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03:56:02 on Mon, 15 Mar 2010, Neil Williams
remarked:
e.g. this morning, left home 0425, arrived Luton long-term car park
0505ish, short wait for bus, in terminal 0515, checked bag in and
through security, in cafe enjoying breakfast 0525, boarding 0600,
departure around 0630 (slightly late). Tons of time, and a bit of
slack had it been required. And I find the Luton security bods to be
quite friendly.

Yesterday afternoon I arrived at the station (by car [1]) and got on a
bendy-bus which left a few minutes later. I'd checked in online and
there were only two people ahead of me in the security queue. The
longest wait was at the airside bar where the tender was going for a
world record how-long-does-it-take, to make two cups of coffee for the
only other customer.

At East Midlands airport it's routine for me to arrive an hour before
departure, five minutes walk from the mid-term carpark to security, then
anything from zero to twenty minutes [2] for x-ray, and another couple
of minutes walk (much less than Luton) to the gate.

But I would allow two hours if flying on a charter airline and needing
to check luggage.

[1] I'm flying back to Stansted, then arriving at the airport station by
train from London.

[2] And if necessary £3 would get a "fast-track" pass.
--
Roland Perry