The more I think about it, the more I don’t understand why airports with Schengen preclearance aren’t a thing.
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Traditionally, US preclearance was easy to do in Canada because 90% of its international flights were to the US.
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I don't think even Britain has that big a share of its international flights bound to Schengen. Maybe some low-cost London airports...
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With the traffic level precedents of DUB and SNN, though… we should be talking about any reasonably large GB/IE airport other than LHR/LGW.
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And from the NA East Coast, all flights to the EU leave in a short window about 3-4 hours long. Don’t even need a full-time station.
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Which Schengen country would run it? (Normally the one you're entering.) And could it deal with the evening rush?
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I dislike preclearance coming into US; SFO immigration is fast & baggage claim is much faster w/o preclearance. DUB preclearance was awful.
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...what? Preclearance in Vancouver is 15 minutes tops, in Toronto maybe 20. JFK T4 routinely goes over an hour.
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Replying to @alon_levy
Yeah, my worst experience in Canada was probably about 20-30, in YYZ. But DUB (Dublin) took longer and was set up poorly.

Jun 1, 2017 Β· 3:38 PM UTC

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Replying to @davidbaron @alon_levy
On a non-precleared SFO arrival I have my checked bag within 5 mins of exiting immigration (<5 mins, w/ Global Ent) b/c all bags go to belt
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Whereas when arriving with preclearance, a half hour wait for a checked bag while they deal with transferring bags is normal.