thanks for the post for a start wondered if anybody would notice!
firstly it was 'c' watch that were on this morning and i shall pass on your thanks too the rest off them
i work the en-route side of the watch and the holding was a pain in the butt and i agree with the sentiment about the towers position as it has a knock on effect to us all (single runway ops being a distant memory by now)
as i understand it from the tower/approach point of view the second runway was not de-iced for reasons of (now the tricky bit) cost saving by the authority or 'we didn't think it would effect ops very much if we don't de-ice 06R'
not ideal which ever way round but that is what we were lead to believe
hope it didn't screw your day too much and as i think from the tone of your post we do try our best even though it's all going to rats sh!t
regrds