John F Kennedy was incredibly thorough with their security checks last November. It was 5:30am and we were all extremely tired, having to do various things in order to prove we weren’t terrorists! I got through no problem, but my sister bleeped, so they used a hand scanner to check her, but no result. They couldn’t feel anything concealed on her, so they passed her through the detector again – still bleeping. Next, they asked her to remove her shoes, X-Rayed them, banged them on the table and then disappeared with them. After about 5 minutes without her shoes, my sister became a little agitated and went, bare-footed, in search of her shoes! They also requested that she empty her vanity case as it was cluttered and items could not be made out on screen when x-rayed.
At Bologna in February, I just laughed! The detector bleeped as I passed through and the dim-witted security man just patted my legs and let me go. BA2563 might never have made it home that night. At least, it wouldn’t have if I had a gun up my top!!
I think Heathrow has just about got it cracked, apart from these TV reporters who constantly test them with their toy guns and manicure sets and then brag when they get it onto an aircraft. Security People: Next time, look out for the man passing through security with a TV camera following him!
Gatwick is good for security. They now have 2 security checks in place and if you smuggle goods through the first, you can be about 90% sure they won’t make it through the second. My dad had an argument with a security man who accused my mum of deliberately smuggling nail clippers on board… lol!
Montego Bay (Sangster) is reasonable. They go at their own pace, but seem to have effective methods of preventing unauthorised items getting onto the aircraft.
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