Bournemouth Airport "suspended operations" to clear snow and ice from runway (From Bournemouth Echo)

I thought MAG had suspended operations for the whole of the Winter!

Trust they charged the gritter lorries etc for visiting.

MAG should terminate full stop and give the job to a company who can bring it back to life.
I feel sorry for the folk in Stansted or was it Luton, as MAG have just taken then over, good chance all the tour operators will move out soon, thus a few more unemployed. What MAG need is a management which has a vision......and that's forward,

So, where's the story?
Are the gritters and their drivers supposed to keep on working with 150 tonnes of aircraft landing at speeds of up to 120 mph on the runways they're trying to clear.
Of course they suspended operations. Get real.

skydriver wrote:
MAG should terminate full stop and give the job to a company who can bring it back to life.
I feel sorry for the folk in Stansted or was it Luton, as MAG have just taken then over, good chance all the tour operators will move out soon, thus a few more unemployed. What MAG need is a management which has a vision......and that's forward,

They've just bought Stansted so you can bet there will soon be a drop off charge there too. Greedy scum.

apparently there is already a £2. quick drop off charge at Stansted, So I imagine that will soon be a fiver

big white bear wrote:
apparently there is already a £2. quick drop off charge at Stansted, So I imagine that will soon be a fiver

Yes I've just read that! They introduced this £2 drop off charge very recently, claiming it would reduce emissions by encouraging people to arrive at the airport by public transport! And they really expect us to buy that!
So, in part thanks to those passengers who have blindly paid up at Bournemouth over the last couple of years we are now going to see this scam being rolled out at every airport who wants to exploit it's customers to the maximum. I hope you're proud of yourselves.
Charging people to set down passengers is a disgusting rip off and the kind of sharp practice that should be banned by the Government with immediate effect.

Drop charge again? Boring, boring, boring.

Just get over it for pity's sake.

Oh my it's dreadful..blah blah.

Ooh it's so unfair...moan moan.

Let's all shake our fists at the capitalists...grumbl
e grumble.

YAWN.

It's not going away. Just let it go.

Maybe that's why the plane didn't want to land....are they charging aircraft a drop off fee?

so the runway was closed for 10 minutes and the Easyjet in the hold for 30 minutes... Doesn't quite add up.

scrumpyjack wrote:
Drop charge again? Boring, boring, boring.

Just get over it for pity's sake.

Oh my it's dreadful..blah blah.

Ooh it's so unfair...moan moan.

Let's all shake our fists at the capitalists...grumbl

e grumble.

YAWN.

It's not going away. Just let it go.

The drop off charge may not be of any consequence to those with no principles who don't mind being ripped off, but thank God there are still a few of us who DO CARE about being treated as cash cows and have stood up for those principles, choosing to boycot Bournemouth Airport until it's removed.
Thanks to those who carry on contributing to this con we can all expect a large number of other airports to follow suit. Stansted have. How will the millions of people using Heathrow or Gatwick react if they resort to a disgusting scam like this too? Only a matter of time now thanks to the sheep who've blindly paid up and don't care.
What next? £2-50 to walk into railway stations? £2-50 to wait at a bus stop or taxi rank? How about £2-50 just to walk into your local pub perhaps?
Enough is enough. This kind of scam needs to be dealt with with Government legislation. Too bad those with no morals can't see that.

Once again the people who would rather pay a fortune in petrol/fares/time to avoid Bournemouth for a mere £2 jump in at any opportunity.

Unfortunately convenience sometimes comes at a cost - but a VERY small cost in this case.

Also, it is not a "scam" or a "con". It is a notified charge.

The Renegade Master wrote:

scrumpyjack wrote:
Drop charge again? Boring, boring, boring.

Just get over it for pity's sake.

Oh my it's dreadful..blah blah.

Ooh it's so unfair...moan moan.

Let's all shake our fists at the capitalists...grumbl


e grumble.

YAWN.

It's not going away. Just let it go.

The drop off charge may not be of any consequence to those with no principles who don't mind being ripped off, but thank God there are still a few of us who DO CARE about being treated as cash cows and have stood up for those principles, choosing to boycot Bournemouth Airport until it's removed.
Thanks to those who carry on contributing to this con we can all expect a large number of other airports to follow suit. Stansted have. How will the millions of people using Heathrow or Gatwick react if they resort to a disgusting scam like this too? Only a matter of time now thanks to the sheep who've blindly paid up and don't care.
What next? £2-50 to walk into railway stations? £2-50 to wait at a bus stop or taxi rank? How about £2-50 just to walk into your local pub perhaps?
Enough is enough. This kind of scam needs to be dealt with with Government legislation. Too bad those with no morals can't see that.

