Heard some interesting banter and rumours yesterday evening and wonder if anyone can enlighten me.
Returned as SLF from BRS mid PM just as Emirates was departing and chaos ensued.
No steps to a/c as we were early and I think just caught the guys on the hop slightly but EZY had another a/c departing from the same gate so when steps arrived about 15 mins after arriving on stand we had to wait another 10whilst the gate was cleared before disembarking. During the chat the cabin crew mentioned that they have been told that EK's stand and the two adjacent can't be used 90 mins either side of scheduled arrival, stay and departure by EK.
This seems a bit bizarre and they claim this is the source of all customer malcontent at the moment. Also claimed to know that Jet2 are planning a big expansion but as usual had no specifics. The whole stand thing seems a bit wide of the mark but can anyone elaborate ?
Thanks