2,000 lights out at Suvarnabhumi - Visibility at night a problem, say pilots - Bangkok Post, January 28, 2008
...The delay in fixing the broken lights occurred because AoT placed an order for many lightbulbs at one time, he said.
Mr Chaisak said he had once suggested AoT change its buying method.
Instead of ordering a large number of lightbulbs at the same time, he said, AoT should buy smaller numbers of replacement stock periodically, when only some bulbs were not functioning...
...The delay in fixing the broken lights occurred because AoT placed an order for many lightbulbs at one time, he said.
Mr Chaisak said he had once suggested AoT change its buying method.
Instead of ordering a large number of lightbulbs at the same time, he said, AoT should buy smaller numbers of replacement stock periodically, when only some bulbs were not functioning...