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  • in reply to: Edinburgh Turnhouse -> Newark Liberty #428622
    Duesseldwarf
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    Well done report Sandy. Could have done with a bit more detail though, I feel. I mean what colour was the carpet for feck’s sake?? :diablo:

    Joking aside, a bloody good read you gave me there. Glad you enjoyed yourself and that CO gave you a nice time.

    in reply to: more TCX problems #640178
    Duesseldwarf
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    I just hope my flight to Luxor on the A300 next Easter isn’t too badly delayed.

    It’s already delayed by two days!! :diablo: :diablo:

    in reply to: Finally, the Lanzarote pictures are here! #641476
    Duesseldwarf
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    Good pics you have there, Ben. Nice to see the old Toon from the air – I still miss it *sniff* – Are the Gill Airways buildings still there? Do you know if the Gill Head Office is used by anyone else these days or has it been left to rot or been removed (it was only a fancy portakabin after all!)

    in reply to: Bon Voyage b55mused #644385
    Duesseldwarf
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    Glad you got there in the end Sandy. Have fun and enjoy the trip back. Looking forward to your trip report.

    Dean.

    in reply to: Yet another Thomas Cook Incident #644414
    Duesseldwarf
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    Most gays have bad tempers

    Seems it’s not just the press who assume things – it happens right here on the forum too. Rather unfair to the steward in question, be he gay or not.

    in reply to: The safety demonstration #645313
    Duesseldwarf
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    I agree about the importance of paying attention to the safety demonstration and always listen and watch. However, on the Virgin 744 outbound to SFO the other week, we had a manual demonstration and I couldn’t see where they were pointing to – I’m a mere 5′ 4” (hence the dwarf part of Duesseldwarf!!). On the return sector, we had the cartoon-style version on the PTVs and it was so well done. Despite giving the important message, it was made to be humourous and attention grabbing and I would imagine that it is more likely that people did actually pay attention to it. Also, as it was right in front of my face, I didn’t have to strain to see.

    in reply to: Lovely evening at STN #645317
    Duesseldwarf
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    Fandabbydozie photos there Mr. Wannabe – well done. You seem to be enjoying your new camera.

    in reply to: Amsterdam Trip Pics #649633
    Duesseldwarf
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    I love that face-on KLM 744 shot – cracking! The other photos are very good too. Thanks for sharing.

    in reply to: LHR/SFO/LHR with VS #429136
    Duesseldwarf
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    Thanks very much lads.

    Oh, I must add that the Air France photo has not been colour enhanced in any way and the aircraft actually was that clean on the outside. :diablo:

    in reply to: LHR/SFO/LHR with VS #429143
    Duesseldwarf
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    A selection of photos from the 204 I took in a week!! Some aviation related, some not. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

    in reply to: Guy tries to burn PORN MAG on Braathens 737! #676701
    Duesseldwarf
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    Apparently it was actually a sports lingerie magazine with a tie in to the Olympic games… “Bra-Athens”. 😮

    Absolutely priceless!!! 😀

    in reply to: Are lo-cos really cheap? #678894
    Duesseldwarf
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    Was looking up some fares for a trip to EDI in October, and i found that the Locos were dearer than bmi, so going with bmi again!

    I see the reason for this being that the lo-co’s have already sold their decent percentage of cheapest seats on their flights because most people check them out first when booking flights. They are reknowned for the cheap fares and therefore, it makes sense if their flights fill up before the traditional airlines on the same routes even if the trad airlines are cheaper on some dates. Also, if these lo-co’s weren’t any good (not that you said that bmi-star), then BA, bmi and the likes wouldn’t have ever felt the need to create their own lo-cost airlines in the first place and also they wouldn’t have had to reduce the prices on the mainline airlines so dramatically.

    in reply to: Are lo-cos really cheap? #678900
    Duesseldwarf
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    See my signature – I’ve booked 5 return flights with easyJet in the last month for November and December this year. Including the credit card fee (which only applies once per booking and not per passenger or per sector), I paid the following.

    LTN/EDI/LTN 06/11/04 daytrip £40.98 all in
    LTN/WAW/LTN 13/11/04 daytrip £42.31 all in
    LTN/MAD/LTN 20/11/04 daytrip £42.31 all in
    LTN/NCE/LTN 27/11/04 daytrip £35.00 all in
    LTN/EDI/LTN 24/12/04 – 28/12/04 £35.98 all in

    I don’t think that you can argue that these are not cheap. Whether you like the airlines or not, thems cheap fares. Thanks to easyJet, Ryanair, SkyEurope, Monarch Scheduled, Germanwings, Go, flybe. etc I’ve been on around 40 round trips in the last two and half years. These are almost certainly trips I would not have made if the prices hadn’t been so low from my two local airports with these airlines. I know I am not alone, even on this forum, for taking advantage of these fares on these airlines. One never knows when one may not be able to travel due to financial constraints or illness, so I for one am very glad that I can get around Europe whilst I can for relatively little money. But, it isn’t just me, I believe that there are even business travellers who are only allowed to travel on the lo-co’s nowadays because there is a clear saving to be had.

    in reply to: Qantas drops box meals in favor of a la carte service #680497
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    I think with the fierce competition from Virgin Blue on domestic flights and the fact that the rest of their network is more or less made up of longhaul routes, which even nowadays usually have the hot meals, they needed to do something to make themselves attractive again. I don’t think it’s the start of a reverse trend personally.

    in reply to: Qantas drops box meals in favor of a la carte service #680655
    Duesseldwarf
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    Danairboy will be pleased. :p

    Like LBARULES, he was the first person that crossed my mind when I read that too. I’m now off to scrub my mind……. 😀

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