Tugs at LHR T5A :(
Aug 11, 21, 3:08 am
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Tugs at LHR T5A :(
Second flight out of LHR T5A in 2 weeks and both have been delayed by tugs.
Last time, the robot tug refused to disengage, so we were stuck getting pushed back and delayed a flight out of A23.
Took half an hour or so to rectify that one.
Now, pushing back from A23, a tug pushing back an aircraft after from A21? has blown a tire, so now we're stuck 50 minutes after we should have departed.
Not having much luck here!
Last time, the robot tug refused to disengage, so we were stuck getting pushed back and delayed a flight out of A23.
Took half an hour or so to rectify that one.
Now, pushing back from A23, a tug pushing back an aircraft after from A21? has blown a tire, so now we're stuck 50 minutes after we should have departed.
Not having much luck here!
Aug 11, 21, 3:51 am
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Delayed last week by broken down tug. Luckily it did not break the front wheel like a few years ago and a change of plane was required!
Aug 11, 21, 4:19 am
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Originally Posted by xenole
Second flight out of LHR T5A in 2 weeks and both have been delayed by tugs.
Last time, the robot tug refused to disengage, so we were stuck getting pushed back and delayed a flight out of A23.
Took half an hour or so to rectify that one.
Now, pushing back from A23, a tug pushing back an aircraft after from A21? has blown a tire, so now we're stuck 50 minutes after we should have departed.
Not having much luck here!
Last time, the robot tug refused to disengage, so we were stuck getting pushed back and delayed a flight out of A23.
Took half an hour or so to rectify that one.
Now, pushing back from A23, a tug pushing back an aircraft after from A21? has blown a tire, so now we're stuck 50 minutes after we should have departed.
Not having much luck here!
oh no--the robots are developing feelings.
this does not bode well for us.
Aug 11, 21, 7:17 am
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Originally Posted by psychopompos
That couldn't happen on a bus gate, right? Time to start hoping for A10?
Aug 11, 21, 7:19 am
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Originally Posted by psychopompos
That couldn't happen on a bus gate, right? Time to start hoping for A10?
Once you got to the stand by bus the aircraft would still need to be pushed back from the remote stand by .... a tug
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Ps Reminder to self.. must type faster
Aug 11, 21, 7:33 am
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Ah the good old days of delays caused by preventable reasons. Waiting for a tug, stand guidance systems not turned on, no buses, flying in circles over Bovingdon, even delayed departure downroute in anticipation of slot delays into LHR.
Makes me long for a return to those days.
Makes me long for a return to those days.
Aug 11, 21, 1:30 pm
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Originally Posted by psychopompos
Hmm, why did I think that the plane can just go forward at remote stands...
Aug 11, 21, 1:53 pm
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Originally Posted by KARFA
There are remote stands at some airports where that can happen, and even places where you start engines on stand and then pirouette out to the taxiway (for example INV and INN). But I don't think any remote stands at LHR are like that and therefore all require pushback.
To my mind, drive through would be the more efficient process. But I'm sure there must be a good reason they go with push back.
Aug 11, 21, 1:56 pm
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I guess a drive through stand requires more space per stand as you need a taxiway either side, whereas a push back stand requires only one taxiway on one side for entry and exit.
