Jetsetters travelling through East Midlands Airport will be all too familiar with strict security procedures.
Water, sharp items and lighters are just some items known to be forbidden from hand luggage – but what about the ever-popular Burton-based savoury spread, Marmite?
The "love it or hate it" breakfast spread which has been dividing the nation for countless years is just one of the items which will be taken away should you try to smuggle it past the security guards – news that could upset some Burtonians.
East Midlands Airport's security team leader, Luke Agger-Joynes, has shed light on some of the behind the scenes operation at the airport – and why some items end up on the prohibited list.
He said: "We get lots of pâtés and Marmite but it is covered by the liquid allowance as we follow EU rules.
"There is a lot of conflict over this as liquids are classed as anything you can spread. People do not read the small print at the airport.
"We are constantly taking stuff all the time and then explain the reasons why. We will empty bottles and they can refill them after. We try to help people out.
"The main thing is safety and looking for prohibited items such as weapons. There are a lot of differently concealed weapons which can come through, such as a credit card which hides a knife.
"However, they are easy to spot on the X-ray. I have seen three in the last six months and instantly the police will come down.
"When we find anything like that it gets sent round to all the airports. We have also been trained to find the parts to build weapons when they get out of the country.
"No two days are ever the same and during the summer there is a real drive to get people into the airport and keeping them happy. If there is any change to the threat level, we would change the security measures and there would be a larger presence to reassure people."
Mr Agger-Joynes has seen it all in his role at East Midlands Airport – including loud stag and hen parties.
Working with people by day and checking the cargo by night – it's a full-on job working in security at the airport.
He described the regime as a 24-hour operation which ensures the safety of everyone who makes their way through the airport at all times – and not a job to be taken lightly.
Going through security may not be the best part of being at the airport, with alarms sounding as you go through the scanner and having no idea why – but from the other side of the scanner it can be a very different story.
With everyone and everything having to come past security first, it is never going to be a boring day.
With targets to get queue times down a major priority, the security team have a big job on their hands, especially during the summer season when everyone wants to go on a break to far-off lands.
The 30-year-old, from Nottingham, said: "It is our job to oversee the safety of all the passengers that come through East Midlands Airport and for many we are the first point of contact."
At night, the security team switches over to cargo where they supervise the protection of the airport and planes.
Everything that comes through the airport has to be screened by security. East Midlands Airport is the second busiest cargo airport after Heathrow, so there is plenty to keep the team busy after dark.
Mr Agger-Joynes has seen a lot pass through airport security during a year and five months of working there – and some items are a little more unusual than others.
He told our sister title, the Derby Telegraph : "For me the most unusual thing to pass through security was an eight-foot bronze cast bodybuilders' trophy – you could see its muscles as it went through the scanner.
"It was my first week when it went through the X-ray. We have two main clientele going through the airport which is families and we deal with a lot of stag and hen parties so we have seen the 'Avengers' come through security a few times.
"We do sometimes get people pulling pranks with water bottles in bags with naughty things put into them. We have to take them discreetly to one side to deal with it."
