Leeds Bradford - General Thread

[Len Fish]

If this is the U250 flight to Belfast FR shows it has departed late on 5 occasions since early October but four of the incoming flights were late coming into LBA.

 

[YorkshireLad]

It departed well over 2 hours late today after arriving on time. Something must have gone badly wrong specifically today

 

[White Heather]

Not sure what aircraft normally does this rotation. But it's a 319 today.

No row 30 is hardly anything to do with LBA though is it? LBA doesn't do the seat booking. The rest is down to Swissport. Seems ridiculous an Easyjet employee suggesting that LBA is at fault for what is clearly Easyjets own failure together with their own contractor.

Perhaps the pro DSA anti LBA Swissport person we have at LBA is working under cover to boost DSAs chances of stealing Easyjet from LBA!

 

[The Pole]

No row 30 is hardly anything to do with LBA though is it? LBA doesn't do the seat booking. The rest is down to Swissport. Seems ridiculous an Easyjet employee suggesting that LBA is at fault for what is clearly Easyjets own failure together with their own contractor.

Perhaps the pro DSA anti LBA Swissport person we have at LBA is working under cover to boost DSAs chances of stealing Easyjet from LBA!

Merely quoting what the male attendant said. That there is always an issue at LBA!
Waiting for Marshallers, steps buses or a n other issue.
The Swiss port girl said the issue was easyjet not uploading passenger list. Swiss port guy at gate said tech issue so i assumed it was with plane. When i got on no issue with plane.

As stated earlier i don't know if the Monday morning flight is normally a 320 and was switched to a 319 yesterday. But everyone got on!

Maybe you can find out the exact reason we were delayed and missed our connecting bus and train!

Don't jump on the defensive all the time WH just putting the info out there! You can feed back!

Looking on easyjet post 13/12 it looks like it should have been a 320.

Easyjet told us it was an I T issue at Leeds Bradford so don't know who to believe

 

[White Heather]

Merely quoting what the male attendant said. That there is always an issue at LBA!
Waiting for Marshallers, steps buses or a n other issue.
The Swiss port girl said the issue was easyjet not uploading passenger list. Swiss port guy at gate said tech issue so i assumed it was with plane. When i got on no issue with plane.

As stated earlier i don't know if the Monday morning flight is normally a 320 and was switched to a 319 yesterday. But everyone got on!

Maybe you can find out the exact reason we were delayed and missed our connecting bus and train!

Don't jump on the defensive all the time WH just putting the info out there! You can feed back!

Looking on easyjet post 13/12 it looks like it should have been a 320.

Easyjet told us it was an I T issue at Leeds Bradford so don't know who to believe

I'm well aware that youre just quoting what was said and my criticism isn't aimed at you, its aimed at Easyjet staff making daft statements aimed at LBA when in fact its clearly an issue of the airline's own making, along with Swissport, who are contracted to Easyjet. Please tell me where, exactly, there is any criticism of yourself for reporting what was said?

The fact you assume I am having a go at you by responding to point this out suggests it's yourself on the defensive, not me. And sorry but the whole point of a forum is to respond and discuss.

As for finding out the reasons, I'm sorry but what makes you think Im in a position to do so? I am on the Consultative Committee but otherwise have nothing at all to do with LBA so have no access to inside information as to what caused an Easyjet delay that impacted you. Even if I did have the ability, right now I have other more pressing issues to deal with which literally are matters of life or death.

 

[KARFA]

Merely quoting what the male attendant said. That there is always an issue at LBA!
Waiting for Marshallers, steps buses or a n other issue.
The Swiss port girl said the issue was easyjet not uploading passenger list. Swiss port guy at gate said tech issue so i assumed it was with plane. When i got on no issue with plane.

As stated earlier i don't know if the Monday morning flight is normally a 320 and was switched to a 319 yesterday. But everyone got on!

