Originally Posted by
thorn bird
Wonder what the costs add up to for all these diversions?
Also wonder why Australia as a supposed first world country
doesn't have CAT 111 available at the primaries?
Probably more money to be made building car parks I guess.
Passenger convenience always seems to come la st against
the imperative of making tax free dollars, unless of course
the tax payers stump up.
We don't have Cat III's because we don't really need them. How many diversions actually happen? Not enough.
I've seen far more passengers inconvenienced through tech or crew issues than from the aircraft not turning up due bad weather.