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Jan 21, 2018, 9:50 pm
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I also think that walking backward into the security checkpoint exit would confuse the guard enough and you could make it through that way.
Jan 22, 2018, 3:25 am
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The only way I can see it happening - which would frankly not need too much skill - is to tag along to the back of a large family group. Lead parent then shows a clutch of boarding passes - perhaps 5 or 6 in all - and the CSM (in this case) would not actually reconcile the boarding pass to each traveller. The alternative is a forged /out of date/stolen boarding pass, not used at the gate but used at the door.
Jan 23, 2018, 6:53 am
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Jan 23, 2018, 11:17 pm
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This really belongs in the Security forum, as it's the 10th time the TSA has failed... You would think the woman's photo would be posted on every TSA bulletin board now and covered in basic training. Surely they have video footage of her sneaking into the airport.
So let me get this straight - BA forces me to wait in a 10-minute line for a document check prior to entering the security line for an LHR-ABZ flight last week, but doesn't check credentials for passengers on a TATL flight. Okaaaay....
So let me get this straight - BA forces me to wait in a 10-minute line for a document check prior to entering the security line for an LHR-ABZ flight last week, but doesn't check credentials for passengers on a TATL flight. Okaaaay....
Jan 24, 2018, 4:24 am
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For a TATL the normal procedure is a document check prior to security (either visa check desk or at check in), then a passport check against the bp at the gate.
Jan 25, 2018, 9:37 pm
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She was released from jail this evening! Where will she go next?
Jan 25, 2018, 11:33 pm
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There is quite a long story in The Guardian about Ms. Hartman, from a journalist who has had direct dealings with her. The gist of the article is that Ms. Hartman has some not particularly serious health issues but the failure to provide appropriate treatment for someone who is also homeless is leading (among other things) to other people losing their jobs over her activities.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ealth-homeless
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ealth-homeless
Jan 26, 2018, 8:24 am
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There is quite a long story in The Guardian about Ms. Hartman, from a journalist who has had direct dealings with her. The gist of the article is that Ms. Hartman has some not particularly serious health issues but the failure to provide appropriate treatment for someone who is also homeless is leading (among other things) to other people losing their jobs over her activities.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ealth-homeless
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ealth-homeless
Jan 26, 2018, 8:25 am
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There is quite a long story in The Guardian about Ms. Hartman, from a journalist who has had direct dealings with her. The gist of the article is that Ms. Hartman has some not particularly serious health issues but the failure to provide appropriate treatment for someone who is also homeless is leading (among other things) to other people losing their jobs over her activities.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ealth-homeless
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ealth-homeless
Jan 26, 2018, 8:32 am
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From what I've read, it seems she used to be homeless in the Bay Area but over the past couple years has been hopping between nursing homes and mental health facilities around Chicago.
Jan 27, 2018, 9:39 pm
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Uh-Oh! I don't think such good idea to letting her go. She was supposed to stay at mental health facility. If she done it again. She will be arrested again. She will get another trespassing charges.
Yeah, I am aware of this. She was supposed to stay at mental health facility, but she cannot leaves. She won't go to airports. If she done it again. She will be arrested again. She will wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet.
Yeah, I am aware of this. She was supposed to stay at mental health facility, but she cannot leaves. She won't go to airports. If she done it again. She will be arrested again. She will wear an electronic ankle monitoring bracelet.
Jan 28, 2018, 3:53 am
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My then 5 year old son went missing at the gate at palma airport. He went behind a pillar and like magic did not re appear.
After a few mins someone said I think he went that way - Pointing to the boarding gate
With an agent there is just ran past ( they didn’t bat an eyelid or try to stop me and I found him patiently waiting at the aircraft door. So 2 of us got through. It only takes one human the have a moment of inatention.
If they check boarding passes on long haul ... why don’t they on short haul ? I last flew ba to duseldorf and back on Friday and there was no check of bp. I can see why aircraft size would change procedures.
After a few mins someone said I think he went that way - Pointing to the boarding gate
With an agent there is just ran past ( they didn’t bat an eyelid or try to stop me and I found him patiently waiting at the aircraft door. So 2 of us got through. It only takes one human the have a moment of inatention.
If they check boarding passes on long haul ... why don’t they on short haul ? I last flew ba to duseldorf and back on Friday and there was no check of bp. I can see why aircraft size would change procedures.
Jan 28, 2018, 4:08 am
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the bp check is primarily to make sure you head off down the right aisle in the right direction on a widebody, not something that is an issue on a short haul aircraft. the bp is not an id check on boarding a long haul aircraft.
Jan 28, 2018, 4:17 am
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The boarding card check is on twin aisle aircraft and nothing to do with long haul or short haul.