Maybe you can find out the exact reason we were delayed and missed our connecting bus and train!

Don't jump on the defensive all the time WH just putting the info out there! You can feed back!

Looking on easyjet post 13/12 it looks like it should have been a 320.

Easyjet told us it was an I T issue at Leeds Bradford so don't know who to believe

come on @The Pole, you should know by now that any suggested criticism of LBA on this board, even if third hand, will be met in this way

the committee has already conducted and concluded their investigation, and found LBA is not to blame.

 

[Len Fish]

No one is disputing there was a long delay and we’ll probably never know what or who caused it but as I pointed out in post #6141 above, of the five late departures of this flight since early October four were late arriving into LBA. Perhaps the EasyJet crew member should be looking closer to home for reasons for the late departures from Leeds.

 

[Statto]

According to Flight-radar, for the whole of 2025 there have been 11 red-dotted outbound services from LBA to BFS (red dot means a delay of more than 45 mins I believe) That's out of 126 planned flights. Of those 11,
- 7 were 'red dots' an the inbound flight
- 2 were orange dots on the inbound and picked up an additional 30 mins in LBA
- 1 flight was diverted the night before
- 1 flight (yesterday) operated on time and picked up a significant delay outbound

 

[Aviador]

It wouldn’t be an LBA thread without a bit of a defensive scrum as soon as someone mentions a delay! While the sarcasm about the "committee" having already cleared the airport of all charges is top-tier, we should probably look at the actual facts of the "disaster" reported by the crew.
If we're going to be objective, here’s how things usually play out in these situations.

The "missing" row 30, this is almost certainly an EasyJet issue. If the aircraft was swapped last minute for a different variant (like an A319 instead of an A320), the seat map changes. LBA management certainly doesn't control the cabin configuration.

Passenger list Issues, again, this should sit with Swissport who EasyJet contracts as the handling agent and the airline’s own systems. If the manifest hasn't cleared or the check-in data is wonky, the airport's infrastructure is just the stage where the drama plays out not the director of the play.

The "crew hate LBA" comment. Let’s be honest, crew often have a moan about LBA because of the "Yorkshire Fog" or the notorious "sideways landing" on Runway 14/32. It’s no secret that it's a challenging airport to fly into, but that’s a far cry from the airport being responsible for a check-in delay at 07:30.

The bottom line is its easy to blame the bricks and mortar of the terminal. 9 times out of 10, if your seat doesn't exist or your paperwork is a mess, that's the airline and their contractors.

 

[HX3]

What’s disappointing about recent comments(in my opinion) is that when a very active and valued member of the forum is open about personal circumstances where their parent is in hospital. She then has to read comments of her being defensive and has sarcasm directed her way. I think we should all be better than that- we don’t have to agree but we should retain empathy and respect.

 

[Finger66]

What’s disappointing about recent comments(in my opinion) is that when a very active and valued member of the forum is open about personal circumstances where their parent is in hospital. She then has to read comments of her being defensive and has sarcasm directed her way. I think we should all be better than that- we don’t have to agree but we should retain empathy and respect.

Well said @HX3

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

It sounds like an easyJet problem. And a swissport problem. Nothing to do in the remotest fashion with LBA. They don't get called "p1ssport" within the aviation circles for nothing.

Delays due snow - are a combination of all 3/4 problems. LBA, Airline, Handling Agents and Natural Acts of God.

 

[Seasider]

According to Flight-radar, for the whole of 2025 there have been 11 red-dotted outbound services from LBA to BFS (red dot means a delay of more than 45 mins I believe) That's out of 126 planned flights. Of those 11,
- 7 were 'red dots' an the inbound flight
- 2 were orange dots on the inbound and picked up an additional 30 mins in LBA
- 1 flight was diverted the night before
- 1 flight (yesterday) operated on time and picked up a significant delay outbound

A maximum of 4 flights out of 126 could be "blamed" on LBA, that is 3% of total flights.

