Dublin Airport security waiting times

I haven't seen it mentioned here of the fact that nearly all flights out of this place is going from that kip.utter greed from the Dublin airport authority forcing us to fly out of that hole when we have airports in cork and Shannon with hardly any flights to anywhere good forcing us up there to get them

Were both terminals equally bad or was T1 significantly worse?

I used to be able to arrive at the airport 1 hour before departure for most flights with hand luggage only. I'd maybe add 15 minutes if flying Ryanair because of the long walk. I'd arrive 90 minutes in advance if flying in the early morning peak during summer. 1.5-2 hours if checking bags. That's what I did in 2019 without issue.

T1 fast track was open at 9/9.30 this morning. T2 fast track closed at 10.00 on weekends.

Exactly, today has just reinforced the attitude that you need to be arriving 4+ hours before your flight if you want to ensure you'll make it. It'll take some time before the DAA can convince people otherwise!

I am flying out Thursday morning....at 735 bloody dreading it now...we are going to aim to be there 330...I don't even think security opens til 4 in T2...but can do bag drops etc. We have paid for parking at airport really close. Not sure we can do much else. They fly to the place once a week...and it's our honeymoon from over two years ago...

They said to add an hour it if needing to use check in and queueing there, but as the queue outside has no difference, that really means everyone has to be there 3.5 hours early really.

Moving the flights is the best short term thing to do alright imo. Throwing a few flights to Cork, Shannon etc would definitely help.

I get the rationale but it makes zero sense. You don't just move aircraft and the crews follow to operate those flights (there are huge costs and why should airlines foot that?), it's not a solution and by no means a quick fix. There are economies of scale as to why such large amounts of flights operate from the largest population area in the country, it’s the case in every country (London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris etc..).

This is the responsibility of the DAA who offloaded staff during a crisis thinking purely short term, it has come back to bite them. It leaves an awful taste in people’s mouths to be treated like this, I feel especially sorry for the skeleton staff there, worn out and taking the brunt of what DAA Management have caused.

Comparisons with Cork/Shannon are local politics, it is not logical to compare airports that handle 30M+ (DUB) versus airports handling 2M people per annum. Of course the experience is easier at these locations.

If it were clear and enforced that you can’t join the queues until (say) 3 hours before your flight then the queues would be smaller and fewer people would be distraught at missing their flights. Simple flow management…

Then all you would get is a second queue behind the first with people needed to manage it.

DAA is not public service it is a commercial semi state. I agree though he should be long gone...seemingly was a disaster at Morrison's. But I am guessing cost implications to ditch him immediately, and doubt it will fix anything in the short term.

well if the staff aren't turning up it means - they can't hack it 😐️

good luck with recruiting new staff but who the hell would want to work in that nightmare scenario anyway?

I’m catching a flight next Sunday at 3pm, originally I intended arriving at the airport a little before midday, however after the reports that were everywhere yesterday, and with airport management forecasting a 50% increase in departing passengers next weekend, it seems an impossibility to know how much time will be required. Realistically it could be anywhere between 3-6 hours…. A nightmare.

Yeah heard that interview aswell. He basically said a number of people didn't turn up for work and they effectively have no backup plan when that happens because they are already maxed out staff wise. So next weekend might be fine if everyone scheduled to work turns up otherwise it'll be same as yesterday.

You'd have to wonder was the sunny Saturday and big sporting events on anything to do with absenteeism 🤔