Dublin Airport security issues

Ruu_Old

Moving with all my gear to America next Saturday. Just wondering if anyone has noticed anything since the security audit at Dublin. My wife and I are used to being pulled over and one bag checked, only the one briefly. I dont mind, cos i can then skip the queue into the security line which is empty anyone notice anything different or same old? plan to be there plenty early as usual for my 2:45 to Chiacago

is_that_so

There is an ad in all of the papers today, but according to newspaper reports "it's calmed down , but shoes, belts and some jewellery has to be removed."

namaimo

There was a photo in the Irish Times showing really long queues apparently waiting times to go through security are boardering on 20/30mins...

Ruu_Old

bah not the shoe thing again, shameful!

penexpers

I heard in the news this morning that some people were waiting 1 hour 30 minutes.

Ruu_Old

well alot of that is down to the people. No matter how many times i see people through security being told to put off their phones and take everything out of their pockets, theres still some eejit in front of me holding up the queue. The ignorance of some people!

Lex_Diamonds

Is this a permanent thing?

Ruu_Old

saw the report on tv3 today, it looked like a cattle shed in departures!! It does look like its going to be permanent because the security situation in Dublin Airport is crap. A guy from the Dublin Airport Authority said for passengers to get used to it. Something about that a bomb was let through security. They said the queues eased up during the day from some people queuing 2 hours, eased up to an hour.
Would just have to happen when i am going to fly next week :rolleyes: Ill have to make sure to get up there early next Sat, im not going to fancy hauling 6 suitcases + carryons around for long so i hope its quite, or it'll be *makes machine gun noises*

penexpers

Interestingly enough

http://www.dublin-airport.com/AR_Dublin/Live/Lv_pres_GenTemplate.asp?strPage_Name=DN_SLA

Security - Passenger Search


Dublin Airport Authority commits that the maximum queuing time for Security Passenger Search will not normally exceed 7 minutes.

skywalker_208

penexpers wrote:

Interestingly enough

http://www.dublin-airport.com/AR_Dublin/Live/Lv_pres_GenTemplate.asp?strPage_Name=DN_SLA

Thats interesting alrite.. these new measures are are pain in the arse! especially as i have a 7.30pm flight next sunday... ah well lets hope it will be quiet then!

Eoghan-psych

This might be a little OT, but hey -

How many people here feel like opening a can of hardship beans on those morons who don't understand "take your keys out of your pocket"?

Culchie

Well,

The real cause of the delays is that for years they've been 'skimming' passengers through quickly because if they did proper checks the queues like we see presently would be the norm.

A second terminal has been called for years now, there are simply too many passemgers to filter through the smally crappy terminal they have now.

You either have proper security or you don't.

Government just won't give in to O'Leary for fear of losing face.... pathetic schoolboy stuff, won't admit it.

...and this is April .... imagine July and August !!

Bluehair

Culchie wrote:

The real cause of the delays is that for years they've been 'skimming' passengers through quickly because if they did proper checks the queues like we see presently would be the norm.

No the real cause of the delays is lack of trained staff and facilities being provided by the DAA.

Security and efficiency are not mutually exclusive; these kinds of queues do not have to be the 'norm' at all. Many airports across the world manage it its pathetic that the DAA cannot. :mad:

I'm furious that they are seriously considering allowing the DAA to manage the new terminal (which as you rightly point out is desperately needed, should have been done years ago).

Culchie

Facilities/Terminal....we are saying the same thing.

penexpers

Bluehair wrote:

No the real cause of the delays is lack of trained staff and facilities being provided by the DAA.

Security and efficiency are not mutually exclusive; these kinds of queues do not have to be the 'norm' at all. Many airports across the world manage it its pathetic that the DAA cannot. :mad:

I'm furious that they are seriously considering allowing the DAA to manage the new terminal (which as you rightly point out is desperately needed, should have been done years ago).

I went through Toulouse airport on the way back from a skiiing trip to Andorra. I guess it was during the airports busy time. I was waiting about 45 minutes in the queue.

gonker

have been in loads of airports 30 minutes to 1 hour perfectly normal. Its not the staff its just security. Would you prefer the queues or no queues and a bomb to get through on to your flight while you on the plane? Eh I know what Ill pick...

Ruu_Old

im not complaining about queueing, but queues out to the airport doors it said on the Evening Herald! thats just bad handling of the whole situation no matter what anyone says

gerandtim

saw a security person taking properly packaged liquids in 100 mls bottles from a woman . He stated that there was no brand name on the bottles. Is this a new rule ? She had them in the clear properly sized ziplock bag. Does anyone know anything about this ?

lonestargirl

gerandtim wrote: »

saw a security person taking properly packaged liquids in 100 mls bottles from a woman . He stated that there was no brand name on the bottles. Is this a new rule ? She had them in the clear properly sized ziplock bag. Does anyone know anything about this ?

Often those bottles that you decant your stuff into don't have the volume marked on them. Even though they are obviously under 100ml if it doesn't say on the bottle they won't let it through.

robinph

Get a big bottle and write 100ml on the side of it then.

I did discover a 1 litre bottle in my bag which I'd forgotten was in it on going through security over the weekend, I only found it on unpacking once I'd got to where I was going. That was clearly a mistake on their part, but Dublin security are nowhere near as anal about the rules as you'll encounter in other airports, especially UK ones.