Dad just got flew to Portugal on someone elses passport!
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just me said:
What's ridiculous about asking passengers to remove the shoes so they can be screened and banning liquids?
Aside from the thousands of wasted man hours and millions of pounds it costs to implement? Or the fact that is is less useful than just employing more security personnel at airports and taking more care over looking at passports... him_over_there said:
Is it really that bad ?
The passport checker must see thousands of people a day, it's foolish to think they will check every single passport and I don't think it's a huge problem if they don't. Personally I would rather have quicker check-in / departure queues than some little nazi who is methodically checking every single passport because he has had it drilled into him by his wackjob government that every man and his dog is a terrorist.
+1The passport checker must see thousands of people a day, it's foolish to think they will check every single passport and I don't think it's a huge problem if they don't. Personally I would rather have quicker check-in / departure queues than some little nazi who is methodically checking every single passport because he has had it drilled into him by his wackjob government that every man and his dog is a terrorist.
Edited by him_over_there on Tuesday 31st March 15:29
just me said:
What's ridiculous about asking passengers to remove the shoes so they can be screened and banning liquids?
Apart from anything else, the fact that they don't ban liquids.You can take whatever liquids you like, so long as they are in containers of 100ml or less, and you can fit them all into one of the little square plastic bags they give you.
Once you're through security, there's nothing to stop you going to the nearest duty free, buying a litre bottle of something, taking it to the toilet, emptying it out and replacing the contents with all your little 100ml containers. If you want more than that, just check in a couple of your fellow terrorists, and get the contents of their little containers too.
Now it may well be that our little terrorist chums find this a bit of a chore, but if they're willing to give their lives for their cause, then I doubt they'd let the minor inconvenience of having to rebottle their chosen liquid of doom get to them too much!
It's all complete bulls
t theatre, presumably designed to make you think the government is looking out for your safety.ol said:
My Dad is getting old. So old, in fact, that while packing to go to Portugal last Friday, he managed to pick up my brothers passport instead of his own.
So he flew from East Midlands to Faro, and only realised that he had taken the wrong one when he sat down on the plane! He is 56, my brother is 24. They don't look alike.
This means that he went through check in, passport control and boarding, all with someone elses passport. He then managed to get through the passport checks in Faro with no problems either.
My mum just sent his real passport over recorded delivery for his return home, but I am astounded that not one person throughout the chain picked up on this!
When he return he is going to try coming into the country on my brothers passport (with his real one readily available) and will consider going to the papers. This shouldn't have happened, and even though it was HIS mistake, he is appalled that he got through.
We at immigration will now ensure you Dad gets a full cavity search on re-entry. Thanks for the tip off. If you want to claim your reward call 0800-grass-me-dad and enter the code 'Max Clifford'.So he flew from East Midlands to Faro, and only realised that he had taken the wrong one when he sat down on the plane! He is 56, my brother is 24. They don't look alike.
This means that he went through check in, passport control and boarding, all with someone elses passport. He then managed to get through the passport checks in Faro with no problems either.
My mum just sent his real passport over recorded delivery for his return home, but I am astounded that not one person throughout the chain picked up on this!
When he return he is going to try coming into the country on my brothers passport (with his real one readily available) and will consider going to the papers. This shouldn't have happened, and even though it was HIS mistake, he is appalled that he got through.
Brown and Boris said:
ol said:
My Dad is getting old. So old, in fact, that while packing to go to Portugal last Friday, he managed to pick up my brothers passport instead of his own.
So he flew from East Midlands to Faro, and only realised that he had taken the wrong one when he sat down on the plane! He is 56, my brother is 24. They don't look alike.
This means that he went through check in, passport control and boarding, all with someone elses passport. He then managed to get through the passport checks in Faro with no problems either.
My mum just sent his real passport over recorded delivery for his return home, but I am astounded that not one person throughout the chain picked up on this!
When he return he is going to try coming into the country on my brothers passport (with his real one readily available) and will consider going to the papers. This shouldn't have happened, and even though it was HIS mistake, he is appalled that he got through.
We at immigration will now ensure you Dad gets a full cavity search on re-entry. Thanks for the tip off. If you want to claim your reward call 0800-grass-me-dad and enter the code 'Max Clifford'.So he flew from East Midlands to Faro, and only realised that he had taken the wrong one when he sat down on the plane! He is 56, my brother is 24. They don't look alike.
This means that he went through check in, passport control and boarding, all with someone elses passport. He then managed to get through the passport checks in Faro with no problems either.
My mum just sent his real passport over recorded delivery for his return home, but I am astounded that not one person throughout the chain picked up on this!
When he return he is going to try coming into the country on my brothers passport (with his real one readily available) and will consider going to the papers. This shouldn't have happened, and even though it was HIS mistake, he is appalled that he got through.
Reward you say?...
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