Leaving the UK from Manchester they do not ask you to take off your shoes, which they do in the US. I also did not see one armed guard anywhere near the security area, plenty in the US.
Immigration, must have been between 30-40 windows open in the US, with never more than 8 in a queue. Getting back at Manchester, 2 officers, and 1 queue with 3 plane loads in it
.....oh, and 2 open for non UK residents.....one a token of a muslim weaing the black sheet
....What happened to the Uniform?
Customs. USA you need to fill in a form, and a good number get stopped. They even have there own xray machines for checking for drugs, food (not allowed fresh fruit, meat....), etc.
In Manchester, customs was closed!!!
What a farce.
On top of that, the majority of Yanks, think we are stupid with security in the UK, I agree with that, and that the UK is basically the Western Safe House for terrorists. Yep....got that about right as well.
