I'm with LeisureFirst - LCY is a wonderful airport to fly into, but not a great place to fly out of - even during regular ops. The only real advantage over LHR/Zone R [where there were consistenly only 0, 1 or 2 pax in front of me over the last three months or so] is that you don't have to remove your shoes. Even during regular ops, that's not good enough - I would prefer the Terraces, and I do greatly prefer the T1 F lounge. I really would not want to be stuck at LCY during irrops. If I had no status, it would be a different story ...