Being a B.O.F. I remember when "Apron" stuffed their "pre allocated" Stand Sheets under the Tower door two to three days in advance....:{

QR 777
 

Qatar 777 will arrive Sunday morning as QR041/042. We were advised 21st as aircraft leaves DOH on 21st and arrives at MAN on 22nd. Aircraft reg will be A7BBC.

777 will also operate QR041/042 service on 25th Nov.

Upgraded due to Hajj

A pilgrimage to Manchester - shows class :ok:

ETOPS I like that onehttp://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/sr...s/embarass.gif

Ian B

Three times round the Town Hall and then a visit to the sacred well of Hydes Brewery

Trash Hauler
Airfield Control do have windows and they face south west from the referbished 6th Floor of the Tower Block. The old Ops Tower was built when there was only one terminal and so they didn't have views of the the 50s (T3) and T2 was just a line of tails; unable to see which stand an aircraft was on (MARS stands).

Now they're part of an intergated Control Centre (like real airports have; LHR MAD MUC etc) and have enhansed CCTV coverage of all stands.

Regards,
ACCMan

"enhansed(?) CCTV coverage of all stands".
And how much CO2 does that produce ACCMan?
Surely at an 'environmentally-responsible' airport like Manchester, a window is cheaper to look through than a CCTV camera is to operate?

Jeez.... CO2 from CCTV?

Carbon Capture TeleVision anyone?:}

I've just expelled more CO2 by laughing out loud

And which window would you propose they looked through to give them the view they need of each stand?

Planetary Destruction by CCTV
 

ZOOKER ... Please tell me your posting was intended as a joke? If not, I suggest that you spend an hour studying the excellent climatedepot.com website. This will soon disabuse you of the wilder propaganda put about by climate extremists and tax-raising politicians. And it may just save you from looking so silly ever again.

Good luck. SHED.

Perhaps they are like the Play School windows - you can see anything through them!

SHED,
loving your work!
As you most kindly suggested, I have just checked out the 'Climatedepot.com' website, and sadly, "excellent" is not the adjective I would use to describe it. :}
In aviation, one of the most accurate pieces of equipment in general use is 'The Mk.1 Eyeball'.
Surely a better plan would be to move Apron Control to the existing ATC VCR when ATC move to the new tower.
Sorry, I forgot, the new tower has been shelved while MAG spent £50m on developing T1 into a rival to Dumplington market, (AKA The Trafford Centre).
Now there's a SHEDload of CO2 for you! :E

ZOOKER

Good point about the need for a new control tower, however if it ever happens the current VCR would be retained as a stand-by.

Unlike ATC Ground, Apron (Airfield) Control need to see each and every stand to ensure safe allocation. Nowhere on the airport can achieve this so even if they were relocated into the current VCR, they would still need CCTV for all of T2, T3 50s, B Pier evens and stands 22/31/32.

Sorry about your CO2; CCTV is a bi-product of operating a safe airport.

Regards,
ACCMan

Expansion of airport World Freight Terminal approved
 

Excellent news for MAN and for jobs.

Hope the newt lovers don't demand an enquiry!

When is the estimated completion date?

For "hanger" read "unit".

All application docs can be found on manchester.gov.uk planning portal.

ref 086879/FO/2008/S2

"Excellent news for MAN and for jobs"
Jobs for whom?
Will this new facility mainly be used for exporting quality British-built products?

ZOOKER,

Why would we want to make quality goods in Britain - it would produce too much of your nasty C02!!!!:=