To consider cancelling my holiday because of the EES?

It may well take longer, but flights are full of people strolling at the last minute, faffing around and who can't even be bother to make their way through the gates even after security.

Give yourself time, or cancel. What do you want people to say?
Ryanair does not want checked-in people to miss their flights because they are delayed through security, with baggage already gone through, it's not a conspiracy to ruin people's lives.

You're being absolutely ridiculous

Get a grip!
These threads are so boring.

I do wonder if the increase in these stupid threads is a deliberate attempt to ruin Mumsnet.

OP, you’re not listening to any advice people are sharing here so not sure why you posted for advice?

I’ve taken approx 20 flights in & out of Europe since Oct 25 when the EES was introduced. Never arrived at any airport more than 2 hours before my flights and not had a single issue. FACT.

just be sensible, arrive early, immediately go through security after bag drop (pay for fast track if you want peace of mind) then go immediately to your gate once it’s announced & sit there until it’s time to board.

better than missing your trip & staying home surely?

Omg just don't fucking go then.

You’re being ridiculous - and wrong.

NO AIRPLANE CAN TAKE OFF WITH YOUR LUGGAGE UNLESS YOU ARE ON THE PLANE TOO. Because bombs.

Go, don’t go, up to you. But don’t post inaccurate or false shit. There’s enough already on the internet 🙄

Oh really? Easily negotiate? 🙄

Well the uk has introduced the eta so why would the eu be willing to let Brits off. And before you say anything the eta initiative started before starmer (as far as I am aware).

Put the daily mail down 😆

We arrived in lanzarote last thursday and i think it took about an hour/just over to get through passport control/do the EES stuff. Thought we would miss being able to pick up our hire car but the shuttle bus was still there to take us to the car hire place. Hoping its faster going the other direction

I went to Madeira with easyjet a couple of weeks ago. The new system was a bit of a pain and, for the return leg, it did add a bit of time to passport control on the way to the gate. Jet2 staff were pulling out some of their passengers from the queue because their flight was about to leave, but we made it without that much bother. If you have checked in hold luggage, the flight won't leave without you - they'd have to take your luggage off the plane first, because it's a security risk to fly unaccompanied luggage.

But I don't think you want to listen to reason. I think you want to cancel so you can feel like a victim. Go ahead. It doesn't affect any of us in the slightest what you choose to do with your holiday plans.

Wise up, I’ve flown multiple times in the past 6 months I’ve yet to miss a flight, the longest wait I’ve had was in Milan and that was after my flight getting into the country.

you’re being very dramatic 🙄

NRTFT. We went to Greece 2 weeks ago. They saw our British passports and waved us through - no fingerprints or photos! Greece has an income of £3.5 billion pa from British tourists. They announced they weren’t going to lose that revenue this summer, because British tourists went elsewhere rather than face EES.

Came back from Murcia on Friday. No queue at all. Been travelling to Europe and back every 3 weeks since last November. No major queues. But what would I know about it? The media, who of course have no interest in harvesting clicks by whipping everyone into a frenzy, are clearly the experts here. Just cancel then. I, however, will carry on travelling. 🤷‍♀️

OP, kindly, you need to chill the fuck out.

Starmer has absolutely no say in this @idontwanttogoanymore , and the eu have no vested interest in making life better or easier for uk citizens (quite the opposite in fact). I voted against Brexit btw.

You are catastrophising. I flew to Spain last week, we queued over an hour to get in as we had a kid, but those without all went through gates and it was fine. Coming back to uk queues were 20 mins max.

If you don’t want to go or don’t have the mental resilience right now that’s fine, but accept that is the reason and then use that to galvanise yourself to get help for the future rather than wanging on self indulgently about the wrong things.

Don't be ridiculous.

Starting to think EES isn't the problem here.

Thanks! We are off to GC over summer and was wondering how it would all work so this has set my mind at ease.

If you think Ryanair will mess up why can’t you cancel and rebook on SAS or BA? Why choose a cheap budget airline if you’re a stress head and can’t cope with queues?

What do you actually expect Starmer or the government to do?

I worried about this when I went to Gran Canaria at Easter, but it was painless. Nothing had changed on the UK side that I could see. At Gran Canaria, we were all shuffled to a line queue to register passport, fingerprints, face, but loads of machines and it moved quickly. Was out of airport within 40 mins of landing. Then, when leaving, I could just use the automatic machine for passport, as I was registered.

Ryanair bag drop is 3 hours. I was rejected at 3 hours 1 minute and allowed at 3 hours.
Suitcases do not fly without the passenger: that would be a security risk.
Also I flew to Norway before EES and it was one of the slower airports. And it's not EU either.