Originally Posted by
G-ARZG
...or, if you're a Times reader, their Saturday TV listing says "one lands or takes off every four seconds" I knew LHR controllers were good, but....
Rest assured, the programme itself contained some typical gems.
Within the first couple of minutes, we learned that "Heathrow is operating at capacity" and then, almost in the same breath, that "numbers [of planes] are rising". Go figure.
Somewhat worryingly, we were then told (by a fireman) that "aviation fuel burns with twice the calorific value of petrol" (it doesn't) and a bit later in the programme that "every plane needs an engine run to check its oil levels before takeoff". Hmmm.
But by far the best part was two airport policemen meeting an incoming flight from Turkey to arrest a wanted woman.
TK clearly decided that they didn't want TV viewers thinking they regularly transported such shady characters, so we ended up with this:
