A pit bull terrier – then I could rip the throats out of the leadership of the GMB, the TGWU and the entire groundstaff of BA. And I don’t apologise for saying that either.

Say whatever I wish heh???

Yes – but not in such forthright a fashion.
Please remember that this is a family forum; moaning about your bad day is all well and good but try using ‘flip’ instead of your favourite four letter expletive…

If you want to know what the A320 is like in general, I can tell you it is a very nice aircraft, especially when you get the exit row with extra legroom! I prefer the type to the 737 but I have only flown in A320s belonging to Air France.

I cannot tell you what the MyTravel A320 is like.

No Hand, I mean T2. When I was last there, in 2002, we ended up eating in a basement cafe among the airport staff, it was a pizza place because there was hardly anywhere else. We found one small window where we could see passing aircraft, but it looked as though it had not been cleaned in years. Our aircraft was delayed and we ended up waiting in somewhere resembling a dungeon. It does not compare with Brussels for ease of viewing or number of eating and shopping places.

You would expect a facility in Paris to be better served for eating than CDG was. It’s a shame really because I think Air France are great to fly with, but using CDG as their hub would put me off flying long haul with them.

My first ever dog was a Dalmatian – best dogs you can get. He was a superb guard and nearly killed two Alsatians at once in a fight. Then we had a Belgian Tervueren, who had a condition called “rage syndrome” so we couldn’t keep it. Now we have a three quarter Labrador/one quarter curly coat retriever called Dexter, who is mentally deranged and a total bloody wimp. It runs away from cats if they look at it.

On the topic of animals named after aircraft, the vets where I helped out when I was at school once had a cat in for neutering and it was called Jumbo Jet.

Pablo you have very good taste! I just love flying from London City on VLM, and the drop down steep approach is superb in the Fokker 50. I hope I get chance to fly from there again sometime.

This is nothing at all to do with aviation I’m afraid, but I have been enjoying the lovely scenery in your photos as I’m going to Iceland next week (9th July) on a pony riding holiday.

Lucky you – Iceland horses (never, ever called “ponies” even though they are small) are the best horses in the world to ride. I have visited Iceland loads of times, and landed and taken off from Akureyri (AEY) in an Icelandair Fokker 27. Akureyri is a beautiful place and we had glorious warm sunshine when we were there.

Helsinki is very nice.

But my real favourites are (no bias here 😀 )

1. Brussels – best food, best beer, nicest square (Grand Place), best monument (the Atomium – I never get tired of seeing it!)

2. Brugge (known to the British as “Bruges”) – lovely old step-gabled buildings, pubs which serve the best beer in the world, nicest canals in the world.

3. Oudenaarde – the home of the best beer in the world.

4. Oostende (known to the British as “Ostend”) – best seaside resort anywhere (that comes from someone who lives on the coast). Best plaice you can get here. Nice beers are also available.

5. Spa – in the Belgian Ardennes region, lovely wooded hills around here, great train ride between Verviers and Spa and gorgeous trout and chips at Les Relais restaurant.

After my 10 day visit in September I will probably be able to add Kortrijk, Tournai and Dinant, as well as Leuven to this list.

Sorry to Antwerp, Mechelen and Liege for missing out, but it did ask for five only! Not to mention Kortenberg.