New BNE Passenger screening point

[Kefci2000]

The new QF screening lane at BNE had half the queue of the premium lane last Thursday, but the sheep kept lining up at premium

I was through in quarter of the time as they had 4 lanes open versus 1 in premium

 

[fletty]

The new QF screening lane at BNE had half the queue of the premium lane last Thursday, but the sheep kept lining up at premium

I was through in quarter of the time as they had 4 lanes open versus 1 in premium

My favourite is when the sheep line up and then complain to the J check in desk that the line took way too long.

 

[VHOEJ]

I agree with everyone else - the claim it is so much better than the old scanners is really just a mirage.

Yes, you save time taking all your items out of your bag but they still get you to take off belts and jackets.

The big hold up is after you get through that - it takes them longer to look at the bags.

Then the secondary screening process largely wastes more time and doesn't find anything. I am certain the providers have a quota of bags they need to screen 'again' for no reason. The improvement has been marginal as more times than not, my bag gets the secondary screening.

 

[Kefci2000]

I asked the question about secondary screening as I travel weekly with exactly the same things in my laptop bag, and get checked about 1 in 20.
They said the operator has 20 seconds to review a bag so if anything looks slightly off they send it through for second scan. Most of the time they don’t even check the bag, just the screening.

 

[JohnPhelan]

Not sure about the efficacy of the new scanners. Going thru the QP scanners recently they kept sending me back, finally asked me to consent to pat-down, found nil and said thanks.
When in the QP I found my chunky divers watch was in its usual place on my wrist and surmised that was causing the ruckus. Doesn't the scanner have a vague visual body scan to find such adornments?

Yes, the screen shows which part of the body whatever the offending item is on, with a coloured block appearing on the generic human figure. It indicated a week or so back that my socks were suspicious!

 

[DejaBrew]

Yes, the screen shows which part of the body whatever the offending item is on, with a coloured block appearing on the generic human figure. It indicated a week or so back that my socks were suspicious!

I suspect it's more to do with potentially thicker socks that may obscure foot shape in a scan. If it looks a bit off, I'm assuming they'll do a pat down or visual check to ensure there isn't anything being concealed.

 

[Ozchorlton]

All except those eligible for premium entry. I assume

 

[NM]

I suspect it's more to do with potentially thicker socks that may obscure foot shape in a scan. If it looks a bit off, I'm assuming they'll do a pat down or visual check to ensure there isn't anything being concealed.

Not sure anyone would want to be patting down my socks after a long day trekking around, and certainly would not want me removing my socks for a separate run through the machines ...

 

[Mrsfefe]

Yeh NTL seems to send a lot for secondary screening. On Friday afternoon I also had security there tell me that it was one bag per tray as I put my tiny Chanel mini in beside my carry on. It easily fit.
Of course on Sunday at BNE premium I tried to follow those instructions as had been told two days prior and got barked at for wasting trays

Same experience in NTL a week ago, barked at it was strictly one bag per tray. Same experience in PER a few days later. Thought it must be a new thing everywhere, but obviously just more inconsistency.

 

[AuSammy]

There's nothing so consistent as the inconsistency of airport security!

Encapsulates the experience succinctly.

Another that intrigues me is alleged “random” swabbing of back packs . Why was I swabbed 4/5 times departing Melbourne if it is actually “random”

 

[AuSammy]

It indicated a week or so back that my socks were suspicious!

Australia is very particular about detecting bio hazards