Hi Muppet99,
I guessed that the SVO had been scrapped as when I took over the aircraft (in a style befitting of the Marie Celeste!) it was all wound up for blast off in cluding 20 tonnes of fuel - a little excessive for just a cheeky little CDG!
Suffice to say it was a long evening with many teddies being thrown out of the cot. For long periods, Terminal control just gave up and would not answer - useful.
However, as has been mentioned, is it worth spending loads on de-icing considering how often we would use it? Perhaps we should double LHR size with plenty more runways, terminals and then we could have mass de-icing rigs as in Europe - seem to work quite well. In addition to all those benefits, we would also concrete over Filtham, I mean Feltham.
A challenging evening and misery for the customers but goes to show we do not operate a bus service as many would like to portray us...
"Were you drafted for this?"..........."Oh Yes!"
Kind regards,
Leslie