Heads need to roll at ASA management.
A mate who was involved told me they waited more than 90 minutes and there was
- a few return to blocks as people ran short of fuel
- people shutting down engines to try and scrape enough fuel together to legally depart
- 2000’ spacing between arrivals and only one departure in between if you were lucky
ATC have made it very clear in the past that they don’t use 09 for departures because they just don’t know how to, haven’t got the SIDS - nor training on how to do it.
ABSOLUTE disgrace.