So, Manchester yesterday refused 3 diverts
Gossip aside was this an airfield ops perspective or a nominated handler refusal? Handlers have cut staff to the bone with no give in the system. The days of Speedbird Manchester handling a swathe of BA bound heavies with on site staff are a past era. It may well be that accepting a Cathay B77W with no extra staff to cover would have cost them money in late off block fines from existing customers. That's the reality.