Originally Posted by
aristoph
Ps the Captain apologised for the delay with a litany of excuses blaming third parties. The flight had arrived 15 minutes late from MRS but couldn’t get on its stand as a Delta (name-checked) plane was still blocking it. Then the inbound had 15 wheelchair passengers who needed to be disembarked by the “airport staff”. He specifically pointed out that both issues were because “the company” did not have control of facilities at t3, which I thought was a little unprofessional.
I have also experienced this on a few BA flights, one I distinctly remember was at LGW before departure to ACE, the captain made a very passive aggressive rant about the airport and how BA had nothing to do with allocation of parking stands etc. Just like every other airline operating at the airport then...
I agree, it's very unprofessional. We're delayed because we're waiting for a parking stand to become available, expect it to take X minutes, sorry for the inconvenience is more than sufficient. I couldn't care less for a life story of internal politics between BA and whatever third parties they liaise with.