I long for a delay announcement of Operational Reasons. It would be a step forward from Aer Lingus at Dublin, who last week delayed a flight for a substantial amount of time and flung passengers around to 7 different gates. Not a single announcement.
A lot of plans/crew were no doubt out of position after Stom Ali, and we assumed that they were trying on the hoof to get a plane and crew available at the same time, but it was very clear that keeping the passengers informed was at the end of the list. It was amusing watching gate agents boarding a flight to Oslo, while the screens said it was the Manchester flight. They were getting very upset, and could not work out why Oslo was suddenly so popular.