Slight exaggeration
Mar 12, 2018, 6:39 am
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Slight exaggeration
Gate agent at LCY just announced that there were so many passengers on our flights get that the number of bags would mean a 1-to-2 hour delay unless people volunteered to check the trolley bags .
Lots of volunteers!
Lots of volunteers!
Mar 12, 2018, 6:43 am
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First thing that came to mind was "what a load of b0ll0cks", 1-2 hours delay unless people check their bags?! If there's a need to limit hand baggage then, IMHO, they should first ask for volunteers, then start enforcing it in the boarding lane for groups 3-5.
NB: For clarity, not suggesting the OP is talking b0ll0cks
NB: For clarity, not suggesting the OP is talking b0ll0cks
Last edited by Lucanesque; Mar 12, 2018 at 6:45 am Reason: clarification to avoid any unnecessary offence
Mar 12, 2018, 7:11 am
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Seeing as it's an LCY flight and full of bankers and lawyers, I'm surprised nobody suggested to make sure there was a 2 hour delay and have everyone due for 250EUR compensation.
Mar 12, 2018, 7:48 am
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Only very junior people get billed out at €125/hour and it would be quite an admission to declare you where that low down the pecking order.
Mar 12, 2018, 7:56 am
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So no-one here has ever experienced an hours delay because the slot was lost while everyone was madly faffing around trying to find somewhere for their bags in the cabin then ?
Mar 12, 2018, 8:02 am
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Mar 12, 2018, 8:12 am
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Never in my experience (luckily), IME that's what boarding on time (e.g. 30 minutes out) and good gate controls helps manage. Scaremongering that there's going to be a 1-2 hour delay if people don't check their bags is unhelpful and, being blunt, BS.
Mar 12, 2018, 8:33 am
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It sounds like it did, however, my calling it BS relates to the OPs opinion around this being exaggeration and I don't believe that it would mean a 1-2 hour delay at LCY if people didn't come running to check their luggage.
Mar 12, 2018, 10:41 am
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That might well be true if the departure had a Calculated Take Off Time (aka ATC slot time). Missing this time could easily result in over an hour’s delay, if not more.
Mar 12, 2018, 10:46 am
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Not at LCY due to faffing around for bags, but I have had ground holds at LCY to wait for a slot time, so I can well believe that there could be a knock-on effect if a slot is lost because of bags.