The lack of ATC Staff was because of sickness, there is a nasty bug going round the North East at the moment, alot of people have had it at school etc
In other news:-
Only 5 people on the Midland 345 to Heathrow last night
, but i suppose it is ten o'clock at night
Today, the Ryanair was delayed coming in because the airport was shut for 30 minutes and then going out because they couldn't find a tug that worked, then when it eventually got on to the runway it declared a medical emergency but it couldn't get hold of the tower! It then declared a PAN PAN PAN PAN i think he said it about 4 or 5 times lol and a immediate return to stand, and an ambulance to stand immediately!
Fire 1 came across and sorted it out and took care of the passenger and the ambulance wasn't needed after all.
It was scheduled into Dublin at 1735 but didn't arrive until 1911
So, a very interesting 2 days at the airport
lol
Cheers,
Sam