Originally Posted by
HOVIS
The airport IS full. There are still lots of parked aircraft around. It does not matter if Jet2 self handle or not, they don't have their own stands, they are a shared resource. When we stop towing the early arrivals off stand only to tow them back again 3 hrs later, just to make room for a transiting inbound scheduled flight, then and only then can diversions be accepted. The old days of parking a 747 full of passengers on the taxiway for half a day have gone. Take a look at the apron next time, you will see very few if any free stands, remote or otherwise. Its all very well saying the airport should do this, that and the other, but until there is a very positive indication that this nasty business is over, then investment in staff, trading and other resources is not going to happen.
An excellent point and the issue of stand capacity is a very real. I experience this first hand on a regular basis …