Tagron
Tagron - your post sums it up fairly accurately.
Although the SW jetstream is not unusual, last week's was particularly troublesome - FAO and TFS routes at 100kts plus exactly "on the nose" for the bulk of, if not the entire cruise. Compound that with primary alternates with poor wx and the fuel required is going up.
It's a foible of SEN that we just have to live with. Would more A320s help? Possibly. Could they be justified for the actual (small) number of problematic RTOWs? Probably not.
As an aside, RWY 24's obstacle problem may soon be, literally, cut down.
Hope this makes things clearer - eJ wants SEN to work as much as we all do.