imagined that you owned an airport and you wanted to make as much money from your investment as possible. Now imagine that a sizeable chunk of your revenue - let's say 15% - came from short term car park. Now let's say that you charge a sizeable chunk per car to park, per 15 minutes, and that the price goes up after that first 15 minutes. Now let's say that airlines measure and publish their _on time arrival_ performance figures AND those figures are calculated according to when the plane lands, not when the passenger leaves the airport. Imagine, cynically that no one cares when the customer leaves the airport apart from the passengers (who want to leave early) and you, the owner of the airport (who wants to maximise your revenue).
Now take all these together and tell me: wouldn't you be wise to say "screw the passengers" and take your time unloading the planes and the baggage, so that we can earn as much short term parking income as possible? .oOo. Sent from my BlackBerry www.ClarkeChing.com +44(0)7920114893
