Originally Posted by
SHVC
SY airport should have been able to manage a regular flow, it took them 5hrs to NOTAM the use of A5 could have NOTAM RWY closed past B8 turbo props and NB jets could have maintained their schedule instead of the displacement of thousands of ppl.
It wouldn't have been SYD Airport calling the shots. They'd just be following the directions of the police in regards to exclusion zones etc. I'm sure they wanted to get back to business just as quickly as everyone else did.