Southend-2

[Falcon666]

Continuous line of EasyJets coming down from EDI and GLA for storage as I type

[LTNman]

19 easyjet aircraft parked up at Southend is actually a tragedy for the airport and the airline.

[DC3 Dave]

Originally Posted by LTNman

19 easyjet aircraft parked up at Southend is actually a tragedy for the airport and the airline.

I am not aware of anyone posting that it is a cause for celebration.

[AirportPlanner1]

Also a tragedy is SEN’s two passenger departures today equalling the total at STN, and being just two behind LGW

[DC3 Dave]

The Echo has been forced to issue a correction after stating that some Southend Airport employees had been forced into taking unpaid leave.

It is Stobart Air staff who find themselves in this situation.

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/183...avirus-crisis/

[rowly6339]

So with all the talk of Southend being limited to certain aircraft sizes it was a surprise for some to see a C17 globemaster 3 touch and go yesterday.

[DC3 Dave]

Originally Posted by rowly6339

So with all the talk of Southend being limited to certain aircraft sizes it was a surprise for some to see a C17 globemaster 3 touch and go yesterday.

A remarkable sight indeed, although I believe it can land fully loaded on a runway considerably shorter than SEN and just 30 metres wide.

[Red Four]

NOTAM C2186/20 issued for April, closure from 1500-1830 Local time:

Q) EGTT/QAECD/IV/NBO/AE/000/055/5135N00045E017
B) FROM: 20/04/01 14:00 C) TO: 20/04/30 17:30
E) COVID-19 INFORMATION
AD CLOSED. SOUTHEND ATZ/CTR/CTA DEACTVATED. NO ATS AVBL. ARRIVALS
AFTER THE CLOSURE PERIOD SHOULD PLAN TO ARRIVE NOT BEFORE 1745
SCHEDULE: 1400-1730

[AirportPlanner1]

3.5hr closure isn’t too bad at all, that’s about as long as some airports are open for at the moment

[asdf1234]

Originally Posted by Red Four

NOTAM C2186/20 issued for April, closure from 1500-1830 Local time:

Q) EGTT/QAECD/IV/NBO/AE/000/055/5135N00045E017
B) FROM: 20/04/01 14:00 C) TO: 20/04/30 17:30
E) COVID-19 INFORMATION
AD CLOSED. SOUTHEND ATZ/CTR/CTA DEACTVATED. NO ATS AVBL. ARRIVALS
AFTER THE CLOSURE PERIOD SHOULD PLAN TO ARRIVE NOT BEFORE 1745
SCHEDULE: 1400-1730

Was only a matter of time. Very expensive business having full ATC coverage.

[LTNman]

Originally Posted by asdf1234

Was only a matter of time. Very expensive business having full ATC coverage.

Still will be only a 3.5 hour shut down.

[AirportPlanner1]

I’ve seen a copy of a statement the airport put out which included the terminal being open only 3 evenings a week. The same statement says Loganair were retaining Aberdeen and Derry 3x weekly, clearly plans changed as one has gone and the other retained almost daily or they got their own information wrong.

[SARF]

C17 globemaster from the raf doing the rounds yesterday. Beat Southend up a few times and managed stansted and Norwich as well. Very impressive

[asdf1234]

Originally Posted by SARF

C17 globemaster from the raf doing the rounds yesterday. Beat Southend up a few times and managed stansted and Norwich as well. Very impressive

Local plod also doing the rounds pointing out to the numerous spotters that leaving their homes to engage in their hobby was putting lives at risks...

[LTNman]

The law is there for a good reason and watching aircraft through a fence is not one of them. Do they not watch the news? 563 deaths today and people are going out plane spotting.

[ericlday]

Police not strict enough, here in Tenerife that would be an instant fine somewhere around 600€, that makes you think twice about disobeying the rules.

[DC3 Dave]

Originally Posted by LTNman

The law is there for a good reason and watching aircraft through a fence is not one of them. Do they not watch the news? 563 deaths today and people are going out plane spotting.

You’ve been all over the last few days. Hardly an airport in the south of England has not been visited by you. You didn’t seem too concerned about mortality rates when you gleefully reported that LTN had overtaken LGW in the current London airport standings.

Maybe I misunderstand you. Sometimes you seem to consider it’s your duty to veer away from your many informative posts to poke a sharp stick with the sole intent of a negative reaction.

And before anyone says anything, I plead guilty to being unable to rise above as I know I should.

[AirportPlanner1]

Planespotting in itself isn’t bad or against the rules assuming it’s part of daily exercise and you’ve walked from the home, possible at SEN, LTN and LHR. Of course it’s a different matter if you’ve driven 20 miles to get there or been standing there all day. Not that there’s too much to see.

I mean, if you know a C17 is coming and when and you get there at the right time good on you for taking a few pictures. If you start mingling with others I’d have no sympathy if you got carted off by the old bill

[LTNman]

Originally Posted by DC3 Dave

You’ve been all over the last few days. Hardly an airport in the south of England has not been visited by you. You didn’t seem too concerned about mortality rates when you gleefully reported that LTN had overtaken LGW in the current London airport standings.

I have a daughter who is type 1 diabetic, a wife who had pneumonia at 19, gets asthma and has a poor immunity to infections and a son working in a London hospital who comes home every night to the family home so don’t talk to me about not being concerned about mortality rates. I am bloody frightened.

I could bite my tongue but posts like yours just get on my goat so I won’t. If you think 11 flights a day is something I would celebrate when this country is in a crisis you have lost the plot. I mentioned it once as far as I can remember and not as a celebration but as a reflection of how this industry is on its knees.

To be honest I would actually prefer LTN to have no passenger flights as flights spread diseases, which is how this country got infected in the first place.

Oh and I have amended the post in question just to make my position clear so it cannot be twisted.

I do apologise to the readers of this thread for my rant so can we just drop the subject and move back to SEN related posts

[Buster the Bear]

Sadly some plane spotters seem above the law. They put others at risk of death. Stay safe, stay at home.