Qantas passengers are fuming this morning with the Brisbane Airport domestic drop-off area becoming a complete shambles after the normal passenger loading zones were blocked off with witches hats.
This is part of an unannounced trial to make drivers aware there are parking spaces available beyond the pedestrian crossing linking the carpark and the domestic terminal.
The resulting chaos has been inconveniencing all Qantas passengers arriving at the airport since first light including those using taxis.
Whoever dreamed up this idiotic trial should be summarily dismissed by the BAC and given the Dunce of the Year Award.
Airport users can only hope that it is not the BAC's Executive Manager Jim Carden who is responsible for this mess.
Jim has been responsible for some memorable decisions and pronouncements in the past.
The BAC must think drivers are all idiots.
Up until today, drivers who were unaware of available parking spaces beyond the pedestrian crossing would have become aware of those spaces when they drove off.
If Jim Carden is not personally responsible for this mess, he should find out who is and take the appropriate action.
Brisbane must be the only airport in the world where those in charge actually think that by blocking parking spaces they can improve car parking availability!
In terms of stupidity, this decision easily outranks the Yes Minister episode where the newly-opened hospital had no patients - to save money!
If Jim Carden really wants to solve the airport car parking problem, his next idea will be to cut aircraft departures and arrivals by half.
Wow Jim - all your problems would be instantly solved with such a brilliant idea.
The sooner Jim Carden steps in and abandons the latest BAC parking trial, the sooner some sense of normality will be restored to the Brisbane Airport.
