Dont all shoot me down lads when I ask this but have the problems at DUB been just the weather, lack of equipment at Dublin, lack of investment at Dublin by whomever or bad management of the above. Or just a combination off all of the above or none of the above??
Quite simply - the weather. The ground crews at DUB have done a fantastic job in getting the airport operational so quickly again.
LHR had 10.7CM of snowfall, DUB has had at least double this amount and still managed to only have the airport non operational for a relatively short period of time.
The snowfall in the greater Dublin area yesterday was unprecendented and has approached 1982 levels in several areas. How often do we get a shallow area of LP on the Irish Sea driving continuous, heavy snow streamers downwind from the Isle of Man onshore across the general East for more than 12 hours?
The crews at DUB have coped remarkably well, given the dry compacted nature of this snowfall and the fact that we are seeing a prolonged weather event that is at the very least a one in fifty year event, but more likely leaning towards one in seventy five years in terms of extremes.