RE: Boeing to scrap sonic cruiser idea!

How about concentrating on a viable SST to replace Concorde ? Shorter long haul times are what we want, don’t we ?

RE: FIRST SCOTTISH NO FRILLS AIRLINE LAUNCHED

No, I didn’t say low cost airlines were the future and neither did I suggest that any old “Joe” should start any airline. Are you suggesting these new airlines are being run by amateurs Saab 2000?

Low cost to LA ? How different would that be from the current economy class to LA or indeed economy class anywhere long haul ? Yes you would be looking to be fed and watered, and you would expect to pay for the privilige on board, but what’s to stop the same basic short haul principle’s and economics being applied to long haul ? If it means you could travel around the world at a price that’s attractive then why not ? I think the vast army of travelling student back packers would be in approval if knowbody else would.

To get back to my original point by using a couple of examples. I have made regular trips by coach and ferry over the years to places like Ireland, continental Europe and the south of England. All I could afford was land travel as traditional airline prices were way out of my league. Getting to Northern Ireland took all day, getting to London took most of a day and getting to Northern Spain by coach was a bloody nightmare! If I now find that I can slash those travel times by flying quickly and cheaply then you can keep your trad airline service and prices.

Are there too many low cost airlines in the UK ? Well where I live all I see are Easyjet/Go planes flying overhead, so from my point of view there aren’t enough.

RE: Design your own aircraft.

I suppose apart from the 747 and Concorde, you’d have a hard time making any “front end” look different using a reasonably modern jetliner. Maybe some of the Soviet “bomber” types would make it look a bit wackier! (lol)

RE: Design your own aircraft.

>I built two (Plastic I should add)
>
>1. fuselage of a Hampden with wings and engines from a
>Catalina grafted on top, front end of a bell Cobra instead
>of the hampden cockpit, set of floats from a JU52 floatplane
>and painted it all black and stuck it in the window of the
>model shop wher I was working at the time….you wont
>believe the amount of people who wanted to buy that kit and
>what was it called !
>
>

If you look at the design’s for some of those postwar/coldwar era British military planes that never quite made it somehow, I wonder if you’re modelling technique isn’t too far from the truth Gary (lol)

RE: FIRST SCOTTISH NO FRILLS AIRLINE LAUNCHED

There was also something in one of the papers the other day about a German no frills airline running flights out of Prestwick to key German cities. The place seems to be getting somwhere back to it’s heyday. All it needs now is for BAA to buy it and return it back to mediocrity (lol).

I’m glad there are finally some decent routes on the no frills network for us Scots to enjoy. All that routing through Luton and Stansted to get to the continent was becoming a pain. Up until now the only available no frills routes from Scotland where to Luton. Stansted, East Midlands, Bristol, Belfast and Amsterdam. It will be nice to get a little further afield and to sunnier climes for less and also avoiding the famous “Scottish Airports” surcharges most holidaymakers know too well.

It’s just a shame BAA can’t do something to make Glasgow more attractive to these airlines. Still, more power to the guys running Prestwick. They’ve really turned the place around.

RE: What is your least favorite Airline/Airport experience?

>LOL…funny…. so where do you get those T-Shirts… :9;)

http://www.don’tpanic.com

They have a store near where I was staying on Santa Monica Boulevard.

RE: What is your least favorite Airline/Airport experience?

My worst expereince also doubles up as my funniest airport expereince when coming through LAX Tom Bradley Terminal this summer I found myself in line for some extra special security checks thanks to the t-shirt I was wearing.

I was in Santa Monica and having been bored stiff by all the coverage of the Winona Ryder trial I happened upon a little shop selling t-shirts saying “Winona went shoplifting and all I got was this lousy t-shirt” so of coursre I got one.

The t-shirt was well received by everyone who saw me wearing it, people in the airport even asked where they could get one, all except for a very angry looking security official who’s name badge I happened to notice was “Ryder”. It turns out he’s Winona’s cousin and took great exception to my taking the mick out of his poor cousin’s predicament. Needless to say the entire flight waltzed through security unabated and I was stopped and searched at every turn. My bags were checked and double checked and they were sniffed as well.

Still… I got a nice round of applause when I finally made the plane home. I think I’ll need to import some of those t-shirts for all the new friends I made. I don’t think Mr Ryder will want one though. (lol)