Nothing to do with which base it is.....
you have to be able to see the bigger picture and look at the flying programme as a whole...
why leave a TCX aircraft on the ground in NCL for a few hours and sub a flight out from MAN at a ridiculously high cost...
and yes i would tell the pax that is why the aircraft was diverting to MAN - it stops a back lash when they eventually undoubtedly find out!!!
Spot on. When that aircraft arrived into Newcastle it was going night stopping untill the morning Larnaca at 0900 ish. Larnaca still went a couple of hours late though. Also rumor has it geordies don't complain as much when you delay them
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