In plain English
This means a member of staff looks at the travel documents directly. They check that the documents match the traveller’s identity and that the documents are valid, rather than having that review done by an automatic system.
In context
Here, it reports that a person will review the traveller’s documents and identity instead of the check being done automatically.
- Situation
- Changing trips, requesting refunds, reading disruption options, and handling travel documents
- What it communicates
- reports that document review will be handled by a person rather than automatically.
Meaning limits
The term by itself does not say whether the documents will be accepted or what happens after the review.
Examples
“At the desk, the manual document check was done by a staff member who compared each passport with the traveller, not by an automated system.”
“Passengers were told to expect a manual document check before boarding.”