But you assume too much. I have around 25 years of shiftworking experience at MAN
Come on Shed, time to amend SYD to MAN 😉 on the old profile.
Let's cut to the chase, senior management have a lot on their plate, a cost benefit- analysis seems to have shown that they can only keep so many plates spinning and so something had to give. I haven't seen their numbers but ad-hoc freight is peripheral to their core operating model. EDI did the same when the GAT was closed and business aviation was actively discouraged, that was fixed over time. With Omicron testing threatening closures as so many are infected (and otherwise OK), there's simply not any contingency in the whole economy, why would MAN be excempt? Airports are barely getting BAU done due to staff shortages and isolation, it's not ideal but surely it's clear why they've done this.
This is a battle for better days, not mid winter pandemic days.
Have they cocked things up? Dropped the ball? I think so. Will ad-hoc freight and diversions make fixing things easier in today's Omicron case obsessed trading environment? Sadly not.