Spent two hours standing by the fence in the drop off zone waiting for the team bus. There was really a nice atmosphere there this afternoon. Shame the aircraft could not have been towed onto stand pointing nose out, as the supporters would have had a better view.
There was also plenty of time to witness the chaos in the drop off area due to cars that were parked up as drivers waited for passengers. Many of the cars were there for the two hours I was there with no attempt being made to move them on despite a tow truck that just did the occasional circuit of what is basically a free car park. I never realised it was so bad. I wonder why the airport authority allows the road network to ground to a standstill when it would be so easy to keep the traffic moving?