Would anyone care to hazard a guess at roughly how long it might take from
official landing time to exit Heathrow terminal 3 and walk as far as the
central bus station or tube, when arriving from a non-EU origin (but with UK
passport) in the late evening (with luggage)?

I know there are loads of variables and I imagine the answer will be 'a
while' but just wondering about how tight onward connections might be at that
late hour.

Thanks
Theo

In message , at 00:32:05 on Fri,
19 Mar 2010, Theo Markettos
remarked:
Would anyone care to hazard a guess at roughly how long it might take from
official landing time to exit Heathrow terminal 3 and walk as far as the
central bus station or tube, when arriving from a non-EU origin (but with UK
passport) in the late evening (with luggage)?

I know there are loads of variables and I imagine the answer will be 'a
while' but just wondering about how tight onward connections might be at that
late hour.

With hand baggage only, it's likely to be dominated by the walks (gate
to immigration, and terminal to station). With baggage, how long it
takes to get to the reclaim area, then plus the walk to the station.

Could all happen within half an hour, but I'd allow an hour. Also check
what time that flight normally arrives (it depends on many factors
including the airline and the weather). If you give a flight number I
can look it up for you.
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Roland Perry

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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In message , at 00:32:05 on Fri, 19
Mar 2010, Theo Markettos remarked:
Would anyone care to hazard a guess at roughly how long it might take from
official landing time to exit Heathrow terminal 3 and walk as far as the
central bus station or tube, when arriving from a non-EU origin (but with
UK
passport) in the late evening (with luggage)?

I know there are loads of variables and I imagine the answer will be 'a
while' but just wondering about how tight onward connections might be at
that
late hour.

With hand baggage only, it's likely to be dominated by the walks (gate to
immigration, and terminal to station).

You must be lucky at EMA.

At any of the London Airports IME it is now very rare to queue for less than
20 minutes at immigration, though they are introducing machines which let
you avoid this queue if you have a "chip"" passport.

tim

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:33:29 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
At any of the London Airports IME it is now very rare to queue for less than
20 minutes at immigration, though they are introducing machines which let
you avoid this queue if you have a "chip"" passport.

Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

Nice.

Another triumph for Noo Lamebour

B2003

In message , at 10:55:38 on Fri, 19 Mar
2010, d remarked:
At any of the London Airports IME it is now very rare to queue for less than
20 minutes at immigration, though they are introducing machines which let
you avoid this queue if you have a "chip"" passport.

Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

All your details - please list them. Unencrypted - according to who. A
few metres - only with massive aerials.
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Roland Perry

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:22:44 +0000
Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 10:55:38 on Fri, 19 Mar
2010, d remarked:
At any of the London Airports IME it is now very rare to queue for less than
20 minutes at immigration, though they are introducing machines which let
you avoid this queue if you have a "chip"" passport.

Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

All your details - please list them. Unencrypted - according to who. A

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_passport

"The passport's critical information is both printed on the data page of the passport and stored in the chip."

"Note that in some early biometric passports BAC wasn't used at all, allowing attacker to read the chip's content without providing a key"

So it looks like now they use encryption but according to the rest of the
document its still hardly secure. Look at the number of attacks listed.

few metres - only with massive aerials.

BS. RFID can be read from a few metres away as long as you can direct
enough power at the chip to power it up.

B2003

wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:33:29 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
At any of the London Airports IME it is now very rare to queue for less
than
20 minutes at immigration, though they are introducing machines which let
you avoid this queue if you have a "chip"" passport.

Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted
which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

As they are the same details that can be read with a set of eyes, why is
this a problem?

tim

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:28:18 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
wrote in message
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On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:33:29 -0000
"tim...." wrote:
At any of the London Airports IME it is now very rare to queue for less
than
20 minutes at immigration, though they are introducing machines which let
you avoid this queue if you have a "chip"" passport.

Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted
which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

As they are the same details that can be read with a set of eyes, why is
this a problem?

How many eyes do you know that have x-ray vision and can read the passport
when its in someones pocket?

You bank details can be read with a set of eyes too so why not post your
online login for us?

B2003

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Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted
which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

Er...who gives a monkey's?

Ian

"Ian F." wrote in message
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wrote in message
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Ah yes , arn't they wonderful? All your details stored on it unencrypted
which
can be read from a few metres away with the right machine.

Er...who gives a monkey's?

Some people obviously do. I don't think that just dismissing this fear is a
reasonable response, an explanation as to why it's unreasonable is possibly
needed.