Lorraine Kelly - apology when ready please!
Another typical day on Thames "tinpot" Radar today.
Wind 240/10kts, no ILS available on Runway 28 and cloud 8/8 at 900 feet. The only approach available was ILS to Runway 10 with a big fat tail wind.
Planes holding everywhere - some landing, lots of go-arounds, a handful of diversions and endless opposite direction departures.
Then it is apparently announced on TV that Lorraine Kelly (flying to EGLC from up north somewhere) will be late for her TV slot because of the "Air Traffic computer".
This comment has not gone down too well at EGLC or LTCC. Tower, Thames & TMA controllers were working like one armed paper hangers keeping things moving and pilot's were making very slippery approaches in poor weather conditions. Nothing wrong with any "computer"
Another "If in doubt blame Air Traffic" moment - nothing new I suppose!
Still, I bet it was interesting to see a BAE146 land on a wet runway 10 with a tailwind of 240/10. Maybe from now on we won't be so fast to agree to change ends from 28 to 10 when the wind twitches round a tiny bit!