Originally Posted by
SWBKCB
Running an airline would be easy if it wasn't for all those pesky passengers
Exactly. And yes I was on this flight.
The point I was making was quite simple. Anyone flying in and out of ABZ knows that diversions can happen. It has been happening for years, fog, the (old) airport closing hours etc
I fully appreciate that the Captain can only go where operations tell him. However there was significant anger around the passengers seated around me when it was announced that Newcastle was the diversion, with everyone asking why not GLA, why not EDI. Everyone knew that the transfer time home had just doubled.
I would have thought that given the aircraft had departed GLA -> DLM -> ABZ, the Captain would have been aware that his passengers would have a reasonable expectation that they would land in EDI or GLA if ABZ was unavailable.
A simple "Sorry folks EDI and GLA is not currently available", but like I said there was no explanation other than Aberdeen is a coastal city and it gets fog. Yeah we know, we live there.