Since my wife is wheelchair bound and we had arrived early, we sat in the Special Assistance departure area in T2 for some 3-4 hours in October this year (2001). A number of passengers arrived after us and left before us. The area has its own security guard but frankly she was as much use as a chocolate fireguard. We noticed that someone had left a carrier bag under one of the seats and waited to see what would happen. Absolutely nothing !! After about an hour a newly arrived passenger drew the guards attention to the bag. The reply she got was "Oh, don't bother, it is empty" !!! This guard evidently had X-ray eyes since she had never been near the carrier bag, nor did she go near it then. About half an hour later a cleaning lady came by and the guard told her to get rid of it. Still not even bothering to look inside it!
Worse still, on the roadway just outside the lounge, a car with an orange roof light (inactive) was parked for about 2 hours completely empty, in spite of repeated announcements that unattended cars would be towed away. I think you can buy orange lights for a few dollars in any hardware store.
Oh well ... I suppose Canada is one of the safer countries in the world but frankly give me dear old Heathrow any time.
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More about the airport generally would have made this more useful. Incidentally, in respect of the unattended vehicle, if it was an airport service vehicle then security would have had a record of its index plate so it did not necessarily pose a threat. Paul.
bwanamdevu 21.11.2001 09:11
It`s a right cock-up is this place.Stuck there for over 4 hours a few years ago,not to be repeated I hope.Paul
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