RE: Pic Of The Day-Air India B747!

Forgive my ignorance – I know the paint work around the window is there for religious reasons but is there any reason why it isn’t on the upper deck windows?

Great pic by the way.;-)

RE: Bad Flight?

1.Beginning of February this year, BA 747-400 landing at Heathrow after a 13 hour flight from Tokyo Narita.
It just happened to be the day Britain experienced some of its windiest weather in years. One minute we were floating along in the sun above the cloud base, as soon as we descended through the clouds it went as dark as hell and we were were thrown around all over the place. Overhead bins opened up and numerous sick bags were used.
We landed on the 3rd runway which I think is only used in exceptional weather(?).
The pilot as you would expect did a great job but me and my partner felt sick for a good two hours afterwards.

2. Taxying at Bangkok AF A340-300 in September 99 steady rain turned into a torrential downpour. We then turned on to the runway and to this day I can’t belive we took off in that weather. It took an age to rotate and the spray and sound of the surface water was something else.
When we eventually arrived back at Manchester we saw on the news a Qantas jumbo had landed 10 minutes after our take off and had ploughed off the end of the runway on to the golf course! This was apparently down to a combination of the bad weather and incorrect brake speed selection. Felt like we’d had a lucky escape.

RE: PIC OF THE DAY NO ROOM FOR ERROR HERE!!!

Nice one Monster 500, lovely picture…..the 747 at its best.:)

RE: What was your first flight?

Bit vague I’m afraid, would be either a Dan Air or Brittania 737 around 1979.
Flew with one or the other for the next 5 or 6 years around Europe, mainly from Manchester.

RE: TAX

What costs make up the “tax” charged by airlines?
I would have thought it should comprise solely any government taxes and landing fees?
UK government tax as far as I know is fairly clear – £10 on a domestic or £20 for an overseas flight.

RE: Your fav place in the world?

Snowman, you’ve pretty much nailed it on the head there with your comments on the Japanese culture.
I was able to visit earlier this year – stayed in Tokyo (Akasaka & Ueno), Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Kyoto and Narita.
It was a wonderful place and I would love to return there again one day.
As you say, the people are so courteous and polite, everything so well organised and punctual, especially the bullet trains which are fantastic.

Other favourite places are Hong Kong for the hustle and bustle and Phuket for the sheer escapism – when I was there scuba-diving it felt as far removed as I could get from being part of the rat race.

RE: Check your flight ticket

and it was their honeymoon too!

Reminds me of a similar recent story in which another British couple booked a trip to the Brazillian coastal resort of Salvador and ended up in El Salvador having not checked the tickets!