I know we don't know the actual reasons for delay but @The Pole was delayed and missed connections in Belfast. It is easy to understand that he wants to blame someone and decided on LBA.

It would be interesting to know if any of the other flights he has used has been on time. Complement LBA, or easyJet/Swissport?

 

[BCFC]

What’s disappointing about recent comments(in my opinion) is that when a very active and valued member of the forum is open about personal circumstances where their parent is in hospital. She then has to read comments of her being defensive and has sarcasm directed her way. I think we should all be better than that- we don’t have to agree but we should retain empathy and respect.

If I was in the same situation as WH I will leave the forum alone for a month or 2, far more important things in life than an aviation forum.

 

[The Pole]

Hey just for the record the delay didn't bother me. We got the next bus and train. It was merely to point out an issue on the forum. I have supported LBA since a child so wasn't blaming them.

I am well aware an aircraft swap isn't LBA's issue.

The other passengers not so aviation savvy are the ones LBA need to cater for that were moaning and kicking off. Including the Mrs!
Desk not opened when should have been then the tech issue then sat on plane for an hour!
I'm just interested to find out what the real issue was. LBA Swiss port blaming easyjet and vice versa.

We all have life s issues to deal with.

I won't post anymore personally gained info from third parties on this site.

Will leave forum till next year!

 

[Finger66]

@LBA4EVER 2 tickets booked for Baildon on 09Feb and @LBAYORKIE 2 also booked for Meanwood on 11Feb. A few logistics still to sort but Mrs Finger and I are trying to do our supportive bit where we can

 

[Sherburnflyer92]

If I was in the same situation as WH I will leave the forum alone for a month or 2, far more important things in life than an aviation forum.

And with all due respect to you that’s how you would handle it. Some people in life may find it as an escapism for an hour or two to inform members of news or share a few thoughts. If that’s there way of escaping the reality of the very sad circumstances then we, as forum members, should respect that decision. Ultimately we should respect each other.

 

[gcoabc1]

Well said @HX3

What’s disappointing about recent comments(in my opinion) is that when a very active and valued member of the forum is open about personal circumstances where their parent is in hospital. She then has to read comments of her being defensive and has sarcasm directed her way. I think we should all be better than that- we don’t have to agree but we should retain empathy and respect.

Spot on HX3.

 

[LBA4EVER]

And with all due respect to you that’s how you would handle it. Some people in life may find it as an escapism for an hour or two to inform members of news or share a few thoughts. If that’s there way of escaping the reality of the very sad circumstances then we, as forum members, should respect that decision. Ultimately we should respect each other.

as some of you know on here i lost my father this year, but visiting this forum, checking the posts on here and keeping up with LBA news and events was a form of escapism and does actually take my mind off the sad events. I still cant compute and get my head around whats happened this year but this site and the fab members on here is an escapism, so yes we all deal with things in different ways.

 

[YorkshireLad]

From my personal point of view, at the start of the year I couldn’t possibly have predicted how challenging it would be, or the reasons for it. I would guess some on here would struggle to understand these reasons, and honestly so do I. However, aviation, and by extension this forum, has been a vital stable point in my life, and therefore I, like some, have also used it as a form of escapism from life, it’s like a separate world where things have only been going upwards since 2021, and there is actually hope for a positive future for the airport.

What brings us all together on this forum is our shared passion for aviation, and especially in this section, our passion for LBA. (I especially notice this because there are definitely some members who I likely share almost nothing else in common with (a wokie, LGBT, soon-to-be Green voting supporter of LBA? Who’d have thought it?)) Naturally, this does cause us to sometimes get defensive, and occasionally personal if one doesn’t happen to be thinking clearly in that moment. I think we need to remember that this is what brings us together, and to always think about how other people may interpret our posts.

This is all I have to say on this subject. I will turn my attention to the new year, and the amazing possibilities for LBA over the next 12 months