17th December- 102 anniversary of powered flight (Wright brothers)
How far we have come.

In my case, not very far at all…..

Until tomorrow 🙂

The irony of today being the 102nd Anniversary of the Wright Brother’s first flight was not lost on me.

Regards,

kev35

Consul.

I was there and the schedule was disrupted very badly. My Father and I were scheduled for a 14:30 flight. This slipped to at least 16:30 and possibly later. Because of this we were offered a 12:00 flight tomorrow so hopefully we’ll be off tomorrow.

The incident involving the 360 was just one of those things. I also have to thank the staff and volunteers from the Air Atlantique Classic Flight for their efforts on what turned out to be a very difficult day for them.

I look forward to meeting some of them again tomorrow morning.

Regards,

kev35

The SkyCommuter website is interesting, as it mentions Rangemile and the use of various aircraft including Jetstreams.

If you follow the link to Nutricius who run the group it appears that they are the force behind AlphaOne, even providing what they call the “Infrostructure.”

So, I suppose the question here is who really is behind AlphaOne?

Regards,

kev35

Don’t say things like that Mark unless you know who or what you are talking about. My Uncle, at 82 years of age, fought off his attacker. Three weeks later we buried him so don’t be flippant about murder.

Regards,

kev35

Originally posted by Spitfire Pilot…

“Personally, I’d have to put up one hell of a fight…………what’s the point in sitting down and waiting for the end. Maybe I’d have other passengers join in……….you’re more likely to succeed if you outnumber the enemy (3:1 is a good ratio )”

Admirable sentiment. There is, of course, the possibility you might turn into a gibbering wreck whose sole contribution to the event is to soil yourself. We can all say what we ‘think’ we’d do, however, until placed in such a situation none of us will ever really know.

Regards,

kev35

A post on another forum suggested that the Jetstream was not available as the operating Company had withdrawn its support from AlphaOne. According to the arrivals and departures boards on Ronaldsway Airport’s official site, they are not expecting any movement from AlphaOne.

Time will tell.

Regards,

kev35

The call centre are more than happy to take your money off you. However, would you book a ticket when the airline’s terms and conditions, according to the website, do not exist?

Without terms and conditions made available to prospective passengers BEFORE they book, any passenger is taking a risk.

‘Under construction’ on the website means nothing to anyone wishing to book now. Perhaps someone more intelligent than me can advise whether or not it is actually legal to sell tickets without terms and conditions explained before booking. With Flybe and Thomsonfly you have to accept the terms and conditions before your booking is confirmed. With AlphaOne you have no terms and conditions to agree to although the page is there on the website.

The return fare offered me today was £112.26. However, I was told that was only for the 22nd December, other flights on other dates could be considerably more expensive, but the customer services advisor was unable to give me any other price.

“I sincerely wish you all the best and hope you don’t let any immature narrow minded individual put you down in any way. You have done so well to get this far and deserve to go further.”

The comment above from Mr.Business reveals how little he knows about the plans and prevarications of AlphaOne to date. Perhaps Mr. Halstead might wish to contact Mr.Business and enlighten him regarding the multiple start dates and their attendant delays, the prevarication over equipment, the constant changing of routes and also perhaps confirm his status as an ‘airline pilot.’ I’m sure Wys, WD, Skycruiser, Moondance et al can provide reams of paperwork to confirm their professional status.

Regards,

kev35