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Via RTÉ News:

WestJet confirmed that there were “significant baggage and security screening delays” seen at Dublin Airport yesterday and apologised to their customers for the inconvenience they faced as a result.

The airline added that delays also impacted its outbound service from Dublin, resulted in a three-hour delay in departure of WS Flight 5, as a substantial number of passengers and bags were delayed in boarding the aircraft.

Despite delaying take off, the flight departed without many of the bags scheduled for departure.

‘We want our bags’ – WestJet passengers face three-hour wait for baggage at Dublin Airport (RTE)

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44 thoughts on “Baggage”

    1. GiggidyGoo

      Oh look who’s first in. TenPin Prepuce. No count-in required. hahahahaha.
      1966
      Hand of God etc.

    2. TenPin Terry

      She tried her best but like a moth drawn to a lamp Own Goal Onanist™ couldn’t stay away.

      Muwahahaha

  2. John

    it really is remarkable how much bad press one company can generate. They seem entirely unable to manage any aspect of the airport properly. I’m not looking forward to having to go there for my holiday flight in June.

    1. paul

      I’ve to travel on a Friday in June for a wedding. Dreading the idea of facing Dublin airport now. I won’t relax until we’ve collected our bags on the other side.

      1. Paulus

        DAA DAA black sheep
        Have you any lull?
        No Sir, No Sir the queue is always full.
        One for security, just the one lane
        For all of those visitors
        Who won’t be back again.

        2. paul

          there once was a young man in Dublin
          who saw the airport queues were doublin’
          so he griped on Broadsheet
          and then sought out a fleet
          of boats that were far less troublin’

    2. jonjoker

      It certainly looks as though somebody has been promoted several pay grades beyond their abilities.
      On another level though, you would wonder whether this is all being hyped in order to hide other things in the background. As someone once said:- a great opportunity to bury (other) bad news.

  3. Mr .T

    I cant wait for inward tourism to decline and the whole situation to implode on us
    Filling hotels with refugees
    Rip off hospitality prices
    Non-functioning airport

    This country simply does not work. A very big recession is sadly our only chance to fix things and start over

    1. scottser

      recessions don’t fix things, they make them worse. they’re one of the mechanisms that allow the rich to get richer by buying up assets at knockdown prices. it’s capitalism 101. in fact, if governments acted to stop the inflation/recession cycle we’d all get by just fine but they’re obviously not on your side – they only care about their vested interests.

      1. Mr .T

        Recessions are an opportunity for reform and also for new business ideas
        The best new businesses start post recession – most of those started in the “boom” times dont survive a recession because theyre built on either inflated margins or cheap credit (like most tech companies atm)

        Bad ideas like councils agreeing long term lets of apartments get cancelled during recessions, as does poor spending practices like HSE having record high budgets but even worse staffing issues (where does the money go?)

        Recessions force governments to be more efficient, during the good times they are the opposite. It is antithetical to government to deliberately try to be efficient with taxpayer monies

        1. scottser

          we can agree to differ. ‘Recessions force governments to be more efficient’ – in the last recession we were forced to live under a policy of ‘austerity’, which was simply a way to cover the corporate and personal debt of a few wealthy oligarchs with taxpayers money.

          1. The Dude

            I used to think that during recessions ideas were more valued, but the experience of 2008 onward where private debts were nationalised to the benefit of oligarchs leads me to agree 110% with Scottser.

        2. Daisy Chainsaw

          Cos the post Celtic Tiger recession made things so much better for us wrt rents, house prices etc!

    2. TenPin Terry

      Some of these things are unavoidable.
      But the greed of the hospitality sector in its rush to recoup COVID losses is just plain ugly.
      Last week in the Southern Med I was enjoying 3-course dinners with good wine for less than €25 a head in restaurants where prices were regulated by the restauranters themselves to ensure tourists weren’t fleeced.
      Ireland’s reputational damage this summer for being the rip-off country of Europe will be enormous.

