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Tradition says one working another supervising, H & S taking note, another to pass the tools and the important job......T boy (sorry person )
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Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 11411528)
Like drinking tea between random movements. Sounds like the perfect job.
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14, there is one in the tug no?
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Probably need that many people to push that fairground ride of Jetbridge steps about!
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Originally Posted by pabely
(Post 11411806)
Probably need that many people to push that fairground ride of Jetbridge steps about!
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Originally Posted by V_2
(Post 11411834)
i think Norwich or perhaps it was Exeter has something similar. Jokes aside I believe it’s so they don’t need to purchase an ambulift as it’s actually just a ramp so wheelchairs can come on and off. The ones I saw had stairs on the side for time pressed crew/staff to take a shortcut
Southampton Airport also have similar ramps to the one in the photo. As ridiculous as they look, surely they are more practical than regular stairs. Especially for the elderly and for those hauling a bag or even wheelchair bound. |
Originally Posted by Sotonsean
(Post 11411860)
The one in the photo also has stairs on the side for the reasons you have mentioned.
Southampton Airport also have similar ramps to the one in the photo. As ridiculous as they look, surely they are more practical than regular stairs. Especially for the elderly and for those hauling a bag or even wheelchair bound. |
Originally Posted by southender
(Post 11412054)
From watching the video, it would appear that the wheelchair bound passengers were taken round the other side of the aircraft, I did not see any disabled traveller using the ramp.
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One hell of a slope for someone to push a wheelchair up. Maybe H&S rules have kicked in to save a few backs.
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Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 11412642)
One hell of a slope for someone to push a wheelchair up. Maybe H&S rules have kicked in to save a few backs.
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Looking at the turn round video I see SEN now have a wheelchair cabin lift vehicle that gives access to the forward starboard service door. I would have thought they would always have had that but I don't remember seeing it there before so presumably that has replaced the ramp loading method.
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I was passing by the Airport at about 1415 today and a British Airways plane was just coming in to land. I am just curious - does anyone know if this was simply a diversion?
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Originally Posted by EssexMan61
(Post 11415738)
I was passing by the Airport at about 1415 today and a British Airways plane was just coming in to land. I am just curious - does anyone know if this was simply a diversion?
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This training detail had been planned for Norwich but they switched to Southend at the last minute which I assume was due to weather.
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Originally Posted by fatmed
(Post 11417310)
behind a paywall. Anything useful said ?
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Most regionals have already started to bounce back nicely, SEN hasn’t and hence questions need to be asked as to why!
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No paywall for me!
Encouragingly, we are in detailed discussions with a wide range of airlines and have the proven data on the airport’s 40+ pre-pandemic routes, which were mostly highly profitable for airlines. We really are in a great position for growth. What does the landscape look like? What does Southend Airport look like in one, two and five years’ time? What’s the customer base like over that period? What new flights to you believe will be on offer? In five years’ time, and ideally sooner, I’d expect us to be well ahead of where we were in 2019. Alongside our own commercial activities to make this a reality, we also get the benefit of being part of the growing London aviation market; in fact, it is the world’s largest aviation system with over 180 million passengers travelling each year. Capacity for airlines in other airports across the capital is fast reaching a cliff edge and we offer a clear pathway to profitable growth for a range of airlines now and the future. More than 8 million people live within one hour of the airport, and we serve the fast-growing and increasingly affluent east London, Essex and east of England catchment area. Conversations with airlines are ongoing particularly around unlocking new routes and basing aircraft with us as we re-establish and grow our business back to, and beyond, the 40+ routes we had previously. We have partnered with easyJet for many years now and the growth from three to four routes this year is a further demonstration of a strong relationship between us. In terms of other airlines, we’re leveraging our attractive London location, our unclaimed catchment area and our low operating costs (lowest in London we think). We also have the fastest taxiing times and in-house handling operation, so we consider ourselves to be an easy to work with ‘one-stop-shop’ for potential airline partners. With our coastal location, we are naturally closer to Europe and, by operating our own airspace which has recently been increased, airline partners don’t have to navigate through the ‘spaghetti junction’ of airspace over London when they fly London Southend – it’s a really compelling proposition. |
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