Join Date: Feb 2002
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BD are also quite apologetic in their pre-departure briefing about having to use the Polderbaan.
On an AMS-LHR flight last month we had a 10 min delay on push-pack and were also supposed to take the 15 min tour of the Dutch countryside. As they disconnected the tug the pilot came on and said we had managed to sneak a slot on the adjacent runway, we would take off immediadely and we had actually saved 10 mins by not pushing back on time!
-- Dambus