As a wee CSA at East Mids, back in the late 80's, the a/c was aptly nicknamed Alternative Transport Provided, due to the high probablity of us getting in a bus to get the pax down to LHR thanks to another tech disaster !
"...you'd be better off flying with BA
...cos the ATP's gone tech today !"
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Hell, we even wrote our own rap for the thing !
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