Pontius,
delivery has been sheer comedy over the last few days, I honestly think that some operators don't realise there's a 777 looking like it has a huge hangover, feeling very sorry for itself on 27L. The best bit was the Olympic station manager calling up, on the land line, in the midst of the chaos on Thursday to ask why his flight was being delayed
Wig Wag 2,
I am amazed at how well 744 and 346 are getting airborne from S4/N4E, it just goes to show that full power take offs are very different from the de-rated departures they must do all the time.
The huge pi$$ take for me is why aren't the US carriers playing ball?? Every BA longhaul is taking 27L regardless of destination as they are adjusting cargo loading etc accordingly, but all the US 777 and a lot of AC767's are saying they need 27R, this is making the air positions very hard and unjustly delaying those that are playing the game nicely and accepting 27L from 4
Good luck all