Over the past few weeks I have more frequently than not seen the aircraft overnighting at Belfast City parked with their noses pointing 135 (degrees if nose in was said to be 000 degrees – a bit like LCY parking) and BAe146/Dash8s of Flybe parked closed together than normal.
This seemed to have been done before the bad weather of late, any ideas why? I doubt it is so no tugs are needed in the morning as the bmi A321 that overnights is in the same position but has to be pulled onto stand in the morning so that airbridge can be used. Unsure if rest are moved to nose in.
Any ideas?
By: steve rowell - 3rd January 2007 at 02:09
See what happens when you leave a plane parked overnight in Sydney…those pesky young lads
By: andrewm - 2nd January 2007 at 14:18
I thought it might be but it has been done in cases of good weather over the last month or so! Also, they are always parked in the same position when the wind around that area can normally get a 130 heading which would mean wind was going from nose to tail whilst parked nose in on stand!
By: LBA-EGNM - 2nd January 2007 at 14:12
Yer this happens at LBA, For example the Ls 757 are ‘reversed’ in to their stand. I got told the reason for this is because if they face into the wind the wind passes over the a/c fine but if it is blowing from back to front it can cause damage so some parts of the a/c. 🙂
By: lukeylad - 2nd January 2007 at 13:51
Great example for NCL the BA airbridge when its windy aircraft dont connect to it i think *correct me if im wrong. The park with there wing to the terminal.
By: OneLeft - 2nd January 2007 at 13:49
This happens during bad weather at NCL too. It’s so that the aircraft is parked nose into wind.
1L.
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January 2, 2007 at 12:19 pm