Originally Posted by Dr. Zhivago
This prompted me to remind everyone that the new security procedures are now operative at DME, meaning EVERYONE has to take off their shoes, belt etc., no questions or exceptions. There are chairs and it's tolerably comfortable, but it does slow things down.
Best thing nowadays is to fly with hand baggage only, do OLCI and PYOBP and head straight for the lounge. At boarding time, unless you have a lot of hand baggage and actually need a bit more space in the lockers, wait in the lounge until everyone else has boarded.
Great, so now we have to put up with another airport that thinks we are going to carry explosives in our belts and shoes and no where else. This security thing is beyond a joke now and I wish they would either do it properly or stop pretending that the slow lines are for our benefit. All security does today is catch the idiotic terrorist. If you really want to get something on board there are far better ways of doing it that going through security.
Oh, and 100 in J on the LHR-DME route makes this a great earner for BA. Cheapest CLub ticket is about £1500 GBP