Oh, and finally, the x-ray/check-in procedure is somewhat tedious there and the staff (on the day I was there) were singularly rude. Go by the rules or be prepared for hassle.
Before checking in you must have your bags x-ray'd and then queue up to check in. No major problem, unless like me you decide to pack your coat into your checked bag while standing in the queue. While I was doing this (in plain view) I noticed a security man watching me, but didn't think much of it. After letting me go through the whole unpacking/packing thing he *then* told me I wasn't allowed do this and brought me out of the queue to have my bags x-ray'd again. There was no sign up that I could see that said you were not to open your bags after x-ray and anyway I could only be putting in things I had brought through x-ray with me. Then he stuck me to the back of the queue again.
While in the queue I noticed a few heated debates between check-in staff and customers and I really got the impression that we were imposing on them by the process of checking in. One lady in particular was telling a guy that he just had to throw away his bag because he couldn't carry it on and he couldn't check it in and she wasn't going to help in any way. She then warned him that she would be doing the boarding so he wasn't to even try coming near the plane with the bag. It all just seemed a bit agressive. Not what I normally expect from EI people, but it was a local contract company doing the handling there.
Moral of the story - don't bring extra/outsize/heavy bags, and don't do anything they could see as being a problem unless you want to spend a long time queueing or leave some of your baggage behind.
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