The de-icing teams need to get their act together too, if CWL wish to be taken seriously. I was flying one of the a/c diverted from BRS on the 18th. Waited about 2 hours to get de-iced. Next time I'm going to Exeter.
Unfortuantly all aircraft that was sheduled movement at CWL plus the 6 diversions and a BA 747 & Tom 767 charter all required de-icing.
With the two de-icing rigs being busy all morning one had run out of fluid and therefore had to be re-filled which takes a while.
As all stations it is sheduled flights that get dealt with first and diversion aircraft are at the back of the queue with first come first served for diversion aircraft.
You may find this issue at every airport you diverted into if all aircraft required de-icing and even worse at the larger ones.