Sydney Terminal 2 shutdown 27 Jun 2014!!!

[BNEA320]

what a joke.


If not stupid SYD curfew, flights wouldn't have had to be cancelled just delayed.


At very least, curfew should be waived today !!!


What was the SYD noise tax used for ?


Everyone flying to SYD used to pay SYD noise tax for many years.

[neville_nobody]

One has to question Sydney Airport's backup power system. Second time they've had a total power failure.

[The Banjo]

Yes, but think about the extra money they will make from parking and $8 coffees....:ugh:

[Wally Mk2]

That's what it's all about, minimal back-up (hence minimal costs) & maximum opportunity to rape the public with more costs:ugh:
On the world playing field we Aussies must look like amateurs when it comes to anything aviation especially infrastructure!:ugh:

Imagine if the Airlines here did an '89' stunt, would never happen obviously as they hate each other but boy would that force our pathetic Govt to act for the WHOLE of Australia not just a 'noisy' group which essentially hold this country back with a stunted growth potential.:ugh:

That's 3x:ugh:............WE could fill a whole page with our joke system!

Wmk2

p.s.....ok ok a little slip of the auto correct:-)

[waren9]

...we Aussies must look like armatures...

yep

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[Captain Dart]

Yeah, we're easily wound up.

[004wercras]

Don't fret my friends, the airlines will ensure that SACL pays dearly for today's shenanigans. The amount of money lost by the airlines alone, and the amount that SACL will have to reimburse them will far outweigh the additional carpark and coffee remuneration scooped up at the airport.
Regardless, it was a complete clusterf#ck, and laughable that not even the backup system kicked in :=

I agree with several posters on here, the airport is a complete joke, and by world standards it ranks low, to be honest it is complete ****. It's an embarrassment as it provides incoming international folk their first insight into Australia's sub standard, retarded third world infrastructure. It really provides all the evidence you need to show that successive Australian governments are nothing short of complete f:mad:wits.

[Arnold E]

e our pathetic Govt to act for the WHOLE of Australia not just a 'noisy' group which essentially hold this country back with a stunted growth potential.

You must understand, that the Australian government is not the least bit interested in the Australian people!:=

[Servo]

Australia, "first" world country, third world infrastructure!

Having recently travelled to the States, we look like and are amateurs!

[nitpicker330]

Oh that's right blame Tony Abbott and his Government for the problem, yep he caused it.......:D

[004wercras]

Nitpicker, definitely not Abbott himself or his current dictatorship, it's an issue that has failed to be dealt with by successive governments over the decades which includes both Labor and Liberal governments. They are all twats.

[Kharon]

Did you catch the guy on TV when he said the 'advertising' was still working just fine and nearly everyone had a coffee. Betcha a beer, it took the 'leccy about 5 minutes to fix 'er up; and two bloody hours struggling through the nightmare Sydney traffic around the airport to get there and clear security. 0900 is gridlock hour.

But, we can for the while at least, still drink the water (until beer is cheaper).

Bloody shambles.

[The Big E]

I agree with several posters on here, the airport is a complete joke, and by world standards it ranks low. It's anembarrassment as it provides incoming international folk their first insight into Australia's sub standard, retarded third world infrastructure.



it's an issue that has failed to be dealt with by successive governments over the decades which includes both Labour and Liberal governments.


004.

I haven't been to SYD for several years, but recently went to MEB in April this year. After departing from AKL International, I thought for a moment that we had landed at a third world airport. Geez, what a shambles trying to get your baggage and then get out to the street through that maze of badly signed areas and narrow exits etc. that they call the arrival area. Coupled with all the unhelpful staff in the area who don't seem to know much about what they should know, I can't see myself returning anytime soon.

[Marvin Martian]

Sorry to rain on your parade Big E, but 'MEB' is IATA speak for Essendon.... I can understand your issue if you actually landed there...
Don't worry, a number of carriers over the years have lined up on final for the wrong runway at the wrong airport. It's not that far over to 'MEL'.
Linfox have kindly provided car sales and supermarkets etc for those who do arrive at 'MEB'.

[004wercras]

Big E, you are correct mate. Melbourne isn't much better. But Sydney is the worst by a long shot. Australia has a tendency to talk talk talk and not deliver. It's a bit like Brisbane's issue with the ports. International cruise liners coming half way around the world just to dock up stream from the city's **** farm, then disembark through a tin shed. It's embarrassing. We should drag our politicians by their fat stomachs to Singapore and show em how it's done. Then again that kind of infrastructure takes foresight and commitment, something our Government system does not understand.
Besides, with the pending global financial ****storm building mommentum I think in the next few years we will be fortunate if our Governments will be able to afford to put in so much as an airport roundabout!

[601]

International cruise liners coming half way around the world just to dock up stream from the city's **** farm, then disembark through a tin shed.

The oversize block of flats may do, but the more user friendly ones make it to Portside.

