Originally Posted by
daz211
FR416 STA= 1130
ATA= 1104
So I guess because you landed early the agent due to unload your baggage from the Aircraft would be still dealing with another Aircraft.
This is a unique feature of UK airport handlers.
Elsewhere in the world scheduled arrival times, as in the UK, are approximations. You can arrive early or late (sometimes very late). Despite this, in my experience when arriving at overseas airports a gate is always available and a handling crew standing there on the ramp ready and waiting.
It is a unique UK feature that nobody seems prepared to look at the actual anticipated arrival time or to organise themselves to handle the aircraft when it arrives. Nobody seems to understand the STA is an estimate rather than a fixed time. If the incoming flight is 5 minutes early some stations seem determined to sit around drinking tea so the bl00dy passengers don't get one minute of advantage from the early arrival. Life would be SO much easier without passengers.
Before anyone starts having a go at this, please explain how overseas, including LCC handlers, they can manage this all so much better.