Fair points, maybe the ground handlers need to fix rates in the same way that lorry drivers now receive fair rates of recompense or throw in the towel.
Why can't the handling agents pay proper rates and pass these charges on as any other industry would ?
Why is the airline industry somehow immune ?
All industries are suffering but somehow seem to
get by and a natural economic order surfaces.
With regards Manchester and these diverts, it's almost as if we have created a culture where the "no can do attitude is corrosive", it appears especially so if MANFODs observation is to be believed.
I'm slightly incredulous as to who is writing these NOTAMS and making this decision, who is issuing this order ?
"you can't divert to Manchester due to a NOTAM"
Who is it who has the authority on the ground to tell an infinitely more qualified pilot circling the Pennines at 6000 feet with 200 passengers you cannot land here ?
If MANFOD is correct and both aircraft did end up in Scotland that is madness from both a safety and economics point of view. Jet2 do actually self handle at MAN so i would be really suprised if this was the result of an internal commercial decision.