stuey

As you all know security in airports all round the world has been tightened up in recent years however there are several airports in Europe which I try and avoid. If I can. The following is only my opinion.
Heathrow, under staffed and always busy give yourself loads of time to make connections. Having a British passport used to make a difference when entering the UK unfortunately a british passport no longer means that much.
Amsterdam, staff here come top of the list for being ignorant they are obviously employed from the neck down, and chances are you may never see your baggage again, BEWARE you have been warned.
Charles De Gualle. The French haven't figured out how to use e tickets and self service check in, the last time I was in CDG there was huge queues at the check in desks and all the self service check in machines were empty. Not to bad if your travelling Air France, anything else they don't really give a s**t
Also make sure for international travel that you have loads of time between connections, travel agents should get off their butts and try and make some of these connections they haven't got a clue about transfer times.
In January this year I brought my Inspo out from the UK to Thailand with BA in the AP box, I removed the cylinders from the unit to get the weight under 30kgs (28kgs) I put the cylinders in another bag with stickers on them stating they were empty and that the valves were opened, I also put contact details on everything, and had no problems.
I travel round Asia on a regular basis and find it much easier than travelling in Europe, I also done a round the world trip earlier this year with Continental 2x22kg bags and can recommend these guys, all other airlines should take a lesson from these guys on customer care.
Good luck guys and be sure to take plenty green with you.