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 Stuk  Top half 20 Dec 18 3.36pm |
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Originally posted by CrazyBadger
plenty of that on BBC this Morning! - angry passengers venting their spleens and throwing hissy fits that they can't get to their Ski resort in time for xmas drinkies! Even so, I do feel sorry for them as if I were mixed up in it all, I'd be feeling pretty fecked off. It's one of the times that I feel for the Airlines too - it's not their fault that they have to cancel their flights because of these idiot droners. I just hope they are insured for situations like this, and they can pass their payout onto the disrupted passengers. That's the thing, everyone will be narked off about it. No one's at the airport saying, "oh good more time for some duty free shopping!" I feel sorry for the airlines except for where they won't let people get off planes that want to. If you were diverted to anywhere where you thought, balls to this it'll be quicker to get off and make my own way to wherever you should be able to. The backlog is going to be immense too, anyone due to go in the next few days is potentially knackered as well.
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| Midlands Eagle 20 Dec 18 3.42pm |
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Originally posted by CrazyBadger
I just hope they are insured for situations like this, and they can pass their payout onto the disrupted passengers. The costs will just be passed on to flyers by means of increased premiums next year
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 20 Dec 18 3.59pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
That's the thing, everyone will be narked off about it. No one's at the airport saying, "oh good more time for some duty free shopping!" I feel sorry for the airlines except for where they won't let people get off planes that want to. If you were diverted to anywhere where you thought, balls to this it'll be quicker to get off and make my own way to wherever you should be able to. The backlog is going to be immense too, anyone due to go in the next few days is potentially knackered as well. I don't claim to know all the implications of allowing passengers off aircraft in these circumstances but off the top of my 'Bonce' have thought of the following : Depending on where the aircraft is parked, steps might need to be brought to the aircraft so the few who wish to disembark could do so.If the aircraft was not on a jetty stand then transport would also have to be provided to ferry the passengers to the terminal. If the aircraft was on a jetty stand and the jetty had been taken off the aircraft then a 'Dispatcher' would need to be deployed to attach the jetty and open the appropriate doors in the terminal. If the passengers had bags in the aircraft hold, these would need to be removed causing staff to be deployed to do so. If for instance,the passengers had purchased duty free goods in the terminal yet disembarked the aircraft before it left they would have to forefeit these goods as they couldn't take them with them out of the airport. So there are a lot of operational impacts and perhaps much more than I have listed. ! Edited by Willo (20 Dec 2018 4.00pm)
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 20 Dec 18 4.02pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
The flying of these drones next to the airport has been a deliberate act to cause maximum disruption affecting thousands of passengers, not forgetting the severe problems it has caused for Gatwick staff and the airlines. Let us hope the perpetrators are brought to justice and pay a gargantuan price for their reprehensible behaviour.
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| Tom-the-eagle Croydon 20 Dec 18 4.05pm |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Surely they can shoot them or something.
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eagleman13  On The Road To Hell & Alicante 20 Dec 18 4.20pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
That's the thing, everyone will be narked off about it. No one's at the airport saying, "oh good more time for some duty free shopping!" I feel sorry for the airlines except for where they won't let people get off planes that want to. If you were diverted to anywhere where you thought, balls to this it'll be quicker to get off and make my own way to wherever you should be able to. The backlog is going to be immense too, anyone due to go in the next few days is potentially knackered as well.
This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise. |
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| Stuk Top half 20 Dec 18 4.26pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
I don't claim to know all the implications of allowing passengers off aircraft in these circumstances but off the top of my 'Bonce' have thought of the following : Depending on where the aircraft is parked, steps might need to be brought to the aircraft so the few who wish to disembark could do so.If the aircraft was not on a jetty stand then transport would also have to be provided to ferry the passengers to the terminal. If the aircraft was on a jetty stand and the jetty had been taken off the aircraft then a 'Dispatcher' would need to be deployed to attach the jetty and open the appropriate doors in the terminal. If the passengers had bags in the aircraft hold, these would need to be removed causing staff to be deployed to do so. If for instance,the passengers had purchased duty free goods in the terminal yet disembarked the aircraft before it left they would have to forefeit these goods as they couldn't take them with them out of the airport. So there are a lot of operational impacts and perhaps much more than I have listed. ! Edited by Willo (20 Dec 2018 4.00pm) If they have a problem with a passenger, they get the passenger off. If the airline has a problem and the passenger(s) want to get off, they can get them off. Keeping people on planes for 5 or 6 hours when you're in a destination that is an hour or two away from Gatwick is taking the piss.
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| Stuk Top half 20 Dec 18 4.31pm |
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Originally posted by eagleman13
Sorry to hear that. No flights until at least 7 pm tonight, so that's means they're almost an entire day behind schedule now. Hopefully the army have got something up their sleevey.
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| dannyboy1978 20 Dec 18 4.34pm |
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Wouldn't the RAF be better? just saying
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 20 Dec 18 4.38pm |
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Originally posted by Stuk
If they have a problem with a passenger, they get the passenger off. If the airline has a problem and the passenger(s) want to get off, they can get them off. Keeping people on planes for 5 or 6 hours when you're in a destination that is an hour or two away from Gatwick is taking the piss. If the passenger is being disruptive and threatening then of course public safety is at stake and the crew are within their rights to contact the Police and have the passenger removed from the aircraft.Different circumstances to the one whereby passengers have boarded an aircraft which cannot depart on time for operational reasons. Any disruption akin to what has occurred today is a very challenging time for the airlines and airport staff.
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| rob1969 Banstead Surrey 20 Dec 18 4.45pm |
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Ridiculous that this situation has been allowed to escalate/continue..
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| Stuk Top half 20 Dec 18 4.47pm |
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Originally posted by Willo
If the passenger is being disruptive and threatening then of course public safety is at stake and the crew are within their rights to contact the Police and have the passenger removed from the aircraft.Different circumstances to the one whereby passengers have boarded an aircraft which cannot depart on time for operational reasons. Any disruption akin to what has occurred today is a very challenging time for the airlines and airport staff. Different circumstances is not a reasonable excuse. If you've landed a plane at Luton, Heathrow Stanstead or Cardiff etc and passengers want to get off and complete their journeys themselves, rather than waiting an unstated length of time on the plane so they can avoid a gate fee they should have to do so. They're not the airlines captives to do with as they please. It's just as challenging, if not more so for the passengers than staff, as they've paid for the service rather than being the ones who are being paid for their time.
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