Great report.

How could you refuse the offer of a portable DVD from upper? :p You should’ve asked for a massage instead. 😉

Nice of them to offer compensation anyway.

Did you at some point take a look at the back of the plane when the curtains were open? Does it seem that long from the inside as well?

Official ruling out: it was the co-pilot’s fault.

http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30000-1157070,00.html

“Donnie Darko”, a somewhat surreal “teen cerebral” movie including a fairly central scene where an engine falls off a passing jet into aforementioned chap’s bedroom. Mr Darko is too busy seeing visions of the apocalypse being told to him by a giant rabbit to notice apparently? Soundtrack includes Gary Jules version of Tears For Fears classic “Mad World” a recent UK No.1 hit

Confused…? you will be!

http://www.donniedarko.com

Very nicely put! Do you moderate movie forums in your spare time? 😀

Sounds quite nerve-shattering about the ‘domino-effect’ the incident had and lots of airliners suddenly getting colision alerts…

Donnie Darko comes to mind…

Good pics! Nice effects on all of them.

Is there but a slight chance that CSA might have chosen to purchase the Airbuses because it considers it to be the best option?

Could it be that it makes more financial sense for whatever reasons, regardless of existing fleet?

Was Easyjet ‘politically motivated’ to purchase A319s or should they perhaps be viewed as complete fools who don’t know the first thing about running an airline for buying the Airbuses when they had an all-Boeing fleet?

And why should joining the EU mean switching from Boeing to Airbus?

I won’t deny that sometimes there is political influence to purchase a product or the other, but I doubt it happens nearly as often as people suspect. If we are to take that road there are as much grounds to suspect that most Boeing sales to Asian and South American airlines might have been politically influenced as Airbus sales to European or Middle Eastern airlines.