T5 - all that chat???

[ace00]

Departing from say, Changi, and arriving at Heathrow is like time travel, a glimpse of how the World will be in about 30 years.
Poor old blighty. I do try and avoid the place.

[Mailman]

Um...as contactors we can elect to fly either on our own chartered flight or with a shared chartered flight ?

Can contractors do that too?

Mailman

[Board Game Geek]

Um...as contactors we can elect to fly either on our own chartered flight or with a shared chartered flight ?

What's the matter with you ? .....

[Lucifer Box]

Wrong login again, eh?

I've never made any secret about being a saddo.

[AtW]

Sorry, thought this was a thread for like minded saddoes to exchange hot gossip on T5.

Wrong login again, eh?

[Lucifer Box]

Sorry, thought this was a thread for like minded saddoes to exchange hot gossip on T5.

[Mailman]

I was flying Business BUT the business queue had closed at 8pm ffs!!!

Also, the poms in he EU queue didnt do all that well either as they too were in a mother of all queues.

Mailman

[tim123]

So all the talk so far as been about people leaving the country (understandable I guess after that abortion that passes for a budget! ), however what I want to know is what improvements will there be for those coming the other way?

Last month I flew in to JFK and spent all of 5 minutes trying to get through customs...yet on my return to Heathrow, 2 flipen hours were spent waiting for some gimp to rubber stamp my passport!

So, anyone reckon BAA and BA will do anything to resolve that abortion called customs on your way back in to the country?

Mailman

Are you American?

Try doing the same as a Brit and see what the wait times are.

tim

[Moscow Mule]

1) Use the iris scanner to avoid queues at immigration
2) Don't bring dodgy stuff back, thereby requiring you to spend 2 hours at customs.

[expat]

So all the talk so far as been about people leaving the country (understandable I guess after that abortion that passes for a budget! ), however what I want to know is what improvements will there be for those coming the other way?

Last month I flew in to JFK and spent all of 5 minutes trying to get through customs...yet on my return to Heathrow, 2 flipen hours were spent waiting for some gimp to rubber stamp my passport!

So, anyone reckon BAA and BA will do anything to resolve that abortion called customs on your way back in to the country?

Mailman

Sounds like you mean Immigration, not Customs.

AFAIK the airport operator pays for Immigration controls, out of the airport "taxes" that the airlines pay them, ultimately from the passenger. This is how airlines can offer faster processing to Business and First Class ticket holders: they pay the airport more and the airport pays the Home Office for more immigration officers on these tracks.

So the answer is, break up BAA and start getting a bit of competition. But competition on quality and value, not on low price.

Or, fly business class and/or use better airports. Or sign up for iris recognition.

[Mailman]

So all the talk so far as been about people leaving the country (understandable I guess after that abortion that passes for a budget! ), however what I want to know is what improvements will there be for those coming the other way?

Last month I flew in to JFK and spent all of 5 minutes trying to get through customs...yet on my return to Heathrow, 2 fecken hours were spent waiting for some gimp to rubber stamp my passport!

So, anyone reckon BAA and BA will do anything to resolve that abortion called customs on your way back in to the country?

Mailman