Originally Posted by
kwflyer
Airstairs and buses seemed to work fine on an empty spot on the tarmac for how many decades, and still done in many countries.
If you cannot take off in a reasonable amount of time( i.e. less than 3 hours) than the aircraft should proceed back to a gate or offloading area.
Threatening people with a yellow card for speaking up, is not the way to go
They were able to deplane the Lufthansa aircraft with the smoking engine (same day), at the deicing pad. No gate was required, airstairs and buses were used. Why was a gate necessary for the AC aircraft?