One of the reasons the larger ships cannot make it to Portside is because of the height restriction placed on the Gateway Bridges by the airport approach.

[500N]

Big E

Agree re Melbourne on the outside getting to the street, the way it is set up now is awful. Messy all round.

And I wish they would sort out inside as well.

For my home port airport that was built on a greenfields site, they could have done a lot better but as said above, it takes" takes foresight and commitment" which we don't seem to do too well, always playing "catch up".

[training wheels]

I haven't been to SYD for several years, but recently went to MEB in April this year. After departing from AKL International, I thought for a moment that we had landed at a third world airport.

Seriously, even third world airports aren't as bad as MEL. I recently visited Vientiane, Laos and from the touch down to out in the arrivals hall took less than 30 minutes and that included the time to process a visa on arrival as well as changing money in the baggage claim area. Even International airports in Indonesia now are more efficient than Melbourne.

[puff]

All simply because the government sold all the airports off to the highest bidder, now all they care about is making money in retail and car parks. Go anywhere else in the world in every single way our airport are a joke. We do make a mean grossly overpriced car park though!

[Captain Dart]

In MEL's defence they now have a separate crew priority line in the International hall at peak times; see, the visit to Officeworks for materials for a sign wasn't that hard! And most of the Customs and Quarantine staff are now actually quite polite. I think that there is construction in progress with areas walled off which is making the baggage hall more of a zoo than usual.

However, the airport still has along way to go to be world class. And Sydney is just a national disgrace.

[Wally Mk2]

Take a look at Joke MEL that place is an utter disorganized shambles!
The expansion going on down the southern end of the apron/taxiway area is taking a zillion years to construct (typical Aussie way of doing business.....sloooowly!) yet the new carpark infrastructure outside T4 is ripping along, these people are clever they know where the money is.
$180 for 14 days car park in a multi story level, Christ is this one of the most expensive countries to live in or what?

Capt Cook (Ex QF Capt no doubt) should have missed the place & done the world a favour, it's his fault we now live in a expensive corrupt society


Wmk2

[RATpin]

From conversations I've had in recent years with several knowledgeable people,
one of the changes introduced at privatised Airports has been to change from a scheduled maintenance regime to a "Fix it when it breaks" approach.
Sometimes cost savings come at a "Cost"
Shame the travelling public and Airlines suffer as result.

[SOPS]

And Wally, those same people that pay $180 to park their car, expect to pay $70 for their ticket to fly to where ever it is they are going to. That's how we got into the mess we are currently in.

[underfire]

Parking at SEA:
General is $28/day or $392 for 14.
Terminal direct is $35/day or $490 for 14 days

$180 is cheap!

[Derfred]

Parking at MEL is $56/day.

[Wally Mk2]

I understand that $180 is cheap when compared to the extortionate type tactics these monopoly dromes have but Christ 12-15 Sq Mtrs of space for that cost is highway robbery due being a captive market!


OH don't worry 'sops' I agree completely the Airlines are their worst own enemies at times! They continually undercut each other in an attempt to drive their opposition out of the game but ultimately end up hurting themselves, the fundamental basics of business (to make their product simply more attractive & not always thru being cheaper either)went out the window a long time ago with the idiot Airlines we have!
These fools (the Airlines) have gotta go back to basics here providing a service for a fee that's sustainable & seeing as they are now not capable doing that some form of intervention needs to be undertaken in order to save what jobs that are left for this ailing shameful country of ours, that intervention needs to be a strong Govt ('cause the Airlines have shown how useless they are!!), something we won't likely see in our lifetime sadly!

[Servo]

Wally,

I agree!

Slight thread drift, airlines should also bring in dress standards! Sick of seeing the great unwashed coming on board in their best pluggers and thongs :{

Cashed up bogans sitting in Business using FF points from FiFo flights to upgrade into Business, then put their feet up on the bulkhead :*

(Meanwhile crew get to pax in the last row if you work for a certain airline and other business seats are empty)

Then there are cattle class pax..........

Bring in the requirement to dress well and start charging a decent amount for a ticket.

[500N]

It is not only the airlines in the race go the bottom.

[BreakNeckSpeed]

To complete the statement...
those same people that pay $180 to park their car, expect to pay $70 for their ticket to fly to where ever it is they are going to... where the same ticket previously would have cost $400...


Are you telling me that with constant increased demand for the service since its inception, that cost to the consumer should have gone up!?!?

I always wondered where we (as an industry) had gone wrong... :ugh:

As for dress standards - oh if only!

[jwrobbo]

Every time I use the main entrance at the international terminal I cringe at the sight of the metal "artwork" outside. It just looks like a pile of rusting metal. Goodness knows what overseas visitors might think of it. I wish the whole mess could be removed.
jwrobbo

[wondrousbitofrough]

Probably best you don't visit Canberra then...:hmm: