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Old Jan 22, 2019, 6:26 pm
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johan rebel
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Having now checked the flights with STDs 30 minutes either side of mine, I realize that my flight was one of the least unfortunate ones.

For the aircraft that were sent to the J-apron for deicing, the time from pushback to take off was between 1h and 1h20. Many of these sat at the gate for 2 or even 2½ hours first.

The aircraft that were deiced at the gate took off within 10 or 12 minutes of pushback, but most waited at the gate far longer than we did. Several hours or even longer in many cases. A flight originally scheduled to depart 5 minutes before mine remained at gate for over three hours. By that time we had already landed at CPH.

There was very little snow, the runways were in excellent condition, so the chaos was purely caused by the totally incompentent and disorganized deicing procedures and facilities.

Johan
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