BA mainline ''shuttle'' into EDI... (I am assuming here it was from LHR?)
Firstly I would have thought the Legacy London flight would have been put on a Jetty.
EDI is hardly busy these days surely?
Second even though ground handling in the main today is outsourced a delay of 55 minutes for a set of steps is beyond pathetic - There is hardly any excuse for this unless the whole ramp crew suddenly died or they all tested positive for Covid -19!
EDI is not some tiny little Greek island airport - one set of steps LOL
Doesn't matter what you paid for your ticket or if you used Avios,
Flight time is not much more than 55 mins - then a 55 mins wait to get off! Unacceptable, and I would have expected the Station Manager wanting to know why and without tea or any biscuits offered to the GH boss.
Obsequious Self congratulating PA's by the FD and/or the CC always make my stomach churn. Just be honest with the Pax - Yes this event was not the Crews' fault but the skipper surely
could have offered a better response to the cabin?
Of course we have no aircraft types today with built in airstairs - Back in the day we had DC-9 1-11 and 727 and even the old BEA Vanguard, all capable of basically being self handled
The Tridents although, needed all the kit to get off the plane if no Jetty.