Yeah terminal A was quick and easy if everything went perfectly. If security ever got backed up, as happened often with flights to the US, you'd have long lines

Yeah terminal A was quick and easy if everything went perfectly. If security ever got backed up, as happened often with flights to the US, you'd have long lines spilling into the main circular hall. More amusingly, the lack of table space on which to unpack your computer/toiletries/etc resulted in people hurriedly extracting possessions in an awkward crouch and then clutching the unwieldy bundles to their chest while waiting their turn. Quite a spectacle.