Airport Confusion

**tpa** · 1st July 11, 03:04 PM

I wore my kilt to travel on holiday from East Midlands (Nottingham) airport to Malaga and back. On the return journey, there were 2 long adjacent check in queues, one for EM and one for Glasgow. More than one person asked me if I was in the correct queue, but I wonder if any Glasgow bound people joined our queue on account of the kilt?

There was a problem with the head count on the plane and we did take off late, but missing our slot was to be expected with one person and one check-in desk for 228 passengers (my estimate, I counted 38 rows from my seat) and a maximum of 90 mins. to process them all. That's Ryanair for you.

**chrisupyonder** · 1st July 11, 07:42 PM

I can see the headlines...

KILT CAUSES KONFUSION at airport.

Great story.

Chris.

**tpa** · 2nd July 11, 10:16 AM

I like it Chris, great headline. Now why didn't I think of that?

**theborderer** · 2nd July 11, 11:48 AM

If you had flown to Glasgow you would'nt have been out of Place, just out of Sync

**McClef** · 2nd July 11, 01:07 PM

I haven't seen any confusion in queues where I have been kilted for departures.

But four years ago when I returned from Inverness to Bristol a chap at arrivals took it as a sign that the flight had indeed landed!

**cessna152towser** · 4th July 11, 11:25 AM

Nice one.
I've had this situation too as I often fly kilted.
Although I live in Scotland, my home is within a few miles of the border with England so my closest airport is Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the north-east of England.
Fellow passengers, and check in, security and cafe staff etc. in the airport are always surprised that I am not checking in to fly to a Scottish destination.