Ding-ding! All aboard the PPRuNe Outrage bus!!
Folks, before everyone leaps on a thin excuse to batter the next decision how about the facts?
What would be the operational impact on (Future) Brize and those currently deployed or deploying on Ops if the station had and used the luxury of stopping for as long as Lyneham does on repatriation days?
Is it Brize or the Thames Valley Police that have dictated that route?
For the most part, repatriations happen on a Thursday - market day in Carterton which blocks of the whole town centre from the back gate. If the main gate was used, then the route through the town would be out of the way - would it be right to bend away from a direct route for spectators' sakes?
Real reports from Wootten Bassett are varied - what started as a spontaneous mark of respect has grown into something very different. Of course there are those (any many of them) who are there for respectful reasons. Others' motives are, at the least, questionable. The local 'politician' in the OP's link is, of course, not in the least bit thinking about a bit of
PR for his town and the 'Royal' title given to WB??
How about showing some respect to the families and not making them feel like their grief is on parade as their loved ones make the journey to the JR?
I don't think it's nearly as clear cut as some posters here would make out - the geography may be different (although remember repatriations were held at Brize prior to Lyneham) but the level of respect for the fallen most certainly isn't.