Originally Posted by
FRatSTN
With the 79 based EZYs, do they all overnight in LGW, or does that figure include any that night-stop overseas or utilised overnight with a first wave arrival?
Considering FR does a similar sized operation from STN by volume with only 45-50 based (due to there being a lot more non-based flying), this does seem cripplingly inefficient from a LGW perspective.
Two, maybe three overnight elsewhere. I believe the Madrid night stop was part of the deal with MAD based pilots when they closed the base there. Previously there was also a LIN and an INV night stop, but LIN appears to be dropped altogether for the Summer, and the night stop has been replaced by ABZ. Similar to FR at STN, there are a raft of EJU/EZS arrivals that get in after the majority of the first wave has left.