Originally Posted by
steve_w
And the point about why weather delays affect LHR and not EZY from LGW to the same destination is still valid - and why, if you use a 24/7 global communications channel in a 24/7 global business, you should man it.
There have been numerous times when flights operate fine out of LGW but not from LHR due to weather, and vice versa. They're sufficiently far apart for weather to make a difference.
It depends whether you believe everything a blogger writes. Many do it just to gain something for themselves or to be deliberately vindictive.
I notice at the end she's offering her services to BA .... for a fee. Kinda says it all really!!
So if she's such a great journalist why doesn't she know things like flow control during bad weather, the true record of delays at LGW, etc.
According to the blog she says she's a "former employee" of the Guardian. I note from their web page that she specialises in technology and social media. Hence her lack of understanding about how the travel industry works, and her obsession with 24 hour Twitter.