Dave Charlton, of Blyth, Northumberland, paid £600 for an alternative flight home for himself, his wife Susan and their six-year-old son Adam after being deterred by the sight of the arrivals getting off the plane.
'People were kissing the ground and putting their hands together like they were praying,'
I'm sure that would be disconcerting for many people waiting to board if they witnessed this sort of thing then were told they had to sit at the back to balance the plane !
Not everyone knows about weight distribution and C of G issues in the passenger queue - more care in how it was presented to the passengers maybe . . .