Stratofreighter wrote:Key wrote:Quite interesing, how much excitement this event causes here...
If you want to learn about other frustrated/missed opportunities at Rotterdam Zestienhoven in the past, then read through the thread at
http://forum.rtm-info.nl/viewtopic.php?p=5906" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; .
No wonder local "aviation people" get "worked up" if incidents like these happen and continue to happen...
Especially read the "pensioned broker" (yes, he is for real !) part...
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As the saying goes, when one door closes, another opens.
I wouldn't necessarily describe the opportunities as missed, as it's more likely that those opportunites were turned down as part of the greater strategy/long-term plan. Aside from that, I suspect that the opportunities mentioned in the other thread, were merely options for the companies in question, and by no means a guarantee that had the management of the airport at the time decided to persue these opportunities, they still would have happened.
As Key said, I'm surprised how much of a ruckus this relatively minor event has caused, and especially how the airport (and it's management) is being blamed for perfectly reasonable business decisions made by the handling company.
Yorden