T5 part one

Saturday, 5th April 2008

I'll have a lot more to say about Terminal Five later, but now that I'm in it - I write this in the immigration queue - here's my first point.

I'll have a lot more to say about Terminal Five later, but now that I'm in it - I write this in the immigration queue - here's my first point.

The announcements are all made by a recording with a heavy foreign accent - Dutch, I think.

Why? Heathrow is a British airport and T5 is for BRITISH Airways.

Mind you, given the shocking state of things I've seen - nothing to do with baggage handling - I'm not surprised. More follows...

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