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Overcrowded and potentially lethal. Transfer bus between terminal and aircraft.

Facilities at Southampton airport leave much to be desired We rarely travel by air when we go to Jersey, but at this time of year and with a restricted timetable on Condor Ferries, we settled for the flying option when a window of opportunity suddenly arose to allow us to get away for a few days.Flying, airport terminals and the associated mini trauma of transfers is not a new experience for either of us, but we were not rally prepared for the atrocious conditions on the transport between terminal building and aircraft. Passing through gate 6 we were ushered onto an already packed single deck "bus" full of passengers with their associated hand luggage (some of which looked big enough to  be in the cargo hold anyway) the few seat already taken and many standing passengers. We fully expected the bus to move off to the waiting aircraft and were surprised when even more passengers and their luggage came through the gate and were  squeezed into space which was not rea...