Airport.

[Numbnuts]

I just wonder whats all these cancellations cost airlines and punters alike… Yes it can be misty down that way but never remember so many flights tonbe consistenty cancelled . Got to come the time that airlines start to ask why are the running the service. A friend was reembursed £358 for a taxi fare from London to Manchester by easyjet . Plus accommodation for two also. 

[asitis]

1 hour ago, Ativa said:

Dublin and Birmingham both got to 200ft (according to Flightradar24) and then pulled out again.

Decision height as to whether they can continue to land i.e. see the runway.

[WTF]

Just now, asitis said:

Decision height as to whether they can continue to land i.e. see the runway.

if they kept going they'd see it eventually , or feel it , which ever came first.   😉

[swoopy2110]

16 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said:

All of today’s cancellations, as is so often the case, would likely not have happened with a properly equipped airport.

From the METAR history I’ve just seen, the weather was workable with CAT2 for a couple of hours around lunchtime, and CAT1 with full lights for the rest of the time.

Not much more to say really.

Gary Cobb & Chris Thomas are on the Manninline in a couple of weeks. They should be getting both barrels.

[madmanxpilot]

3 minutes ago, swoopy2110 said:

Gary Cobb & Chris Thomas are on the Manninline in a couple of weeks. They should be getting both barrels.

What date, do you know?

[forestboy]

20 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said:

All of today’s cancellations, as is so often the case, would likely not have happened with a properly equipped airport.

From the METAR history I’ve just seen, the weather was workable with CAT2 for a couple of hours around lunchtime, and CAT1 with full lights for the rest of the time.

Not much more to say really.

The deficiencies in proper equipment must be addressed as a matter of urgency 

[swoopy2110]

15 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said:

What date, do you know?

I THINK it's the 31st May. But I am not convinced that's correct.

[swoopy2110]

15 minutes ago, forestboy said:

The deficiencies in proper equipment must be addressed as a matter of urgency 

Absolutely. It's appalling.

[The Voice of Reason]

6 minutes ago, swoopy2110 said:

I THINK it's the 31st May. But I am not convinced that's correct.

It might be delayed, or even cancelled 

Edited May 8, 2023 by The Voice of Reason

[Twitch]

47 minutes ago, Numbnuts said:

I just wonder whats all these cancellations cost airlines and punters alike… Yes it can be misty down that way but never remember so many flights tonbe consistenty cancelled . Got to come the time that airlines start to ask why are the running the service. A friend was reembursed £358 for a taxi fare from London to Manchester by easyjet . Plus accommodation for two also. 

How long before Easyjet start getting itchy feet about serving the island..?

[snowman]

30 minutes ago, Twitch said:

How long before Easyjet start getting itchy feet about serving the island..?

Politicos won't allow them to cease. That would awaken the zombie population 

 

easyJet have only had one disruption today 

Edited May 8, 2023 by snowman

[Non-Believer]

50 minutes ago, madmanxpilot said:

All of today’s cancellations, as is so often the case, would likely not have happened with a properly equipped airport.

From the METAR history I’ve just seen, the weather was workable with CAT2 for a couple of hours around lunchtime, and CAT1 with full lights for the rest of the time.

Not much more to say really.

Yet Mr Thomas says that no other comparable airports have got anything better so why should we go to the expense?

What we should be looking at and addressing are the shortcomings of the equipment to deal with the (regularly occurring) meteorological circumstances peculiar to our airport; not dismissing them as being no different to anywhere else.

[madmanxpilot]

2 minutes ago, Non-Believer said:

Yet Mr Thomas says that no other comparable airports have got anything better so why should we go to the expense?

What we should be looking at and addressing are the shortcomings of the equipment to deal with the (regularly occurring) meteorological circumstances peculiar to our airport; not dismissing them as being no different to anywhere else.

It is different to everywhere else. No airport in the British Isles that has an ILS has basic lights to their main landing runway as far as I’m aware - and I think I’ve been to them all over the years. Jersey does to their easterly facing runway, due to the steep escarpment on the approach, but it’s very rare that low visibility happens when the wind predicates that runway’s use, ie, it’s not their main landing runway.

It does make you wonder whether Mr Thomas is being fed a load of b*****ks, or he’s just making it up.

[forestboy]

Just now, madmanxpilot said:

It is different to everywhere else. No airport in the British Isles that has an ILS has basic lights to their main landing runway as far as I’m aware - and I think I’ve been to them all over the years. Jersey does to their easterly facing runway, due to the steep escarpment on the approach, but it’s very rare that low visibility happens when the wind predicates that runway’s use, ie, it’s not their main landing runway.

It does make you wonder whether Mr Thomas is being fed a load of b*****ks, or he’s just making it up.

Both being fed a load of b…..ks and making things up as usual. 

[Albert Tatlock]

7 minutes ago, forestboy said:

Both being fed a load of b…..ks and making things up as usual. 

I heard the staff are asking him to ask for a £3m foo-foo valve and a £2m long-weight in Tynwald next week.

He'll return with the cash.