Originally Posted by
rog747
.All a bit anxious lol
We presume that after a fortnight in Ibiza in youthful times there was plenty else to have occupied your mind ...
The BMA Viscount operated the LBA-LHR schedule during the 1980s. Not a lengthy flight compared to the likes of LPL-PMI but potentially extended considerably by time spent flying round and round the LBA hold waiting for the visibility to improve.
Did a BMA Viscount day return once LHR-LBA, by chance met a colleague on the same flight. Back to the airport in winter gloom in the evening, the inbound didn't make it in (I think the alternate was back to Heathrow), They were just starting to think about organising a coach to London. This seemed a poor alternative, so meeting said colleague again we both cancelled our tickets, went out to the terminal front, and got a somewhat bemused cab driver to take us direct to the LHR Terminal 1 car park. Ended up being cheaper than two air tickets. However, he didn't quite seem to know where London was or how far, and we had to give quite a bit of guidance. Had to give him part of the fare at Watford Gap services for fuel. Left him at about 11pm at the T1 set-down area. I hope he got home ...