  4. bell

    The race to the bottom is gathering pace.

    Every facet of life is being eroded so some people can get richer and richer

  5. Kdoc

    Flying in to Dublin is almost as difficult as flying out.
    I arrived on a long haul flight from San Francisco last Friday morning and we had to sit on the plane for an hour before we could disembark. Apparently another plane was at the stand allotted to ours.

  6. yupyup

    Is it just in the mornings where the pandemonium occurs? I have an evening flight coming up

    1. TenPin Terry

      Evenings are certainly easier but it really depends on how much backlog is building up during the day.
      My advice is – if you can – sacrifice as much of your luggage as possible in return for carry-on baggage only and check-in online.
      At least then it’s just security you have to deal with.
      And if possible use Belfast, Shannon or Cork.
      Keep plenty of juice in your ‘phone or invest in a power bank.
      And bring plenty of water.

      1. yupyup

        Unfortunately the luggage drop is unavoidable this time as going for a while.
        And I agree totally on the other airports, I use Knock and Shannon where possible.
        I’ll just have to suck it up and go with plenty of time to spare.
        Thanks.

        1. TenPin Terry

          No worries.
          I haven’t checked baggage in 20 years so wouldn’t know latest procedures here but some airlines in the UK offer a baggage drop the night before a flight.
          At the moment for flights that do not go through US pre-departure clearance I’d arrive at the airport at least 4 hours in advance. For the flights that go through the clearance, add at least one hour to be safe.
          Good luck.

        2. Daisy Chainsaw

          Check if the airline does a baggage drop the night before your flight. If it’s convenient for you to get to the airport then, it may save you time on the day.

    2. Micko

      We flew out Sunday evening a couple of weeks ago yupyup.

      The queue seemed massive at the time, but looking at the queue the last few days it wasn’t the worst – it was contained in the building.

      Took about 45 mins to get through.

      Maybe if you can get one of your party to drop off the bags and another to queue, that might help.

      Oh and as Terry says – get a good powerbank. Invaluable.

      Good luck!

  7. Ian - oG

    Who appointed the current board of the DAA?

    Who sets the security staff terms and conditions of employment?

    Who sets their rotas?

    Not much point in people getting annoyed if the people at fault are not the ones being called out publicly.

    Just took a look at a random few members of the board. Straight off one was involved with the national broadband joke.

    Quelle surprise!

  8. SOQ

    This is not just a Dublin nor an Irish problem, it is happening all over.

    In Britain, EasyJet, British Airways and Tui all axed services with 240 EasyJet flights cancelled alone, so it is something more than just DAA.

    The most likely explanation is that they all made staff redundant during the lockdowns and now have issues getting up to speed again.

    That would somewhat explain the secuirty queues and perhaps check in delays but would it really explain why so many flights are being cancelled?

    1. TenPin Terry

      Delays meaning crews are out of hours are the main reason why so many last-minute cancellations are made.
      Baggage then has to be re-sorted and returned to pax meaning further pressure on ground handling and all the while queues grow in and out of the terminals.
      There is no easy solution other than hire more staff who then have to be trained.

    2. Ten Pin's Fictitious Mrs.

      Surely it’s the case that, as oft reported by Bodger and Nick Kelly, there has been a 3000% increase in pilot deaths in the last two years. Also it must be obvious at this stage that working in the airport, whether vaccinated or not, one would be far more prone to vaccine shedding and in turn shingles, hepatitis, cancer, aids, heart attacks, miscarriages, suicides, death, sore arms, headaches, brain melt etc etc
      The graphs and twitter, plus the grifters say it all really.
      Or maybe it is staff shortages, unprecedented demand, bad organization and six week plus wait times for garda clearance certs for new employees.
      At this point it is fair to say nobody really knows the truth.

    1. John

      But the DAA can’t guarantee it won’t be a mess again this weekend. They haven’t even been able to share their plan yet.

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