In reply to the BFS posts.. to sum up the events of that day
the inbound aircraft (from PMI) was delayed by approx 2 hours, this was due to take out the BCN, however it was cancelled (reason, no doubt the usual crew or ATC strikes), so the aircraft sat on stand 24 from around 1500 until it was due to go out to BRS at 1940, meanwhile on stand 18 one of the emergency doors was inop, which meant that the aircraft had to fly with -30 PAX, this aircraft was due to take out the FAO flight, after some messing around it was decided that the aircraft on stand 24 (due to take out the BRS) would go to FAO instead..
the aircraft with the inop door was then due to go to BRS... this time around 20 PAX were to be offloaded, volunteers came forward....the captain wanted seats blocked/taped off around the emergency door that didn't work, the whole process of contacting EZY ops to find out the procedure / cleaning and catering.. took so long that it pushed the crew out of hours leading to it being cancelled...another factor, dont know if it was relevant, was that the aircraft had been fueled for the FAO flight... could this have made it too heavy for landing in BRS also? can remember a similar thing happening with a 737 last year..
edit - id like to add that this is all i know, there could have been other reasons for the cancellation of either the BCN or BRS flight
the french strikes are hit and miss, some flights will be affected and some wont.. some will get crap slots, then get them cancelled and depart on time, some will be delayed.. just wait until the spanish join in
ps. handling agents do not hand out compensation, all has to be applied for.. only hotel and transportation / communication / food vouchers are provided on the day
Last edited by tigger2k8; 21st Sep 2010 at 23:20.