Originally Posted by
henners
Dumb question from someone with more enthusiasm than knowledge - why would LAM be more sensible than OCK - wouldn't BOV or OCK make the most sense for 09R from Manchester?
But then, unusual enough to be arriving on 09R, so why not add to the excitement

Well spotted. Sorry, it is me being dumb. I meant my choice would have been BOV. LAM would have been an odd choice as well. We weren't flying with atc so had a free choice.