Some nice shots there. What is the story behind the Edinburgh – Alicante/Rimini debacle???
Rgds
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In the good old analogue days of aircraft handling at Edinburgh, we had two Comets in at the same time, one going out to Rimini and the other Alicante, with 119 screaming “hey you Jimmie’s” on each. The check-in girl responsible for making sure the right passengers got on the correct aircraft made a mistake – from the gate, she walked the Rimini passengers up the front steps of the first Comet, was told she had got it wrong, and subsequently led them the whole length of the cabin, and down the back steps. This human crocodile then directly crossed the ramp, where she successfully loaded them on the correct aircraft. The Alicante passengers were thankfully loaded “right first time”. Unfortuately, this young lady didn’t tell the baggage handlers of the change, and ALL the Rimini baggage went to Alicante, and vice versa. It was a fortnight IT – and Dan Air didn’t want to settle insurance claims. Both Alicante and Rimini started sending the incorrect baggage back to Edinburgh (or anywhere nearby), but most of it gravitated to Amsetrdam, the European hub for lost luggage. Dan Air chartered a Skyways DC3 to fly around Europe picking it all up and eventually brought most of it back to Edinburgh, just in time for the 238 irate punters arrival back home…… I was the unfortunate cretin that had to meet them (there were no other volunteers). The nice but dim ground hostie that caused the problem went on to be something big in the banking world…..I just can’t stop thinking about the present situation we’re all in with global meltdown, I suppose it could be, but there again, I’m sure it wasn’t…… her!!
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