Antigua, re the flight decks:
I was under the impression, perhaps not very well informed, that it had been decided that giving non-uniformed persons access to the flight decks would alarm the pax. I had also been under the impression that our (NATS) famflight scheme had been suspended.
This is exactly the sort of issue that we need to talk to each other about but I do fear that the issue needs to be addressed in far higher circles than we are capable of reaching. As has been said, airlines must be allowed to operate in a financially competent, as well as safety conscious manner but the volume of traffic that is being scheduled onto Heathrow's two runways makes that a difficult balance to judge. Having used every last scrap of capacity to move aeroplanes we have backed ourselves into a safety issue.
To truely solve this problem we have to remove runway capacity from the equation. Is it something for our professional bodies to take up on our behalf? If the extra capacity government is planning doesn't come to Heathrow then this less than satisfactory situation is with us for the forseeable future.
CJ
Last edited by Christopher James; 30th April 2002 at 07:54.