Changing Ends
I was up at Leeds Bradford today and the active runway was changed from 14 to 32. All I saw was the green threshold wing bars on 14 go out and aircraft start landing on 32.
The question I'm asking is: What's actually involved 'behind the scenes' once the decision is taken to switch runways? I presume the lights need re-jigging, ATIS needs changing - what else? Who actually makes that decision (I assume the decision is made 'for' that person by the wind - but who?
One other question - a Jet2 aircraft specifically requested runway 14 (instead 32) for 'performance reasons' - Why might that be?
Thanks,
Rich