Is new airport charge just plane silly?

EDINBURGH AIRPORT is to charge passengers £5 to jump passport queues. This is in addition to the priority line they already have for security, which is £4.49. Does our Email Jury think this is fair? And how would they improve the overall airport experience?

As always, money talks. I think the airlines are becoming unacceptably greedy in a lot of ways and it is most unfair that those best able to pay rather than those who are, perhaps, more vulnerable should have everything made easier for them. Liz Kelly, Glasgow.

No way would I fork out to jump a queue. I’d just make sure I got there first! James Strachan, Aberdeenshire.

If you want to fly abroad nowadays, you’d better make sure you have plenty of money for all those little additional charges, which soon mount up. This is just one more reason why I no longer fly. William McGurk, East Kilbride.

The charge will only succeed if people pay it. If people are happy to pay then it’s their choice. I would not pay as travel costs enough already.

Steven Richardson, Highlands.

It’s not fair, but if people will pay £4.49, they will probably also pay the £5. I hope their profits are properly taxed and not siphoned off to a tax haven subsidiary. Douglas Rew, Dalgety Bay.

No, I would not pay. I don’t see why anyone should queue jump. I have seen this at airports and they end up no better off on the plane than us. It is just money-grabbing from gullible people full of self-importance.

Elizabeth O’Regan, Lincoln.

If everyone in the queue wants to pay the £5, who goes first? Daft! Archie Arbuckle, Cheshire.

How times have changed! Other countries used to comment on our politeness when queuing. Now people can pay to queue jump. Lorna

Smith, North Yorkshire. Why pay extra when you are paying through the nose already? No, I wouldn’t pay for it. Bea Smith, Doncaster. They are getting more and more greedy. If most passengers refused to pay it, they’ll soon scrap the idea. Jean Claude Huntzinger, Lochgelly.

What happened to patience and waiting in queues? Dawn

Nelson, Dunfermline.