Behind the scenes, Knock Airport Documentary

For those interested A new six-part series looks at what goes on in the airport during its 30th year.

http://www.thejournal.ie/knock-airport-documentary-3060499-Nov2016/

Starts on UTV tomorrow.

Stovepipe

the notion that it takes six episodes amazes me.

Stovepipe

Stovepipe wrote: »

the notion that it takes six episodes amazes me.

Prepared to be amazed then as it will take 6 episodes

Stovepipe

UTV? nah, life's too short....;-)

john boye

6 episodes? Wow. And to think I thought RTEs series on Shannon had way too much filler....

Fred Swanson

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plodder

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I'd watch that.

Jayop

Fred Swanson wrote: »

1 episode will focus on the shakedown desk and those that refuse to pay.

A tenner on the way out is a small price to pay to keep such an excellent facility open in the west. If people don't want to pay it then they're free to go to Dublin, pay generally higher fares, fuel to get up there, tolls and more for parking.

cml387

There's a story about the early days of Stansted Airport.

At one stage Stansted tower was phoning Heathrow over some procedural matter when a bell started ringing at the Stansted side.
"What's that?" asked someone.
"Their plane has arrived"

plodder

Jayop wrote: »

A tenner on the way out is a small price to pay to keep such an excellent facility open in the west. If people don't want to pay it then they're free to go to Dublin, pay generally higher fares, fuel to get up there, tolls and more for parking.

It's a bit late to take that option for a visitor heading home to the UK or elsewhere, when they find out about it for the first time, when leaving the country.

Should be included in the ticket price. That way you know about it transparently when you book your flight.

Jayop

plodder wrote: »

It's a bit late to take that option for a visitor heading home to the UK or elsewhere, when they find out about it for the first time, when leaving the country.

Should be included in the ticket price. That way you know about it transparently when you book your flight.

They don't sell the tickets so they can't add it to the price. They could try to charge Ryanair more to use the facility and then Ryanair like they do in other airports that try to charge them more pull all their flights and go somewhere else. It's a tenner, it's nothing really and it cracks me up when I see the amount of moaning people do about it.

Oscar Bravo

Absolutely ,its only a tenner. ile give it a watch, 6 episodes , theres bound to be some gutter in there but hopefully some footage of the C-17s to. I use Knock all the time(Stansted flight), very handy from Castlebar, about 30/35 minutes.

plodder

Jayop wrote: »

They don't sell the tickets so they can't add it to the price. They could try to charge Ryanair more to use the facility and then Ryanair like they do in other airports that try to charge them more pull all their flights and go somewhere else. It's a tenner, it's nothing really and it cracks me up when I see the amount of moaning people do about it.

Sure, it's not really the amount. You wouldn't notice it if the ticket cost an extra tenner. It's the fact that it's a shakedown of passengers, because they can't stand up to Ryanair. And sure, if local, you already know about it, so no big deal. I haven't used Knock in a long time, but I have seen foreign visitors get upset about it. As far as I'm aware it doesn't happen anywhere else in the US or Europe at least.

Jayop

Getting upset over a tenner is sad.

Cookiemunster

Jayop wrote: »

Getting upset over a tenner is sad.

The amount isn't the issue.

jackinthemix94

They still do that shaking down for cash thing? Wow, how is that still legal? Would that come under some type of mis advertising rules - aka the fare isn't representative of the full cost. Ireland only REALLY needs one airport - if SNN can't make it work or they can't stand up to Ryanair, then bye bye.

Irish Steve

Reality check. Knock has survived when a number of others in Ireland and other countries have not. Some may not like the way that they do it, but there are sufficient passengers that use the place that accept it for what it is, and pay the charge that the airport looks for. This thread is about the series that is about to be broadcast on UTV, it is NOT a thread to have a pop at Knock's management strategy, or Ryanair, or the relevance or otherwise of the survival of Knock.

Please stay on topic, if we don't, then we will have to take appropriate action

Odelay

Christ the tech room looks like a Mickey Mouse outfit!

Oops!

Is it repeated during the week?

Buffman

Oops! wrote: »

Is it repeated during the week?

The first episode is online on the UTV player.

Locker10a

Odelay wrote: »

Christ the tech room looks like a Mickey Mouse outfit!

It looks very similar in many ways to the tech rooms of some of europes busiest ATC centres

notharrypotter

Locker10a wrote: »

It looks very similar in many ways to the tech rooms of some of europes busiest ATC centres

Really?

ED E

Certainly no great example of structured cabling.

roundymac

Oops! wrote: »

Is it repeated during the week?

Hopefully not.:D

Buffman

Stovepipe wrote: »

the notion that it takes six episodes amazes me.

From the first episode it appears they've made a 'Dublin Airport: Life Stories' type programme with a dose of 'Mayo-ness' and Catholicism thrown in. Not my cup of tea, but as it's 'filler' in between 'Coronation Street' episodes I guess I'm not in their target demographic.

Odelay wrote: »

Christ the tech room looks like a Mickey Mouse outfit!

Ah, don't be slagging the 'nervous' centre, I'm sure most airports have a model aircraft storage room like that under the tower where you can go to dust off your model aircraft.:rolleyes:

Locker10a

Buffman wrote: »

Stovepipe wrote: »

the notion that it takes six episodes amazes me.

From the first episode it appears they've made a 'Dublin Airport: Life Stories' type programme with a dose of 'Mayo-ness' and Catholicism thrown in. Not my cup of tea, but as it's 'filler' in between 'Coronation Street' episodes I guess I'm not in their target demographic.

Odelay wrote: »

Christ the tech room looks like a Mickey Mouse outfit!

Ah, don't be slagging the 'nervous' centre, I'm sure most airports have a model aircraft storage room like that under the tower where you can go to dust off your model aircraft.:rolleyes:

There actually is.... exactly that! I can tell you in London ATC centre, there are similar rooms, and indeed a similar collection (although larger) of aircraft models !!!

Buffman

Locker10a wrote: »

There actually is.... exactly that! I can tell you in London ATC centre, there are similar rooms, and indeed a similar collection (although larger) of aircraft models !!!

Ye, I've seen a few like that myself and have no bother with that, it was more the 'housekeeping' element that made me cringe. (As in the last thing you do in an electrical room like that is spread dust around like that, should be hoovered regularly.)

JCX BXC

Just watched it, and my main impression is I feel very embarrassed for the families of some of the interviewed:o:o

Oscar Bravo

Much better episode tonight.