Go Back  PPRuNe Forums > Flight Deck Forums > Rumours & News
Reload this Page >

Industry downturn continues - Heathrow breaks Movement record

Wikiposts
Search
Rumours & News Reporting Points that may affect our jobs or lives as professional pilots. Also, items that may be of interest to professional pilots.

Industry downturn continues - Heathrow breaks Movement record

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 1st Jul 2002, 00:15
  #1 (permalink)  
Thread Starter
 
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: South West of Heathrow
Age: 38
Posts: 22
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Industry downturn continues - Heathrow breaks Movement record

On Friday 28th June Heathrow broke it's year old movement record by 4 - up to 1365 movements.

All that on top of pretty shambolic work in progress and increasing restrictions making Ground Movement a nightmare for the controllers and pilots alike.

Hope your load figures match our increases, but certainly for the majority of ATCOs the job continues to grow increasing pressured.
HounslowHarry is offline  
Old 1st Jul 2002, 08:00
  #2 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: UK
Posts: 2,044
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Just to confirm...

1 movement = 1 takeoff OR landing ?? Not transiting traffic, police helos lurking about etc.?

Impressive whatever! My (simple) maths shows thats 38 landings AND 38 takeoffs every hour, assuming an 18 hour day (not a lot between 2300 & 0500?)...

NoD
NigelOnDraft is offline  
Old 1st Jul 2002, 17:53
  #3 (permalink)  
 
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: LHR/EGLL
Age: 45
Posts: 4,392
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
NoD, you are correct.

Helicopter movements from the helipad near T4 are not counted (Only if they use the runway, which they are required to do at night), neither are helicopter crossers or as you say the police helos etc.

<All that on top of pretty shambolic work in progress and increasing restrictions making Ground Movement a nightmare for the controllers and pilots alike.>

Ahhh, is that your excuse, HH?

Gonzo.
Gonzo is offline  

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off



Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.