MANCHESTER - 7
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Manchester Airport--Rubbish again
Stand 22. 1815. 12/01/10. LX from ZRH. Taxied round all the roadworks to get on stand. Disembarkation delayed 30 mins due inop airbridges. 2 not 1. LX Captain voiced his view to me that "this airport is very poor. Perhaps it has no money". I agreed.
Temp based here and never seen a bigger shambles since Benghazi.
Spoke to an airport worker on the staff bus in from Staff West. He confirmed that many airside drivers of ploughs are untrained, and doing the job due to a shortage of staff. Equipment is plentiful. Sheeshh!!
Temp based here and never seen a bigger shambles since Benghazi.
Spoke to an airport worker on the staff bus in from Staff West. He confirmed that many airside drivers of ploughs are untrained, and doing the job due to a shortage of staff. Equipment is plentiful. Sheeshh!!
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Spoke to an airport worker on the staff bus in from Staff West. He confirmed that many airside drivers of ploughs are untrained, and doing the job due to a shortage of staff. Equipment is plentiful. Sheeshh!!
I will speak with personel and see if can employ another 50 or so "Snow" staff just incase this once in 50 year event happens again.
I will speak with personel and see if can employ another 50 or so "Snow" staff just incase this once in 50 year event happens again.
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Well its not all bad news , they just turned round the "unplanned " Continental in a little over an hour !
I would say that is pretty slick personally and a credit to all involved !
I am happy to crticise the airport over strategy or fundamental long term issues that go unchallenged for months on end, but come on, an inopereable airbridge can be a one off, it can happen anywhere.........
... I note that your home base is supposedly Gatwick, which I suspect is a bigger shambles. note ...closed again for 8 hours !
I think its been shut more often than open since the takeover.....
They are also revamping the landing fees so it will cost the same to land a Dash as a 747 which looks like less than smart move ?
....might be worth throwing some brickbats in your own back yard before slinging any our way !
I would say that is pretty slick personally and a credit to all involved !
I am happy to crticise the airport over strategy or fundamental long term issues that go unchallenged for months on end, but come on, an inopereable airbridge can be a one off, it can happen anywhere.........
... I note that your home base is supposedly Gatwick, which I suspect is a bigger shambles. note ...closed again for 8 hours !
I think its been shut more often than open since the takeover.....
They are also revamping the landing fees so it will cost the same to land a Dash as a 747 which looks like less than smart move ?
....might be worth throwing some brickbats in your own back yard before slinging any our way !
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Well its not all bad news they have just turned round an "unplanned" Continental diversion in a little over 90mins ..
Well done to all concerned !
I fully admit I am the very first to criticise MAN when things go, but thats normally a by-product of long term strategy etc
....but an inoperable air bridge....come on that could occur anywhere !
As for a Swiss pilot going as far as commenting to you that " MAN has no money" well it might be the truth, but to suggest a pilot would say that to you ..well I find that a bit ludicrous to be honest !
....and then lo and behold you start chatting with "an airport worker" who just happens to qualify your views yet again !
To be honest Roy there are more than enough of us grumpy old locals to have a good rant about MAN so we don't need any help !
So happy to suggest you stick to throwing brickbats "at your own airport" on the Gatwick forum....
...there is talk on there about the new owners amending the landing fees so it will cost the same to land a Dash as it would a 747 ...nice one
... oh and its shut again (all day) ...infact I think it has been closed more often than it has been open since the new owners took over !
There plenty to keep you occupied !
Me ...I'm off to do some reading, now where did I put my Walter Mitty
paperback !!!
(MODS - apols if this appears twice, it was posted, appeared BUT then disappeared, as also did a worthwhile comment by Manofman).
Well done to all concerned !
I fully admit I am the very first to criticise MAN when things go, but thats normally a by-product of long term strategy etc
....but an inoperable air bridge....come on that could occur anywhere !
As for a Swiss pilot going as far as commenting to you that " MAN has no money" well it might be the truth, but to suggest a pilot would say that to you ..well I find that a bit ludicrous to be honest !
....and then lo and behold you start chatting with "an airport worker" who just happens to qualify your views yet again !
To be honest Roy there are more than enough of us grumpy old locals to have a good rant about MAN so we don't need any help !
So happy to suggest you stick to throwing brickbats "at your own airport" on the Gatwick forum....
...there is talk on there about the new owners amending the landing fees so it will cost the same to land a Dash as it would a 747 ...nice one
... oh and its shut again (all day) ...infact I think it has been closed more often than it has been open since the new owners took over !
There plenty to keep you occupied !
Me ...I'm off to do some reading, now where did I put my Walter Mitty
paperback !!!
(MODS - apols if this appears twice, it was posted, appeared BUT then disappeared, as also did a worthwhile comment by Manofman).
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Could they not utilise some of those ops people who appear to outnumber everyone else at manchester, most of the time they appear to do cock all apart from sit in groups in their 4x4,s on the ramp gassing to each other
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I like working out of MAN.
The bridge on 22 has been playing up for a while, as has the one on 32 , 25 and 23.
I really like the new shopping area in T1, but it is time to update the disco tubes on all C pier. The smell of 'wet dog' on the bridges in the morning is only a shade better than the grease/beer smell form Burger King
Do you think a Matalan or Primark is more in keeping with Manchesters image, the sales staff always look so bored in the Timberland shop.
The bridge on 22 has been playing up for a while, as has the one on 32 , 25 and 23.
I really like the new shopping area in T1, but it is time to update the disco tubes on all C pier. The smell of 'wet dog' on the bridges in the morning is only a shade better than the grease/beer smell form Burger King
Do you think a Matalan or Primark is more in keeping with Manchesters image, the sales staff always look so bored in the Timberland shop.
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Pier B needs updating first doesn't it?! When is the new Pier being bulit? New airbridges are required on both piers. How is the A380 work going on next to stand 14?
I was up at MAN yesterday and there was Emirates 777 on a remote stand with a couple of i would imagine very cold BA engineers working on the #2 engine for most of the day, must admit as a office bound "shiny arse "i do take my hat off to the staff that keep us flying at this time of year, the wind chill up at Manchester felt about -10 yesterday
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MAN seems to be taking quite a few diversions today but BA seem to be avoiding us
"Welcome to MAN - the airport that cant handle aircraft"
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That's right. MAN can't handle aircraft properly. Better tell that to the crew of CO110 and KU102 seeing that they spent relatively little amount of time beng handled here before going to LHR. Perhaps we might want to contemplate how the CO and KU crews had no trouble seemingly in keeping to their hours whereas BA feared they may exceed theirs.
it seems that some posters will always find fault with MAN. PErhaps they should set up their own forum detailing the day's misadventures at MAN as they seem to believe occur regularly daily.
it seems that some posters will always find fault with MAN. PErhaps they should set up their own forum detailing the day's misadventures at MAN as they seem to believe occur regularly daily.
Roy Hudd......
you are so funny, you should have your own radio show.
Do u travel much ZRH to UK ? I do.
ZRH to UK departures go from a crappy bussing annex with bugger all facilities. Inevitably, you end up stood on a remote stand, freezing yr tits off in the pi**ing rain queuing on the one set of steps up agaainst the A319.
Give it a rest old chap
you are so funny, you should have your own radio show.Do u travel much ZRH to UK ? I do.
ZRH to UK departures go from a crappy bussing annex with bugger all facilities. Inevitably, you end up stood on a remote stand, freezing yr tits off in the pi**ing rain queuing on the one set of steps up agaainst the A319.
Give it a rest old chap
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Temp base
Oh dear!
Dont know if its the same at every airline but the lot i work for usually send the w#####s out on temp work hopeing they can wangle it that they never return to base.
Reading the daily rantings of mr happy hudd one cant help think the above
may be true with his company also,lets hope they see the error of their ways and take him back,Gatwick seems to have gone to pot since weve been graced at manchester.
Dont know if its the same at every airline but the lot i work for usually send the w#####s out on temp work hopeing they can wangle it that they never return to base.
Reading the daily rantings of mr happy hudd one cant help think the above
may be true with his company also,lets hope they see the error of their ways and take him back,Gatwick seems to have gone to pot since weve been graced at manchester.