I was absolutely flabbergasted when the SQ chose EMA this morning then I realised that the optimum stands had been stuffed with FR machines.
The price that you have to pay for pandering to FR, no doubt.
Is it true that FR are not paying for using BHX as a parking lot? If so, there is something seriously wrong with the decision making at Brum.
David
The airport does not make the sole decisions who comes in and who doesn't. It is all done in consultation with the handling agents, ATC, Terminal control etc etc. There is more to consider than just stand/parking space.
It would be hard to turn away an aircraft early on just in case you could accommodate a spotters fantasy later on in the operation.