I went outside when it stopped and it was about 1 INCH of snow
Thats O.K. then...cant imagine a 777 would skid very far in 1 inch of wet snow...maybee you are right, they should have stayed open...Emirates could have launched a new service from Dubai to Heald Green....cos thats where it would have come to a halt when it had finsished skidding.
Dont get me wrong...i was on here banging the drum on how poor MAN was when they used cheap de-icer before Christmas...that simply froze....but today...not the airports fault i am afraid.