End of Airport free parking

**AtW** · 13 October 2006, 10:23

"For safety and security reasons we have decided to enforce these procedures more rigorously to improve traffic flow and reduce the chance of road accidents."

If that was the real reason they would not be charging for that short term parking space they are redirecting everyone to.

The swines.

**BoredBloke** · 13 October 2006, 11:00

All airport parking is a complete con anyway. Most airports are in areas which are not hugely built up, so parking should not be as expensive as it is. All it does is encourage wasteful journeys. When I go to the airport I usually take a taxi from home - local taxi company. This means they come to my house, pick me up and drop me off, then drive back empty to where they started from. Then picking me up, they come to the airport empty and drive me home. 4 trips between the airport and home, 2 of which involce empty cars. If the charging was cheaper I would leave my car at the airport and only have 2 trips between the house and the airport.

OK I know that there is a chance that the taxi can get a fare for the journey home, but it does not usually happen.

**foritisme** · 13 October 2006, 11:40

So basically you are paying for delays caused by ATC & baggage handling. I do a few family pickups a year to Manchester and they are the only reasons I stay longer than I need to

**Spacecadet** · 13 October 2006, 11:50

about a year ago i had to pick up one of the company big wigs (i was a permie at that time) from manchester airport, i knew he was in the terminal and making his way towards the car but the airport staff insisted that i could not wait for him for 2 minutes in the pickup area

**expat** · 13 October 2006, 13:27

Sit in the car nearby until you get a text to say they're at the roadside;
OR
just pay it (part of the total cost);
OR
discuss the matter from the driver's seat while sitting in the spot that will jam up the other traffic worse than if they had just let you pick up

OR
never use that airport again, happy to deny the thieving barstewards their extortion even if it means using a less convenient airport. Have you looked at Liverpool or Birmingham + train?

End of Airport free parking