Originally Posted by
Mr Angry from Purley
Rog - Um not sure about the"CAA not liking it" - the issue was the aircraft (A320) not liking it due to the range with Y180 (?) or more to the point the toilets not liking it (full after 4 hours).
Eventually the load came down or it tech stopped with crew change
Caledonian used a DC10 so it was well able to handle the range.(About 6 hrs so same as New York)