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Author	cardno85
Comment	Agreed mostly, airports (aside from a few like Changi or Dubai) are just a means to a destination. I've not had major issues with queing at Glasgow, but there a physical limit to how many people can pass an area at any one time so if flights are scheduled close together there are going to be queues. I think as long as the queue is moving it's not an issue. I think there are areas for improvement (or really, just modernisation) within the building, but, while flights continue to be scheduled close to each other with massive quiet periods, there are always going to be queues because there would be huge complaints about wasted money if we had 50 immigration places open all day when there are only small periods of queuing. I do think there needs to be major improvement to the transport infrastructure though. Bearing in mind a number of people may be arriving in Scotland for the first time. Now a train would be lovely, but let's be more realistic: there should be much clearer signage for the buses. There is a couple of screens with bus numbers and times next to domestic arrivals, but nothing at international. It wouldn't cost much to colour code bus stances and put in a big poster saying "Red for express to Glasgow", "Purple to Paisley", etc at all the exits and really simplify timetables at the stances. I also think the airport taxis, given they have been given a contract to pick up at the terminal, should be contracted to abide by flight times. I've arrived a number of times on the later flights into Glasgow and there are no private hires accepting and no airport cabs at the ranks, finally one airport cab arrived and radioed in to say there was a massive queue and it took about 30-40 minutes for the cars to start arriving. That's not acceptable when the flights are scheduled and arrival times published.
Reddit Link	https://www.reddit.com/r/glasgow/comments/15b7npe/airport_rant/jts3xg8/
Created	Fri 28th Jul 2023 10:01am
Status	normal ()

Agreed mostly, airports (aside from a few like Changi or Dubai) are just a means to a destination. I've not had major issues with queing at Glasgow, but there a physical limit to how many people can pass an area at any one time so if flights are scheduled close together there are going to be queues. I think as long as the queue is moving it's not an issue. I think there are areas for improvement (or really, just modernisation) within the building, but, while flights continue to be scheduled close to each other with massive quiet periods, there are always going to be queues because there would be huge complaints about wasted money if we had 50 immigration places open all day when there are only small periods of queuing.

I do think there needs to be major improvement to the transport infrastructure though. Bearing in mind a number of people may be arriving in Scotland for the first time. Now a train would be lovely, but let's be more realistic: there should be much clearer signage for the buses. There is a couple of screens with bus numbers and times next to domestic arrivals, but nothing at international. It wouldn't cost much to colour code bus stances and put in a big poster saying "Red for express to Glasgow", "Purple to Paisley", etc at all the exits and really simplify timetables at the stances.

I also think the airport taxis, given they have been given a contract to pick up at the terminal, should be contracted to abide by flight times. I've arrived a number of times on the later flights into Glasgow and there are no private hires accepting and no airport cabs at the ranks, finally one airport cab arrived and radioed in to say there was a massive queue and it took about 30-40 minutes for the cars to start arriving. That's not acceptable when the flights are scheduled and arrival times published.