T2 parking naz_s - should I take them on?

[Smackbum]

I need to both drop and pick up a passenger at T2 tomorrow. By far the most efficient way to do this is as one transaction at the Departure drop-off zone.

BUT

Will this attract the attention of the aforesaid PNs and is it in breach of their self-serving regulations? Most importantly will I get away with it?

I know it is better to be safe than sorry but the incoming pax will have been waiting for some time and the alternative is problematic. In fact I am unsure what is the quickest legal way to go from T2 Departures to the T2 pick-up parking area. I think it involves a 2 km loop with a stop to pick up a dozen KK doughnuts, or am I being facetious?

I look forward to your wisdom and of course sarcasm too.

 

[kpc]

Ask your incoming passenger to wait at the designated waiting / pick up area at T2; your departing passenger can get off here, cross the street to T2, and then take the escalator up one level to the departure hall. No risk of any fine etc.

 

[Smackbum]

A very good suggestion, kpc, but the outgoing passenger is my Mum who is in her seventies and has a dodgy ankle. I suppose if I'm quick I might be able to get her to check-in and dash back to the car within 10 minutes .... it just seems such a pointless exercise when my colleague can chuck their bag in the back of the car and jump in whilst I am saying goodbye to Mum at the Departures drop-off.

Wouldn't any reasonable person see this as reducing congestion rather than adding to it? Yes, yes - the word "reasonable" appears exactly 0 (zero) times in any law or regulation in Oz let alone SydneyAirportInc, but even Daleks have a soft spot so why can't the parking naz_s?

 

[ejb_nz]

I say go for it.

Just drop off and pick up at the same time, I have many times and I do think they are more worried about taxis doing it than people with little old ladies in tow.

ejb

 

[Alanslegal]

Wouldn't any reasonable person see this as reducing congestion rather than adding to it?

there is no such thing as a 'reasonable' airport 'parking naz_'

 

[jsd]

there is no such thing as a 'reasonable' airport 'parking naz_'

Hence tha 'naz_' part

Josh

 

[Flyboi]

Just do it... You are legitimately dropping someone off. You have to get back into your car after you do that. No different to someone else getting in with you.

 

[MBR]

I need to both drop and pick up a passenger at T2 tomorrow. By far the most efficient way to do this is as one transaction at the Departure drop-off zone.

BUT

Will this attract the attention of the aforesaid PNs and is it in breach of their self-serving regulations? Most importantly will I get away with it?

I know it is better to be safe than sorry but the incoming pax will have been waiting for some time and the alternative is problematic. In fact I am unsure what is the quickest legal way to go from T2 Departures to the T2 pick-up parking area. I think it involves a 2 km loop with a stop to pick up a dozen KK doughnuts, or am I being facetious?

I look forward to your wisdom and of course sarcasm too.

I forgot about the new rules the other night and had a mate pick me up from Departures at around 10PM.

Well, I TRIED to have a mate pick me up...what actually happened was that I wandered upstairs, and found that the only two people there were me and the parking guy. I stared at him. He stared at me. I stared at him. He stared at the back of my head as I lost my nerve and walked all the way down the ramp to be picked up kerbside. I felt like a wimp, but didn't want the aggro having only just got back the feeling in my arms and legs after a JQ flight from Melbourne.

My advice - don't risk it...if you're successful, I'll feel like a fool.

 

[Flyboi]

LOL!!! He has no authority... Only people that can give you move on orders LEGALLY are the AFP.

 

[MBR]

Is that still the case? I vaguely remember that there was a legal loophole that was recently closed by the state government, giving these guys authority to issue fines (and therefore, I presume, also to move on cold tired wanderers like me.

 

[Smackbum]

MBR - I did wimp out, as I couldn't bring myself to dump my mother 200m from the terminal and also ask my colleague to brave the dismal weather that morning.

So I told the incoming pax to find her way to the drop-off area (not so easy apparently) and then avoid all eye contact with the PNs. When I stopped the car opposite her she casually sauntered over whilst I made a big fuss of getting my mum's bag out of the boot and giving her a hug goodbye. I then shut the boot (which magically had a different bag now inside) and slipped behind the wheel with my new friend. Sorted.

Of course there's no guarantee that some stool-pidgeon wasn't noting my mum's number-plate down, so I best not gloat too loudly about my cleverness.

 

[MBR]

Nice work! It's been a long time since I saw the old "switched my mother with a colleague in a way that didn't raise the suspicions of the parking guy" trick.

Of course, it's not nearly as impressive as the old "switched my wife with a girlfriend in a way that didn't raise the suspicions of the In-laws" trick...a trick that as far as I know has never been successfully performed at any venue, ever.

I've given up on the whole stressful mess...I catch the train.

 

[Smackbum]

... Of course, it's not nearly as impressive as the old "switched my wife with a girlfriend in a way that didn't raise the suspicions of the In-laws" trick...a trick that as far as I know has never been successfully performed at any venue, ever....

Too true - but it doesn't stop us all from trying!