From my newly found perch I had a grand view of the approach road to the departures car let down area and it was regularly congested and there were regular hoots of anger from other motorists' car horns. It gave me a laugh in the end. Has anyone noticed how many folk in cars there are waiting for either airport staff or arriving passengers on the off set traffic line, the one closest to the Christy Ring sculputre? Seems to me they are taking the p!55.
This has been going on since they changed the parking charges set up. Previously, you had 15 minutes of grace in the short-term, so people would put their cars in there while meeting people. Now because you get charged from the very first second, people are trying to park in the set down area and all over the road by the Radisson hotel.
I doubt any significant extra money has been raised, but it's caused bad congestion around the terminal whenever a couple of flights arrive at the same time.