GAL and Airline management are completely out of touch with reality with their push and hold polices.
55 movements scheduled hour after hour, multiple towed movements per hour, handling agents stretched beyond their limits meaning multiple occupied stands, SEGs not activated on arrival.
Throw in multiple push and holds and you end up with non CTOT departures being delayed on stand whilst push and hold is accommodated to protect the on time departure of an aircraft that should be held on stand.
When will the outdated measurement of OTP be changed from off stand time to actual departure time?
All on what must be one of, if not the busiest GMC positions in the world.
Is there anywhere else that does regular 900+ with only 1 GMC position?
Inbound holding regularly in excess of 20 minutes and outbound delays 40 minutes - rarely is sufficient flow put on due to airport capacity. Atc will not flow it because they can take the airborne holding and delays on stand.
Atc and pilots are doing a great job - we could all do it a little better sometimes but let's not get distracted from the real issue of a completely over scheduled airport putting unacceptable pressure on those at the sharp end.
The scary thing is that we are being told by some nerd with their laptop that they have identified dead time between runway movements and they think we could move more. They don't appreciate this 'dead time' is our safety margin'
Scheduled 58-60 hours! Could be coming your way soon.
Let's stop bitching about each other and aim our issues at the right people.