Ryanair bashing!!?? Have you read the whole thread? Looked at what the TV programme purported to display as the truth?
You seem to completely miss the point of
Brave man who waits around for emergency fuel status before diverting to another airport btw.
This was in relation to your:
By the way, ATC cannot 'close' an airport to any aircraft in an emergency.
- well, I am still missing the point. I can see absolutely NO connection
Hey ho!
If the rules are equal for all companies to take more fuel then it's a level playing field in terms of competition.
- it just seems you do not understand aircraft operations. The
RULES are equal. Ditto
Maybe holding fuel should be dictated even if you are not going to hold.
But what I can see is that the planned alternate routes for ryanair did not work on that day
- you did notice they were not flown, didn't you? Refer to mistake number 1.