4. The aircraft that were involved in incident are not scheduled outside of current tower hours (and therefore avoid charges). On the night in question both aircraft were running late – therefore they arrived outside of tower hours – i.e. it isn’t the schedule and it isn’t about avoiding charges.
That means...the airlines are paying for a service they are not receiving...or...they will get charged if the tower guys are asked to stay back for an hour or so.
A strange thing to say...not being charged at all? or not liable for charges outside of hours?.or...are charged as per the regular schedule within normal tower hours? and will be charged for service outside tower hours? Very obtuse statment, Mr Minister