Condolences to the family and relatives of the deceased pap on the AA.
Why does LHR keep being proferred as a diversion destination when MAN "Home of The UK Diversion" is a much better placed spot ?
Apart from possible crew changes why did the a/c route to LHR for fuel ?
Undoubtedly MAN now offers the best facilities for diversions with its central location, extensive hotel accomoodation and based emergency coaching service (provided by us!)
Heck our DMs will even check for WX with NATS - now where else do you find a coach company doing that ?
I agree that flights should divert to where there are facilities available and indeed we talk direct to a number of airline ops to ensure that we can provide transport for pax wherever they may wish to divert and that the a/c goes where these are available.
If your company doesn't know about us, they should do !
P.S. This is not an advert - hope the bizz development boys at MAPLC see this tho' !