Originally Posted by
Buckshot
I wonder if operators at HB have perhaps considered chipping in for a push back tug? This would mean they could get rid of the power-out bays and make more space available on the apron. Possibly cheaper than having aircraft sit on taxiways for 30+ mins chewing fuel waiting for a bay (as happened this morning) or the cost of fixing damage to clipped winglets after trying to power-out on the size of a postage stamp.
They have as it happens
Buckshot. Pushback tugs would provide 3 extra bays.
The price however, courtesy of the Regulator, is to dig up the entire apron and rebuild it to modern day standards - mega millions $$$$. As opposed to the grandfather rights they operate under now, which date back to when the place was built.
Or so says the
Hobart Refueller.