It’s official. The world has gone mad. Or, if not mad, then slightly odd for sure. Siemens, it seems, are launching a new range of products for (get this) “Green and Efficient Airports!” I mean, sure, they’re to be commended for trying but doesn’t it seem like a case of locking the barn door after the horse has bolted?…Bolted, grown up, raised a family and died.

I’m not saying that Siemens should abandon phone systems to come up with a contrail-busting system – but baggage sorting systems? Flight information services? A Siemens Phone System app. for boarding messages? I mean, really? In the world I thought I lived in, a ‘Green and Efficient Airports’ scheme generally offered more than a call service for the drunkards at the airport bar!