On a couple of occasions I have been grateful for the large number of flights (including QF) going to London when the inbound to DXB has arrived late - generally easy to get on a flight without too much delay.

Hardly a jobsworth - they're just doing what they are told. They are always very polite in my experience.

The scanners at MAN do seem very sensitive. I've learned now to remove everything electrical from my bag. Laptop, Kindle, tablet, power supplies, cables and headphones all go in a tray. I need 3 or 4 trays (depending on whether I have my jacket with me).

In 5 years I've had only one from MAN and that was exceptional circumstances because my morning flight was cancelled after the emergency in Dubai last month and I was put on to the lunchtime one. With so many people cancelled I think anyone else with status got oppupped. It probably helped that I sorted my move to the lunchtime flight the night before as soon as it looked like the morning flight was cancelled.

4 trays!!. I've figured out who you are. You are Mr SaucepanMan and I claim my �5 :-)

I don't say it lightly - the worst security I've been too for being over enthusiastic with searches....I'll say no more.

At least at LGW they were pleasant!

I agree. The problem at MAN is that it takes ages if you have to undergo a manual search of the bag. (Especially at T3). Last time I had to wait for nearly 30 min for my bag to be manually searched and nearly missed my FLYBE flight .

Not as bad at T1 as I usually reach at T-2 hrs for international flights .

Gosh - don't get me started on security at MAN. It's shocking. I will never go through screening unless my bags accompany me. Had an incident just a few weeks ago. First tray went through and I was about to go through prior to putting my wheelie bag through when I was told to put my wheelie bag in a tray. But there were no trays. So all my personal items went through and I was left the other side of the scanner.. Where there were many people due to much rescreening of bags. After quite a few minutes of no trays being brought forward, i mentioned I was uncomfortable that my belongings were available to anyone who would like to help themselves (believe me, this happens - I used to work for an air.ine). I was told I was making a fuss.
Not happy. Moving on, I board my flight And we are delayed. The delay gets longer (1 hour plus) and senior ground crew are involved. Guess what? A passenger has had their belongings stolen at security. Talk about QED. And this is not the first time I have experienced this at MAN. But it will be my last. Whilst im happy to fly into MAN, I now elect to fly out of LGW which is so much more civilised. Please don't misunderstand me. It is not security who help themselves. However, they are not cognisant of what can happen to passengers personal belongings as they are solely interested in examing contents.

Thursday 8th sept into man, Sunday 11 out of lgw

The over zealous patting down as well...

At least the lounge is nice...

When I said I was worried about this it was told that with all the camera there was no chance of anything being stolen.

I have to agree re. MAN security. My wife had packed all of her essential liquids, in a resealable plastic bag, nothing more than 100mL, as per, and was stopped because the bag was "too big". The lady behind her put 3 similar bags on the belt, and that was Ok, my wife's liquids, creams and gels all went in the bin. She had a face like a smacked arse for the long weekend we were in Venice.
As for arriving at passpoirt control behind a number of bucket and spade flights.....especially at this time of year makes it a less than thrilling experience as tiffany and chardonnay run around creating bedlam as they come home from 2 weeks in Benidorm.