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Originally Posted by .Simon.
You've got to be aware of the fact that we don't have this weather every year. This is freak weather to us so the airports can't be expected to know exactly what to do straight away. Just the same as nobody uses snow tyres, because 9 years out of 10, it doesn't snow, and then one year it does so there is no logic buying them for a few days every decade.
Thats just my view thought. If they have the plows there then fair enough, but if it's left for a day, then the bottom layer will turn to ice, making it even harder.
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Yes, you can't expect it to be flawless but two days is serious. They have the plows and machines to take care of it. They say themselfs that they have 50 machines all togather to battle snow and ice. They have 50 "snow specialists", I don't argue that if they can't bring the planes down safely they should close, because thats the right choice. It's just that they have all means of doing so but yet they dont and that really ticks me because this effected all airlines and airports that had flights to and from Heathrow around the world.
They ware even offered help from the army to clear the airport quickly, but they said no, because they had all the means of doing it themselfs
Also compare these 50 employees, to Gatwicks 150! Gatwick is half the size of Heathrow? Yet they have dubble the budget of Heathrow. And Gatwick are planning on putting that budget up 7 fold next year. Is Heathrow heading into bankruptcy? It sure seems like it.
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Prime Minister David Cameron said his government had offered military assistance to the company that operates Heathrow, BAA Ltd., which thanked him but said it didn't need the help.
Still, even as the second of Heathrow's two runways reopened late Tuesday, officials said they needed "breathing space" to clear remaining snow, restart equipment and move planes and crews back into place. As a result, the airport would only operate about one-third of its normal flight schedule until 6 a.m. on Thursday.
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