Thanks everyone - will file their missives from now on!

Thanks - have filed it!

IS all the advice here DON'T PAY MET, NO MATTER WHAT? Just to explain: I got a notice for outstaying my welcome in the carpark of McD's at Stansted. I hadn't seen the signs and went into the restaurant to get "a meal and a drink" whilst waiting for my husband to arrive on a flight that, unbeknown to me before I left home, was delayed by the French Air Traffic Controller's strike. I went to sit in my car whilst I ate so that I could leave instantly if he texted to say he was at the Pick Up point. Apparently, according to the photographic evidence, I overstayed my welcome by 17 minutes (although I did drive in and out of that car park twice) but I can't be sure of the timings. Unfortunately I appealed by email but they now say I have to pay. I am already over the stated payment date in the letter and am worried about what will happen next. Any advice please?

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I wish I had found this forum earlier but any advice would be gratefully received. I received a MET PCN for an apparent violation at a McDonald's Carpark at Stansted Airport. I was going to collect my husband trip home following a heart attack in Madrid where he is employed full-time. I wasn’t aware until late that there was a French Air Traffic Controller’s strike on that would affect his flight. I checked his flight number over and over again via the Stansted arrivals page on their website and, whilst other flights were being updated to show cancellations or delays, his flight still showed the flight as on time. I had not booked parking as all I was going to do was fill up with petrol, go to McDonald’s and get something to eat and be prepared to leave as soon as he texted, to pick him up. I had received no text having been at McDonald’s for a while so I used my Blackberry to check the website again but still it said the flight was “on time” and I daren’t leave as I recalled that the pick-up car park was restricted to 15 minutes waiting time. Originally intending to be at MacDonald’s for only 30 minutes-ish, it hadn’t occurred that the parking might be restricted in terms of time/stay and I had eaten there after all! The only reason I was there was because of the French Air Traffic Controller’s strike and the lack of information. I appealed by email, nit letter as their response states, but I notice that they are on the AOS list as per the BPA site. Shall I write back, pay or what?