Originally Posted by
slawecki
you also asked about tatl. lhr has a morning curfew. when there is a favorable wind blowing, i have hit that curfew and circled for over 30 min. i think cdg has an am curfew also. i presume others do also.
so, then the plane is turned around, and sent back to usa for use next day.
Same here - I can't tell you how many times I've hit the runway at LHR at curfew +1 minute when coming in on the early ORD flight. Makes for a very pleasant trip through LHR when you're the first plane to land! When I'm lucky enough to have arrivals lounge access I can hit that by curfew +15, order breakfast, grab a shower with no line, eat breakfast while catching up on any email that came in overnight and then be on my way into town less than 45 minutes after landing. All pretty civilized.