BORING!!!!

scrumpyjack wrote:

The Renegade Master wrote:

scrumpyjack wrote:
Drop charge again? Boring, boring, boring.

Just get over it for pity's sake.

Oh my it's dreadful..blah blah.

Ooh it's so unfair...moan moan.

Let's all shake our fists at the capitalists...grumbl



e grumble.

YAWN.

It's not going away. Just let it go.

The drop off charge may not be of any consequence to those with no principles who don't mind being ripped off, but thank God there are still a few of us who DO CARE about being treated as cash cows and have stood up for those principles, choosing to boycot Bournemouth Airport until it's removed.
Thanks to those who carry on contributing to this con we can all expect a large number of other airports to follow suit. Stansted have. How will the millions of people using Heathrow or Gatwick react if they resort to a disgusting scam like this too? Only a matter of time now thanks to the sheep who've blindly paid up and don't care.
What next? £2-50 to walk into railway stations? £2-50 to wait at a bus stop or taxi rank? How about £2-50 just to walk into your local pub perhaps?
Enough is enough. This kind of scam needs to be dealt with with Government legislation. Too bad those with no morals can't see that.

BORING!!!!

Like I give a flying toss what you think. Moron.

scrumpyjack wrote:

The Renegade Master wrote:

scrumpyjack wrote:
Drop charge again? Boring, boring, boring.

Just get over it for pity's sake.

Oh my it's dreadful..blah blah.

Ooh it's so unfair...moan moan.

Let's all shake our fists at the capitalists...grumbl



e grumble.

YAWN.

It's not going away. Just let it go.

The drop off charge may not be of any consequence to those with no principles who don't mind being ripped off, but thank God there are still a few of us who DO CARE about being treated as cash cows and have stood up for those principles, choosing to boycot Bournemouth Airport until it's removed.
Thanks to those who carry on contributing to this con we can all expect a large number of other airports to follow suit. Stansted have. How will the millions of people using Heathrow or Gatwick react if they resort to a disgusting scam like this too? Only a matter of time now thanks to the sheep who've blindly paid up and don't care.
What next? £2-50 to walk into railway stations? £2-50 to wait at a bus stop or taxi rank? How about £2-50 just to walk into your local pub perhaps?
Enough is enough. This kind of scam needs to be dealt with with Government legislation. Too bad those with no morals can't see that.

BORING!!!!

Like I give a flying toss what you think. Moron.

DST wrote:
Once again the people who would rather pay a fortune in petrol/fares/time to avoid Bournemouth for a mere £2 jump in at any opportunity.

Unfortunately convenience sometimes comes at a cost - but a VERY small cost in this case.

Also, it is not a "scam" or a "con". It is a notified charge.

It's not a notified change. It's a rip off. Shame on you for condoning this sharp practice.
Thanks to people like you, this money making scam will be seen all over the place in years to come because companies can make money from the idiots who blindly accept and pay it. The Government need to act now to stop this.

The Renegade Master wrote:

scrumpyjack wrote:

The Renegade Master wrote:

scrumpyjack wrote:
Drop charge again? Boring, boring, boring.

Just get over it for pity's sake.

Oh my it's dreadful..blah blah.

Ooh it's so unfair...moan moan.

Let's all shake our fists at the capitalists...grumbl




e grumble.

YAWN.

It's not going away. Just let it go.

The drop off charge may not be of any consequence to those with no principles who don't mind being ripped off, but thank God there are still a few of us who DO CARE about being treated as cash cows and have stood up for those principles, choosing to boycot Bournemouth Airport until it's removed.
Thanks to those who carry on contributing to this con we can all expect a large number of other airports to follow suit. Stansted have. How will the millions of people using Heathrow or Gatwick react if they resort to a disgusting scam like this too? Only a matter of time now thanks to the sheep who've blindly paid up and don't care.
What next? £2-50 to walk into railway stations? £2-50 to wait at a bus stop or taxi rank? How about £2-50 just to walk into your local pub perhaps?
Enough is enough. This kind of scam needs to be dealt with with Government legislation. Too bad those with no morals can't see that.

BORING!!!!

Like I give a flying toss what you think. Moron.

Yes your aggressive 'so mad I hit the button twice' response tells me that...