Leeds Bradford: General Airport Discussion & Updates

[Snackbar]

The airport may have made a loss, but this is for a specific reason - carefully planned capital investment to enable the airport to grow substantially in the medium term. The loss has been planned for, and the airport has been profitable in preceding years, this isn’t a struggling business.

They are however like most other businesses having to contend with a significant increase in employment costs as a result of recent political policy changes together with a massive increase in business costs which seem to have hit the airport sector hard…….Hopefully for both employees and the employer the situation can get resolved without the need for strike action which in the longer term will benefit neither party…..

 

[White Heather]

If there are no ATC staff then surely we will be shut. All we need now is the planning application to go 3 sheets to hell in a handcart and really will be screwed.

It may be just the more junior ATC staff with senior controllers who earn a lot more, unaffected. Maybe they are in a different union.

The press will be delighted to make out the airport will be effectively shut even if it's not true. All they do is cause huge upset for thousands booked to fly over the three days.

 

[Finger66]

The number of potential different airport strike threats we get news of at work seem to end up causing very little disruption in the grand scheme of things so I tend to believe LBA rather than the usual bad press the airport tends to suffer at any given opportunity

 

[Len Fish]

The Unite press release mentions they are seeking pay parity with other (unspecified) airports. As AENA also operate Luton and Newcastle does this infer employees there doing the same jobs are paid more or is this just a Union red herring?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

The Unite press release mentions they are seeking pay parity with other (unspecified) airports. As AENA also operate Luton and Newcastle does this infer employees there doing the same jobs are paid more or is this just a Union red herring?

I read that they wanted parity with Newcastle.

 

[Finger66]

Why I read that too man!!!!

 

[oldendays]

ATC at Luton is provided by NATS, not AENA.

 

[Len Fish]

Which would make sense that they want parity with Newcastle whose ATC is also provided “in house”.

 

[Finger66]

Does anyone know what is going on near crash gate 2 on airport land? There is currently an excavator there with 4 different sized buckets and the previous container type building have been moved down to the bottom of the slope nearer Multiflight. Early prep for fire station relocation?

 

[LBAYORKIE]

Does anyone know what is going on near crash gate 2 on airport land? There is currently an excavator there with 4 different sized buckets and the previous container type building have been moved down to the bottom of the slope nearer Multiflight. Early prep for fire station relocation?

Just removing the stand-by tower as far asxI know.

 

[Finger66]

There is now a quite long/large skip lorry here waiting to collect something. It can't currently gain access to the airfield but sure things will become clearer in the short term

 

[mdobuk21]

The old tower has been demolished, happened yesterday

 

[Finger66]

Has it been cleared/demolished for any specific reason? The skip sounded very hollow/empty when removed this morning

 

[mdobuk21]

No idea mate, it was looking well past its best!

 

[Finger66]

Certainly can't disagree with that. Once the excavator goes it will be a slightly better view from up there

 

[HX3]

Please May I ask which tower you guys are referring to?

 

[Aviador]

Please May I ask which tower you guys are referring to?

It was a red and white pre-fab building from Church Fenton or somewhere. It was positioned on Planetree Hill overlooking the airfield from the south, meant as a temporary facility in case the main tower became unusable.

 

[HX3]

Thanks for the update to my question @Aviador.

 

[LBAYORKIE]

It was a red and white pre-fab building from Church Fenton or somewhere. It was positioned on Planetree Hill overlooking the airfield from the south, meant as a temporary facility in case the main tower became unusable.

I heard it was from RNAS Lee-on- Solent, did anyone else think this?

 

[quik123]

I think you're right. I seem to remember that was its origin probably about 30 years ago now. It was never used. For the last 10 years it's been open to the elements, should have been removed years ago!