Originally Posted by
Jetblu
Ditto for Stansted. I met a Air UK stewardess [who later became a long time girlfriend] in the cafeteria of the old terminal, with my C177RG parked outside the window. Landing fee £12.00 Happy days.
The old terminal worked better for airline passengers too - I think my record for wheels touching tarmac to sitting in my car was eight minutes. Which included going to the loo and pickup up my checked bag. (And because I'd delayed things by going to the loo the staff were following me out of the terminal locking each door behind me, as there were no more flights that day.)
It all started going downhill at Stansted when they put the parking charge up from 20p to 60p. That wasn't per hour, or per day, that was a fixed price for as long as you liked.