not from either of these, though.)