Dublin Airport security waiting times

All we will see is a second horde behind the first , thats not a plan thats handwashing

If they can properly implement the plan of keeping out passengers with flights more than 2.5/3.5 hours away, then this is a good thing.

What is happening is 5/6 hours worth of passengers are all coming at the same time and then the fears of seeing queues, means people are panicking. You will always have folks hitting security around an hour before their flight, because some of the check in desks can take an absolute age to get through. I've had this when checking a bag in on connecting flights such as KLM and BA. These pax are then joining the others here 5 hours before their 9.30am flight when there will be light queues at 7.30, excpet are in the mix of passengers at say 5.30am at the peak time.

If the DAA guarantee that every passenger will get through with this system, then that will be good.

I do worry about the holding pen and its facilities for passengers...

Luckily people also have technology and tools such as clocks to ensure that if they turn up at the indicated time then they won't need to be in a holding area at all.

In terminal 1 there are perpetually 5 or 6 idle scanner belts. Check it out - they have never run a full sets

I'm sure they'll have hoped that this system will deter people from turning up 4/5 hours before departure but I suspect it might actually be the opposite in practice.

Are you flying to a destination outside of Europe? Flying to Greece is NOT long haul

Canada, US, Dubai etc thats long haul

Sounds like you'll be sitting twiddling your thumbs outside the airport until 6.20, if they implement their triage plan.

Better to be twiddling your thumbs at the head of the new queue to join the old queue when the doors open at 6:20 than arrive at the back of the new queue at 6:15 and have thousands of people ahead of you.

Hopefully it will work similar to how I suggested in the other thread. If you’re too early for your flight you are directed to a lane (holding area) outside based on flight number. Once the queue inside shortens, you will then be moved inside to join it. The outside lane you were in opens again with flight numbers taking off after all the other pens. If you’re even earlier than all them, you wait.

I think they should get festival staff to Nan it though as they’re used to herding large crowds to specific areas.

This solution to the queues by adding more queues outside is still going to be challenged by the fact that they are still only operating at 70% pre-covid security staffing levels with 90% pre-covid passenger levels and all additional security checks now due to the failed audit

If I had a early morning flight this weekend I wouldn't trust the DAA and I would arrive before the 2.5 or 3.5 hours to queue in the triage Edit: I just seen they advise an extra hour if you have a bag drop, FFS mental

When the announced this, my 1st thought was that their theory that it was all the panicers arriving early's fault will be tested now.

Then I started to think, this might change people's behavior a bit and make the outside queuing area redundant (Which would be great). But now I see the "arrive earlier with bags" quote, it makes the whole thing more likely to be a farce. Be easy to walk up now, claim you're checking in a bag but just go to security instead. Thus the black and white, easy to understand, easy to manage triage system starts to crumble, and we are back to where we started.

No matter what plan they came up with a lot of people would be lambasting it. Even if they brought in the army like a lot of people suggested then others would be ridiculing it.

Overall I think it's a step in the right direction and would be surprised if this weekend is carnage like last weekend. All eyes are on the DAA so they'll be pulling out all the stops to make sure things run smoothly.

DAA are capable of fcuking up simple Q management beyond any recognition

guess all European flights are classified as 'short haul'

As far as I know they have as my cousin has been going up and down to Dublin regularly despite working in Cork airport.

They're always like that.

Grandstanding in front of the cameras.

Should be held in private, with independent witnesses.