The boss of one of many world’s busiest airports has hit out at a TikTok journey “hack” aimed toward skipping queues.
It entails non-disabled travellers requesting wheelchair help so as to be fast-tracked by way of to their flights.
Heathrow chief govt John Holland-Kaye mentioned the development was “mistaken”.
Heathrow Airport boss John Holland-Kaye blames a TikTok ‘journey hack’ for delays for these with mobility points saying some passengers are ‘utilizing wheelchair assist to get by way of the airport sooner.’@NickFerrariLBC pic.twitter.com/XZodA7a9Tm
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July 26, 2022
“For passengers requiring wheelchair assist we have now extra demand than we had earlier than the pandemic. Why is that occuring? A few of it is because individuals are utilizing the wheelchair assist to attempt to get fast-track by way of the airport. That’s completely the mistaken factor to be doing,” he instructed radio station LBC.
“In case you go on TikTok you will see that that is likely one of the journey hacks that individuals are recommending. Please do not try this.”
LBC host Nick Ferrari referred to as it “outrageous”.
A latest TikTok video confirmed a traveller at Bristol Airport pretending to have an ankle damage, so he might skip queues at safety and check-in.
Wolf Jenkins’ video, which has been seen greater than 2 million instances, provoked a robust response with some commentators calling it a “new low” and an “abuse of the system”. Others referred to as the stunt “good”.
Heathrow Airport is considered one of quite a lot of European hubs which has struggled to deal with a rise in travellers. Day by day departing passenger numbers had been capped at 100,000 earlier this month so as to ease stress. An enormous demand for summer time journey coupled with a scarcity of pilots, cabin crew, check-in employees, and baggage handlers has seen lengthy queues and journey frustration.
