Articles tagged “lhr”

Border Agency staff resisted the strike plans after the government agreed to begin hiring 1,100 more workers to man passport control and other border posts.

Normal training for a border officer is six to eight weeks, yet new staff managing desks are coming in with a day under their belts. When you layer on top the ambitious incompetence of the Home Office's political appointees, you've got a real mess on your hands.

The UK government is failing so often over such a long period of time on this front that it's hard to come up with an original, new Skift Take to address its incompetence.

Heathrow had problems processing people though immigration before the Olympics and they'll have it afterwards unless non-Band Aid solutions are found to why the Border Agency is having such a hard time doing its job.

Brian Moore's security background caused him to focus on borders strictly as a security issue rather than a savvy combination of strict controls and good will that border and customs officials must exhibit.

The UK Border Force is finding more creative ways to prove how terribly run it truly is, but this is a real gem. Rather than adding more security to protect border agents, how about adding more border agents?

Heathrow's operator BAA isn't happy about taking the fall for government incompetence, as their frequent leaks to the media make clear.