"Ironically, the fiasco at Belfast International was caused by people who DIDN’T check in — i.e, staff from the airport’s outsourced security unit, whose cry-offs resulted in just two of the hub’s all-singing, all-dancing screening lanes operating.
"Cue the queues, the hundreds of exasperated passengers standing cheek-to-jowl on static escalators, the vituperative abuse piled onto already harried staff and, in some cases, the exasperation dozens experienced through seeing their half-empty plane take off before they’ve even made it to the closed departure gate.
"Bedlam at airports is nothing new — I’d sooner stick needles in my eyes before attempting to fly from anywhere at Easter, for instance — but this was a ‘normal’ autumn weekend, so why such angst and misery"
"Cue the queues, the hundreds of exasperated passengers standing cheek-to-jowl on static escalators, the vituperative abuse piled onto already harried staff and, in some cases, the exasperation dozens experienced through seeing their half-empty plane take off before they’ve even made it to the closed departure gate.
"Bedlam at airports is nothing new — I’d sooner stick needles in my eyes before attempting to fly from anywhere at Easter, for instance — but this was a ‘normal’ autumn weekend, so why such angst and misery"
