For those that do not read The Sunday Times at a weekend, you may or may not be suprised to know that Martin ‘Baby Branson’ Halstead has been given yet more press space in the Business section!
In my opinion, the very small article does not tell us anything new, and in places is actually wrong. For example, it states that ‘it’ [as in named airline] was meant to be flying SOU-IOM, but switched to SOU-EDI…am I wrong in thinking that it was then switched (again!) to IOM-EDI?
Is it me or could this not have been reported last year once it was made clear that it was not going to work out…?
And the biggest understatement of all is that it says that his airline plans ‘did not turn out as planned’…er, gee wizz, I would of never of guessed…!
There are rumours that he is working for Virgin Atlantic as cabin crew, and is ‘mulling a return to the role of airline boss’, although he could not be contacted to confirm this or not!
By: Newforest - 11th August 2010 at 07:49
Lads, if the resurrection of a 3 year old thread was done just to begin a new round of mud slinging, I will be forced to lock it. So, kindly avoid going in that direction.🙂
No intention, just reporting the ‘facts’ and hoping they are proved one way or the other. 😉
Thought the thread title was more appropriate than more recent postings on the same subject.
By: Grey Area - 11th August 2010 at 07:38
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To add to Kabir’s posting above: unless someone can come up with a compelling reason (and in fairly short order) for choosing to resurrect a thread that had been closed for over three years, then it will be laid to rest again.
At a crossroads.
With a stake through its heart.
Regards
GA
By: KabirT - 11th August 2010 at 05:51
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Lads, if the resurrection of a 3 year old thread was done just to begin a new round of mud slinging, I will be forced to lock it. So, kindly avoid going in that direction.🙂
By: Richard Taylor - 10th August 2010 at 21:49
£15,000 Training Bond for prospective pilots, to be paid up front? :rolleyes:
By: Newforest - 10th August 2010 at 21:32
lemme guess…Jetstream 31……………..:diablo:
Yup, forgot to add that tidbit!
By: KabirT - 10th August 2010 at 21:20
Are we going to go through this all over again? 😎
By: Richard Taylor - 10th August 2010 at 21:10
lemme guess…Jetstream 31……………..:diablo:
By: Newforest - 10th August 2010 at 20:01
It is ‘rumoured’ that he who cannot be mentioned may have been appointed as the commercial manager of BV Airways, a new airline being formed in the British Virgin Islands. Funny how that ‘virgin’ keeps popping up! Also rumoured that he was getting married this month! 😉
By: Richard Taylor - 18th June 2007 at 09:38
Drive ? YES
Self-Belief? YES
ABILITY in civil aviation? ????????
YOU DECIDE…
I can see Halstead though as the “Tre” of the 2008 Apprentice! :diablo:
(I’m sure even HE could sell coffee in central London…:) )
By: andrewm - 17th June 2007 at 23:47
in all seriousness for a second… he clearly has lots of drive and self-belief. Surely he could do worse than put himself forward for “The Apprentice” ?
If your already been in the media in any format other than in background of a crowd shot etc your not considered. We have been filmed several times for BBC and i was denied my application for apprentice based on this.
By: Michael_Mcr - 17th June 2007 at 16:38
So can we see Mr Halstead venturing into the airline business again, & will his second venture be as successful as his first seems to have been? 😀
Allegedly…:rolleyes:
in all seriousness for a second… he clearly has lots of drive and self-belief. Surely he could do worse than put himself forward for “The Apprentice” ?
By: Michael_Mcr - 17th June 2007 at 16:34
Or, failing that, they shall be cast forth into Outer Darkness.
Where the tortured shades of condemned threads weep and wail and gnash their teeth and serves them blimmin’ well right, too! 😎
GA
oooooooooo….flashback time – we had a VERY religious RE teacher at school who’s favourite quote from the bible was to stride around the classroom with his shaking arms held aloft and he would deliver the stern line “… and there was MUCH wailing and gnashing of teeth !!! ..”
eeek – think i will go and hide behind the sofa for a bit 🙂
By: Grey Area - 17th June 2007 at 08:13
This thread has seen more Mod activity than the auditions for Quadrophenia ! :rolleyes: Time to bury it maybe ??? 😉
Spoilsport! :p
By: Ren Frew - 17th June 2007 at 02:33
This thread has seen more Mod activity than the auditions for Quadrophenia ! :rolleyes: Time to bury it maybe ??? 😉
By: Grey Area - 16th June 2007 at 17:44
More Moderation
…….Anything else needs to find its way to the GD forum….
Or, failing that, they shall be cast forth into Outer Darkness.
Where the tortured shades of condemned threads weep and wail and gnash their teeth and serves them blimmin’ well right, too! 😎
GA
By: Richard Taylor - 16th June 2007 at 16:48
So can we see Mr Halstead venturing into the airline business again, & will his second venture be as successful as his first seems to have been? 😀
Allegedly…:rolleyes:
By: andrewm - 16th June 2007 at 15:21
Whilst I could go on about this subject for a while, we do need to keep this topic on a commerical aviation theme or i will sadly have to move it to GD!
So anything about Martin Halstead being involved in Commerical Aviation or Alpha One Airways can be discussed. Anything else needs to find its way to the GD forum….
By: Ren Frew - 16th June 2007 at 10:36
Of course this should all be “allegedly” otherwise the forum will be in all sorts of legal problems…….
“When I met him at EDI a few years ago he was “allegedly” getting into…..”:D
By: Dantheman77 - 16th June 2007 at 02:35
When I met him at EDI a few years ago, he was talking about getting into some virgin…. I believe she worked for Easyjet at the time… ? 😀
Of course this should all be “allegedly” otherwise the forum will be in all sorts of legal problems…….
By: steve rowell - 16th June 2007 at 02:32
When I met him at EDI a few years ago, he was talking about getting into some virgin…. I believe she worked for Easyjet at the time… ? 😀
It certainly wasn’t Jane Bolton then!!
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