How to fuck up an airport

Easy: political corruption masquerading as incompetence and bad luck, since our leaders have absolutely zero accountability, so they have no incentive to actually do anything right and can instead represent the interests of various businesses and interest groups using your tax money, and once their political career is over, they can get on the payroll as execs or consultants by the same business they helped get rich using taxpayer money.

Re: How to fuck up an airport

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Post by javajosh » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:12 PM UTC

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #4

Easy: political corruption masquerading as incompetence and bad luck, since our leaders have absolutely zero accountability, so they have no incentive to actually do anything right and can instead represent the interests of various businesses and interest groups using your tax money, and once their political career is over, they can get on the payroll as execs or consultants by the same business they helped get rich…

Maybe technology, and a little behavioral modification, can help. For example, you can make an agreement with yourself: along with any online statement about endemic corruption, bad luck, lack of accountability, I will do something to reverse this trend I do not like. I will post the names of the politicians, businesses, consultants, responsible for a specific bad outcome. I think that would both strengthen your message and make you feel less helpless.

Re: How to fuck up an airport

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Post by somishere » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:13 PM UTC

I have another method. Let everyone go during covid and then attempt to re-hire them all on less generous terms after the fact. Looking at you DUB (and no doubt many others).

Re: How to fuck up an airport

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Post by odiroot » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:14 PM UTC

Best way: close the actual city airport that was functioning like a well-oiled machine and was loved by the city population. Even better, do it against their explicit wishes with a shady decision that reeks of corruption.

Any follow-up to that will always end up being "fucked up".

Re: How to fuck up an airport

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Post by Jaruzel » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:22 PM UTC

somishere wrote: post #6

I have another method. Let everyone go during covid and then attempt to re-hire them all on less generous terms after the fact. Looking at you DUB (and no doubt many others).

Heathrow definitely.

Yet still the UK holiday companies are endlessly pimping last minute summer deals with the knowledge that flights through July and August are going to be totally messed up.

Re: How to fuck up an airport

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Post by number6 » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:22 PM UTC

somishere wrote: post #6

I have another method. Let everyone go during covid and then attempt to re-hire them all on less generous terms after the fact. Looking at you DUB (and no doubt many others).

Seemingly all of them across Europe done that. There are talks to hire experienced people from Turkey to help with the workers shortage. My guess, most people saw the airport job as a jumping board and just needed a push to quit and never come back.

Re: How to fuck up an airport

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Post by cyberpunk » Sun, Jul 03, 2022, 5:24 PM UTC

odiroot wrote: post #7

Best way: close the actual city airport that was functioning like a well-oiled machine and was loved by the city population. Even better, do it against their explicit wishes with a shady decision that reeks of corruption. Any follow-up to that will always end up being "fucked up".

I mean, sort of. The A gates which all had the separate security for each gate worked great. You could rock up 25 mins before your BA flight and just cruise right onto the plane.

That stopped there though, did you ever fly from B or C? Tolerable enough if you're catching a commuter to Munich or something at 7am, but once it's filled with tourists it was appalling, far too small, far too crowded.

Living in the west of the city, I'm quite happy having the airport moved further away for noise reasons though :}