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Title: Do people at the Met Office ever look out of the bloody window?
Post by: Nick on February 13, 2013, 06:58:07 PM

Stuck in heavy snow for an hour earlier I listened to the weather forecast  evil:

Snow in the North East apparently

East Midlands? Cloud cover and rain with mild temperatures

Bolox it is  cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing: cussing:

Title: Re: Do people at the Met Office ever look out of the bloody window?
Post by: apc2010 on February 13, 2013, 11:20:23 PM

Warm here ......... rubschin:

Title: Re: Do people at the Met Office ever look out of the bloody window?
Post by: The Moan Ranger on February 14, 2013, 01:02:32 AM

They started doing some work on the main runway at 22:00 so planes had to use the "emergency" northern runway. This runway doesn't have the locking radar thingy that guides the planes in.

Then the fog came  eveilgrin:

Plane after plane aborted the landing as they couldn't see the runway so 8 of ours were diverted to Stanstead. They would land there, grab some fuel and then come back as the main runway was being re-opened at 00:00.

The one pilot who did have the cajones to attempt the land was one I had, from Larnaca. He bottled it first time and went round again then plonked it down 2nd time and pulled up to the stand at 23.34. I finish at midnight  evil:

"Oh well, I thought, only 97 bags - easy". In the rear hold were 10 bags and 2 feckin electric wheelchairs, all strapped down nice and tight like  evil:

And then 3 of the nightshift boys turned up and told us to fuck off home  cloud9:

The 8 diverted planes will all be making their way back to Gatwick now, no sleep for the nightshift boys for a while  lol: