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Old 5th Dec 2005, 09:41
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ETOPS
 
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BA operates predominanantly from LHR on many short stage lengths, with multiple sector days ending in multiple nightstops ("tours") where you drag a suitcase around europe for five days at a time whilst dashing from aircraft to aircraft at LHR or herding the fixed link turnaround process like crazy to keep some semblance of a schedule together at an airport where a combination of endless building site, extraordinary ramp practices and straightforward overcrowding (airport running at limit capacity most times of day) makes for a debilitating environment.
What a clever and succinct piece - exactly why I left shorthaul
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