There are 2 security checkpoints for Schengen (1 & 1A) and 2 for Non-Schengen (2&3), you can use either of the 2 that are for your destination regardless of the airline you are flying.

As by some kind of epiphany, Schiphol has decided to now open all available security filters come the summer busy days instead of keeping some of them closed when lines stretch across multiple terminals.

(Source: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2017/05/08...rukte-a1557730)

The mind boggles at the level of mismanagement of this airport.

Only at Departures 1.

It would be nice if they'd open up all the automated passport gates, too....

I just passed airside into Schengen area and the lines trying to get through security looked really bad, I hope they get it sorted soon !
Passport control was in the hands of 2 KM officers with no automatic gates operating.

I assume this was at non Schengen? No border crossing at Schengen area.

He passed 'airside into Schengen', so I think that is at the transferfilter at the D-gates going from non-Schengen to Schengen.

Clear enough! Indeed queues at the transferfilter can be horrendous from time to time.

Two datapoints from this week:

• a colleague was flying to non-Schengen mid-afternoon on Monday - spent 5 min at the security and 45 min at passport control;
• Ms ok986 was picking up some friends arriving from UK on Tuesday. The flight landed at 1130, but it took them till 1250 till they cleared passport control

What is it with these automated passport controls anyway? What's the point of them if they don't open them?

No clue. They're almost always off.

I was in a long passport control line Friday morning and was then summarily whisked to the front of a massive queue because I had a Dutch passport (me and a few other people). Everyone was in the 'European Passports' line because they directed people there no matter what passport.

It pissed off a lot of people. No idea what's going on at Schiphol, I think they're all just making procedures up as they go along.

I've asked a number of KMar officers this question.

Due to various technical issues the gates are so unreliable that they need a technician on standby to deal with any and all problems that may arise. If there's no technician available, they close the gates.

Johan

Totally off-topic, but... congratulations, Johan! This was your 10,000th post...

So it seems the situation for security at AMS is as bad the passport controls in CDG - the folks at AF/KL management must be very happy.

Anyway, I am transiting in AMS soon, something that did not happened to me since a while. Is the situation for connecting pax (Schengen to International, 100 minutes connection) as bad as the one for departing pax?

Passport control is mostly horrible when arriving. Last Monday, even with holidays, queues over 1h were reported.