was waiting for BMI BD85 11.05 from Belfast to London today. It was foggy at Belfast but Ryanair and Flybe seemed to be having no problems.
After wondering where our aircraft was we are told that it has diverted to international for fuel.
Then we are left wondering when it will get back to City. Nothing.
The BD 87 turns up. Yhey have a medical emergency and so that is delayed.
We are then told that 85 departed International at 13.05 with an ETA of 13.15.
13.25 it turns up, presume they got lost. They had deplaned the passengers from the inbound at International, so we had an empty aircraft to board. From the flightdeck we are told the delay was due to the fog at Belfast City. Must be a VMC only crew.
Eventual departure was 14:00.
Touched at LHR and 14.55 and taxyed to a parking spot nearer Hounslow than T1. Looking out of the window there were buses waiting for us. But we had a 15 minute for steps.
A complete and utter shambles, I presume the BMI crew and or aircraft was not up to a Low vis approach at Belfast.
A lot of angry passengers and a lot of missed connections.
For me it was just another trashed day along with another day's parking charges.