Originally Posted by
BHX5DME
Yes seems strange that MAN are not getting any of these flights, .
Strange maybe, but not a total surprise to some of us.
Quoting Navpi:
If Manchester is full , rather than everyone sit on their collective hands why are we not able to tow a unit off for 3 hours , handle a freight movement then tow it back or is that "too hard".
Quite right. And this wouldn't necessarily involve R2. Finding somewhere on the airfield to temporarily park an aircraft that's not going anywhere else while a freighter is handled wouldn't seem to be mission impossible. We're not talking 10 freighters a day or other large movements of a/c happening on the airfield.
Like NAVPI, I well remember the days when the kind of people he mentions under the leadership of the late Sir Gil Thompson had a more proactive 'can-do' approach. There is a perception, rightly or wrongly, that this is no longer the case. As we eventually come out of this crisis, it's a perception that MAN needs to dispel.