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Originally Posted by Misco60
(Post 30912790)
Surely, pre-clearance would be a huge benefit for those without Global Entry (who comprise the vast majority of passengers)?
Perhaps I'm misreading your post, but you seem to be saying that you would not like to see pre-clearance at LHR because then every Tom, Dick and Harry would have the same easy entry to the US that you currently enjoy. Edit to Add: Also those with CCR and GF access will also have to head to the gate at least an hour, possibly 2 hours, before departure which would be a negative for all of them |
Originally Posted by hshs
(Post 30912812)
Pre-Clearance isn't all it's cracked up to be. At pre-clearance in Dublin, they don't trust that Dublin airport has done its scanning job properly, so out come your liquids and electronics again and off come your shoes. If several US-bound flights are departing at the same time, the queues can be enormous. Global Entry helps with that, of course, but I still find GE on arrival quicker than on departure.
One other nice thing about immigration on arrival is that you clear into a quieter area of the airport. With pre-clearance, you're treated like a domestic flight and disembark into a terminal thronged with hordes of departing passengers. Having had a CBP officer threaten to send me home from PHL for “abusing the ESTA system” (I make just three 6 night trips per year!?) on a previous trip, I’m now much happier with the idea of being sent back to BHX from pre-clearance at DUB, than from, say, JFK to LHR :D YMMV. |
Originally Posted by hshs
(Post 30912812)
Pre-Clearance isn't all it's cracked up to be. At pre-clearance in Dublin, they don't trust that Dublin airport has done its scanning job properly, so out come your liquids and electronics again and off come your shoes. If several US-bound flights are departing at the same time, the queues can be enormous. Global Entry helps with that, of course, but I still find GE on arrival quicker than on departure.
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Aside from the T5B issue, I’ve done pre-clearance at DUB a few times (some good, some awful) and a fair few more clearing on arriving in the US (without GE, because I’m an infrequent peasant).
Give me pre-clearance any day ... the last thing I want at the end of a long flight/day is horsing around in an Immigration line at destination. And, IME, mingling with the Domestic pax at the far end is perfectly survivable if you you don’t have your head up your backside. At PHX, after Immigration & Customs you end up in the Reclaim Hall with everyone else anyway ... after a longggg walk! I use LHR too infrequently to comment on the theory being expounded ... I can see benefits and disadvantages, especially with the very poor T3-T5 connection issue. |
Originally Posted by VFRonTop
(Post 30912987)
It's not a trust issue more of a regulatory issue. The US and Ireland/EU have different screening requirements and therefore all passengers going airside at DUB pass through Irish security screening and passengers travelling to the US (on a pre-screened flight) also pass through US security. There was a trail in SNN a few years ago looking to a combined screening solution but I haven't heard anything of it since. Link
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.... anyway. Back to T5B... |
my guess is they are going to stockpile all of the 772s with Rockwell-Collins IFE at T5B so all of us flying in/out of the NYC area are guaranteed the worst possible experience, especially on the 8-hour return home...
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Originally Posted by skipness1E
(Post 30912584)
Just heard from a VERY good source and obviously can’t include the A380s as the three airbridge gates are on T5C. Inbound B747 holding for T5C even though gates free at T5B as it’s departing to a non US destination. New policy? |
T5B CAN handle A380s but has no 3-airbridge equipped gates (yet). |
Originally Posted by Airprox
(Post 30913728)
T5B has four A380 capable stands.
Originally Posted by skipness1E
(Post 30913752)
T5B CAN handle A380s but has no 3-airbridge equipped gates (yet). |
T5B stands 544-558 (5 in total) are wide enough for an A380 - I alighted at one of these recently when all the capable gates at T5C were either obstructed or faulty. None of these have 3 airbridges though, so if they are used then the upper deck passengers need to disembark via the aircraft's internal stairs.
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Originally Posted by T8191
(Post 30913134)
I use LHR too infrequently to comment on the theory being expounded ... I can see benefits and disadvantages, especially with the very poor T3-T5 connection issue.
All of which could be solved with some limited investment in more buses, better control and passenger information systems, more and better trained staff and a better offer for premium passengers. Probably harder to identify will be a little more space for waiting, but some of this would be negated with a more frequent service. I know probably easier said than done but there are real benefits of reorganising things. For example IRROPs could be much more smoothly handled for LHR-JFK passengers if AA/BA are co-located at T5B and T8. |
Originally Posted by Steve_ZA
(Post 30913850)
T5B stands 544-558 (5 in total) are wide enough for an A380 - I alighted at one of these recently when all the capable gates at T5C were either obstructed or faulty. None of these have 3 airbridges though, so if they are used then the upper deck passengers need to disembark via the aircraft's internal stairs.
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Originally Posted by Airprox
(Post 30914023)
4 in total, 544-547. 548 is not A380 accessible, 558 is on T5C.
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As far as I can see we have gone from all of T5B being for flights to the USA to pre-clearance in a single bound - yet for the life of me I cannot see how they could process all those passengers in that space. Maybe I will wait and offer opinion when this is actual fact rather than speculation on our parts.
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