Originally Posted by
kungfu panda
No, it wasn't that, sorry. The weather was Europe: CAVOK.
Anyway, I'll accept what you say. Maybe it was a one off.
FWIW in the day(s) following the major thunderstorm episode that hit the south east UK there was a lot of disruption, with aircraft and crews out of position, which I know from colleagues led to serious disruption of the normal staff travel process ex-T5. It then became even more complicated due to somebody making the decision hunterboy has described upthread..
What you describe ( the 1 hour queue) is certainly not the normal process on a normal day for stand-by travel ex-T5..
Anyhow back to the thread.