Bristolian: The CO flights on Thursday in December weren't reinstated due to "availability of aircraft" - they've been on the mayfly since about early September. Christmas shopping season in New York maybe?
MV: There's always this sort of problem with every handling agent everywhere: they can't staff up for delays because delays aren't predictable. Staffing and rosters are based on the scheduled time of arrival and departure, so when a few flights get delayed everything gets backlogged. As Rampboy says, the ramp staff can't be in two places at once, they'll finish one flight before going to the next. In the same way, if a flight arrives early, it might well have to wait as well, especially if the crew allocated for that flight are still on their previous one! Not many "outsiders" appreciate these problems.
Rampboy: "Didn't know there was any ongoing development." Take a look around stand 62! The BY to YUL was a one-off cruise related flight I think. No plans for winter ski-ing 767's, at least they're not on the mayfly! Talking about larger aircraft though, there's supposed to be an Aer Lingus A330 on the weeknd of February 26th, I think it's to do with the Ireland v Wales "Six Nations" rugby match. There's supposed to be an extra three or four Ryanairs that day as well. Errr.....which stands for the A330 anybody?
