Originally Posted by
mattm199
Remembering back before aerobridges were common, QF and AN used to have those bins full of umbrellas to walk to the plane with. Maybe they should keep some about for just such a situation (when the black clouds are about?
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some airlines still have them, but only at certain airports
and that isn't much help when deplaning by stairs - especially at places like ZQN where QF parks a long way away from the arrival gate so plenty of opportunity to get badly soaked