Customs officers. Faasends of em.

[Sir Morley Steven]

Coming back into the Bushe today there were three of em waiting for me and Lady Morley Steven. Three of em just to look at the passport of someone whose aircraft is based there, they have filed and stuck like glue to a FP and they have managed to convince the spooks that they are suitable to be allowed within the restricted zone.
Can someone from border control come on here and convince me that taxpayers money is justly spent on three blokes to look at the passport? Why can't they telephone the tower?

Hello do you know Steve Morley?
Yeah, he's a numpty

Hmmm;-)

[Dave Phillips]

Why can't they telephone the tower?

Some joker dressed-up as a lecci tried to torch it.

[Talkdownman]

Some joker dressed-up as a lecci tried to torch it

...but failed...

[wsmempson]

Coming back into the Bushe today there were three of em waiting for me and Lady Morley Steven. Three of em just to look at the passport of someone whose aircraft is based there, they have filed and stuck like glue to a FP and they have managed to convince the spooks that they are suitable to be allowed within the restricted zone.
Can someone from border control come on here and convince me that taxpayers money is justly spent on three blokes to look at the passport? Why can't they telephone the tower?

Hello do you know Steve Morley?
Yeah, he's a numpty

Hmmm;-)

These farcical checks used to happen to me regularly at Denham, but only when one particular fiso was in the tower. The last occasion when I arrived back from a regular French trip, involved two from Borders (one to hold the passport, the other to check it) two from customs, a sniffer dog and a geiger counter; when pressed on the reason for such regular searches, they basically admitted that they were being tipped off by said individual, and had a duty to "follow up all such leads" regardless of whether they came from someone with a mental problem or not.

I moved airfield before I found myself the happy recipient of a cavity search. Said fiso no longer works there I hear, due to serious illness....

[caber0]

@wsmempson how hard did you hit him:)

caber:P

[chevvron]

The other day, a certain other airport served by the same Border Agency unit as Blackbushe had 5 Border Agency humans plus 2 dogs (one a trainee) meeting aircraft from overseas.
I can only assume that it's all tied in with Olympics security as they seem to be attending for all arrivals from outside the UK.

Fancy being called a 'numpty' by someone at Blackbushe; I wonder who that could be? (shouldn't it read 'muppet' ?)

[ROG]

Steve--you should have told them that you were one of the 250 foreign criminals staying here on human rights grounds and that you"d just been to Jersey to open your offshore account for your welfare payments. "No problem sir, anything we can do to help sir"
As reported in the telegraph--not DM.

[anglianav8r]

If one of the dog handlers asks to see your papers, show them to the dog

[Irv Lee]

Some joker dressed-up as a lecci tried to torch it.

I bet he had every 'certificate' he needed...

[malcolmfrost]

Perhaps they just like getting out of the office?

[trinity 09L]

Three less at Heathrow where the queues are loooooooooooooooooooooooong

[joe-fbs]

Meanwhile the same bunch of bar stewards are also doing this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18940236

"A Fijian man who served in the British Army for 13 years is fighting to stay in the UK after being told he must leave the country by 9 August. ... He is married to a UK national."

[Ian Melville]

I

If one of the dog handlers asks to see your papers, show them to the dog

I wouldn't. One tipsy Pilot Officer did that on an ATC camp and got some neat puch marks through his 1250, and fingers. Not not me:-)

[anglianav8r]

Sorry Ian, I should have given the full advice...

Show them to the dog, give it a biscuit and run