The Schiphol mess

That's what I was going to say. Where are you trying to get to?

I connected Non-Schengen to Schengen in 30 minutes the other day. I have to connect Non-Schengen to Non-Schengen in a few weeks time and I only have an hour but no security or passport checks.

I think if you're a non-EU citizen then its pretty awful and if you have hold luggage its pretty awful. But, touch wood, if you're travelling with hand luggage only it's not TOO bad and KLM are very good for rerouting.

Just to keep people updated - I few Cork - Brussels and back via Amsterdam the other day... hand luggage only. 10 minutes delay (afternoon/evening) getting through Schengen passport control both ways. All flights ontime and seemingly no staffing problems.

I did have to re-route on the way home due to KLM cancellations but I think they are because of the passenger cap. The cap seems to be (partly) working anyway and so far I've never had any problems connecting. But I wouldn't hand-luggage connect less than an hour as it stands.

I flew into Schiphol airport from Dublin with KLM on Saturday just gone and it was a total shambles upon leaving the aircraft. The worst I have ever seen.

We landed at approx 13:30. Upon entering the terminal from the plane there must have been a one to two hour queue for the exit towards baggage claim. It was backed all the way back to the Heineken bar all along the duty free shops. And they were only letting small groups through, say 10-15 people at a time. And there was hundreds of people queuing.

And once you made it through that, you had to queue at passport control. I queued at the EU passport self check scanner which took almost an hour.

I have never queued this long to actually get out of an airport before!

I actually had a dog with me in a cabin bag so I skipped the queue to be honest.

I got a lot of dirty looks but I couldn’t queue 2 hours just to queue for another hour at passport check with a dog.

I flew back to Dublin on the Sunday and it wasn’t as bad. I already had my boarding pass so didn’t need to go to the check in desk. Security took about an hour. There is a priority lane for security so it might be worth paying extra for that if your worried about missing a flight

There are school holidays in the Netherlands at the moment too.

How is bringing a dog into the passenger cabin allowed?

If this is the new normal I'm never flying again.

Its always been the case too, nothing "new normal" about it.

Absolutely no issue. I was at a self scanner so didn’t have to speak with anyone

But it wasn’t a connecting flight like your planning. Is the dog going in the cabin for the Doha flight? I know KLM are strict with long haul flights and having a dog in the cabin

I don't think there's any chance of you stepping in sh1te in the cabin, unless there's a stag or hen going to Liverpool or Malaga who've had a few too many.

Cats can go in the cabin too, there was even a pet hedgehog flew out of Cork with its owner a few years back, and that's not a wind up.

There was a very lost turtle went on a Ryanair to the Canaries, again in the cabin.

Plenty of pets fly with their owners, no harm in it. Most other passengers won't even notice cos they sit quietly in their little soft travel bags happy out.

I'm almost certain Ryanair don't allow small dogs on board now. They may have trialled it at some stage. So the "all airlines" allow it is incorrect.

The world has gone mad, and your assertion that there's no harm in it is not shared by me.