What're your thoughts on not very well planned out protesters who go for a direct route?
For those who have no idea of what i'm blathering about, its all here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7771755.stm
Ryanair has called for an urgent review of security at Stansted airport after protesters cut through a fence and caused major disruption to flights.
The Irish-based budget airline has criticised the airport's operator, BAA, for its handling of the incident.
Police arrested 57 people, and 52 flights were cancelled because of the protest by environmental campaigners.
BAA said it could not police every inch of the airport all the time, adding it did not want to run it as a "fortress".
Stephen McNamara, head of communications for Ryanair, told the BBC that BAA needed to come clean over the actions of protest group Plane Stupid.
'Suffragette-style'
He said: "There's three very important questions that need to be answered here by the BAA and Stansted.
Map showing Stansted Airport
"They are - exactly why were protesters able to breach security at 3am this morning, why did it take over five hours to remove them from the taxi-way, and why as a result of this... thousands of passengers had their travel plans interrupted by what we see as just the latest management failure at Stansted airport."
There has been a mixture of anger and understanding in response to the climate-change protest, which the demonstrators said was prompted by their fears over the environmental impact of expansion at the Essex airport.
A Greenpeace spokesman said: "The Climate Change secretary Ed Miliband called for a suffragette-style movement to pressure governments to act. Well, he got his wish.
"The suffragettes were disruptive and lambasted by the establishment of the day, but have been utterly vindicated by history, and no doubt it will be the same with Plane Stupid.
Stansted passengers speak of delays
"The delays to passengers are unfortunate, but right now we're in the most important hundred months in human history as we try to beat climate change before it's too late - and the government's plans to expand airports could destroy our chances before we start."
'Enormous area'
Plane Stupid has a history of evading strict security while ensuring maximum media attention.
In July, one of the group's activists unsuccessfully tried to glue himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an awards ceremony.
Also earlier this year, demonstrators climbed onto the roof of the Houses of Parliament and unfurled a banner protesting plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
Stranded passengers at Stansted
Ryanair told passengers to go home and re-book online
BAA has defended itself against Ryanair's criticism, with commercial director Nick Barton telling the BBC there was never any possibility that the intruders could have reached the runway or planes.
He said: "You should bear in mind, of course, that the runway is about 2,000 acres [8 sq km] in size. It is an enormous area, and we don't intend to run an airport as a fortress."
But Mr McNamara said passengers blamed Ryanair for the delays to their flights because of its visibility, and repeated a call for BAA to be broken up "and Stansted to be allowed to stand on its own".
For those who have no idea of what i'm blathering about, its all here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/essex/7771755.stm
Ryanair has called for an urgent review of security at Stansted airport after protesters cut through a fence and caused major disruption to flights.
The Irish-based budget airline has criticised the airport's operator, BAA, for its handling of the incident.
Police arrested 57 people, and 52 flights were cancelled because of the protest by environmental campaigners.
BAA said it could not police every inch of the airport all the time, adding it did not want to run it as a "fortress".
Stephen McNamara, head of communications for Ryanair, told the BBC that BAA needed to come clean over the actions of protest group Plane Stupid.
'Suffragette-style'
He said: "There's three very important questions that need to be answered here by the BAA and Stansted.
Map showing Stansted Airport
"They are - exactly why were protesters able to breach security at 3am this morning, why did it take over five hours to remove them from the taxi-way, and why as a result of this... thousands of passengers had their travel plans interrupted by what we see as just the latest management failure at Stansted airport."
There has been a mixture of anger and understanding in response to the climate-change protest, which the demonstrators said was prompted by their fears over the environmental impact of expansion at the Essex airport.
A Greenpeace spokesman said: "The Climate Change secretary Ed Miliband called for a suffragette-style movement to pressure governments to act. Well, he got his wish.
"The suffragettes were disruptive and lambasted by the establishment of the day, but have been utterly vindicated by history, and no doubt it will be the same with Plane Stupid.
Stansted passengers speak of delays
"The delays to passengers are unfortunate, but right now we're in the most important hundred months in human history as we try to beat climate change before it's too late - and the government's plans to expand airports could destroy our chances before we start."
'Enormous area'
Plane Stupid has a history of evading strict security while ensuring maximum media attention.
In July, one of the group's activists unsuccessfully tried to glue himself to Prime Minister Gordon Brown at an awards ceremony.
Also earlier this year, demonstrators climbed onto the roof of the Houses of Parliament and unfurled a banner protesting plans to build a third runway at London's Heathrow Airport.
Stranded passengers at Stansted
Ryanair told passengers to go home and re-book online
BAA has defended itself against Ryanair's criticism, with commercial director Nick Barton telling the BBC there was never any possibility that the intruders could have reached the runway or planes.
He said: "You should bear in mind, of course, that the runway is about 2,000 acres [8 sq km] in size. It is an enormous area, and we don't intend to run an airport as a fortress."
But Mr McNamara said passengers blamed Ryanair for the delays to their flights because of its visibility, and repeated a call for BAA to be broken up "and Stansted to be allowed to stand on its own".
