The Spanish
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That 10 million Heathrow spent on snow stuff other year is working well isnt it?
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Common as Mook
Not Posh as Fook
- Jul 26, 2004
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Shambles.
My flight on Saturday from Frankfurt was delayed two hours because the door was iced shut and they couldn't get any de-icer. Seemingly not just a UK problem.
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Slightly different to the UK though; it has been sub zero and snowy for about 2 weeks and they had 10 cm snow last night. They have kept it open until now. You are clutching at straws.
The Spanish
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so hang on its been freezing and snowy for two weeks and because its snowed some more and they have shut thats somehow evidence of BETTER planning?
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No. It's evidence that the conditions are a lot worse and have been going on for a lot longer that the light short lived dusting the UK has had.
Common as Mook
Not Posh as Fook
- Jul 26, 2004
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No excuse for a lack of de-icer on Saturday to get my plane door open though, is it?
Seagull over Canaryland
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The disruption certainly isn't confined to the UK. Two sisters we know who live in the US and Belgium respectively are currently trying to meet up in Puerto Rico. So far the latter spent 7 hours on a plane sitting at a closed Brussels airport before the flight was cancelled and then spenft the night in the terminal while the other sister had been diverted from Chicago to Houston then to Atlanta because of fog. They are due back home on Friday so doesn't look like they'll see much of Puerto Rico. Pity because I bet it's a bit warmer there.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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so what happens to the Frankfurt bound flights from Heathrow now? shirley you must concede that its not Heathrows fault they will have to cancel those flight now? and that theres been alot of other airports shut over the past few days with a knock on effect?
Cesar Chavez
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What Frankfurt bound planes? Heathrow threw the towel in days ago.
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I would have also "lost" the de-icer if there was a BAA apologist on the other side of a frozen plane door.
Common as Mook
Not Posh as Fook
- Jul 26, 2004
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No, BAA are dogshit. I'd lump whoever operates Frankfurt into that category as well mind you
Seagull over Canaryland
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Been watching the 'Ice Pilots' series on Discovery Channel. Those guys manage to routinely get flights away in extreme conditions from ice runways within the Arctic Circle in down to minus 65 degree wind chill, so how come a couple of inches of snow and a bit of frost brings our airports to a standstill? OK its not unique to the UK but we do seem to have a poor track record that is very embarrasing and says a lot about this country's resolve to deal with a minor weather crisis.
Tummy Burger
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Hillarious thread. I would agree it is all a bit of a disaster as always but, " eees complicated ". You wouldn't think it, but it is an organisational catastrophe when a little bit of snow comes down, or even a bit of fog for that matter. that is all.
The Spanish
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I flew in and out of Helsinki last thursday on finnair snow everywhere. and delayed onward flight due to no de icer! dunno what we are all trying to prove here really.
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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thats a bit like saying you've just watch the WRC Finnish stage, if they can drive on snow there how come we cant on the M25? they are experts with suitably specialised vehicles and arent trying to land/take off at a rate of one a minute.
Tummy Burger
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Precisely.
Seagull over Canaryland
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And that's the typical British attitude - think of an excuse to dumb things down rather than find a way to do the job properly. Only one step removed from the 'snow skivers' thread. Ok we may not be experts but we should make a better fist of the situation, its only a couple of inches of snow and frost, hardly Finnish rally conditions. Why shouldn't British drivers show a bit more skill in driving, it shouldn't come as a great surprise that we get snow each winter - and why shouldn't the 'professionals' at an international airport cope better? At least show we have some resolve to deal with this more effectively rather than make excuses. Man up and get on with it.