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Old 20th Oct 2011, 16:44
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I am sure there are several solutions but deboarding is not that complicated of one.
Uummmm, all the professionals have listed the reasons why it IS a complicated solution!!!
  • Air India staff not present on site
  • AI staff need permission to spend money - possibly from HQ
  • Airport facilities already fully assigned.
  • Airport space to be made available that would be safe and isolated from ALL other pax and the staff to monitor pax - for as many hours or days that it took. That space to have refreshements and toilet facilties for 250+ people
  • Then to sort those people into disenbarking and waiting to go on to LHR.
  • Then to sort their luggage / get fuelled / get crew / etc.
  • All the while - they might get the 'go' instruction from ATC at any time.
You cannot STRAT to disembark the pax until ALL of the other points are lined up. In the modern phrase, "It's complicated ..."
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