I don't work there, but I do know a man that does, and have been hearing of the problems that they have been having from the other side. This includes aircraft disregarding the revised runway lengths and causing chaos.
Of the comments you make, the one I most whole-heartedly agree with has nothing to do with the delay. Rather, the total lack of organisation around getting visiting pilots from their aircraft, and out of the airport (and back again). Since the repainting of the Western Apron, that doesn't seem to have been given a moment's thought.
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