why is that airfield chosen? Quite simple,it can handle the jet with least amount of fuss, you would not want us to use the other available airfields trust me!!!!
Offside of the crew, assuming it was the cabin crew here, to be making a big thing about having a night off in a hotel when the boys are coming out of theatre and would not even try to make any excuse for that, generally they do know better but if pax chat and ask the question is that bragging????
There is a good operational reason why we have to use an airfield in the region, the other obvious airfield a bit further up has got very little pan space, struggles to cope with a Trimotor turnround in a decent time and has no accom available, they struggled to find beds for the crew never mind 100Plus pax if the jet goes U/S
but back to the origional thread, good to hear that yr trip home went well and you were generaly looked after
yr not a mover by any chance are you?