lol. some funny ones there. The KLM cockpit as engines and engine as cockpit is my favourite. 😀

This kinda of petty crime annoys me the most…

My brother was mugged a couple of years back, whilst on his way back to a mates house. He had just come from his school’s certificate evening, where he had been awarded a certificate for good work…

He was punched in the face, resulting in a broken nose. Had his glasses, wallet and mobile phone stolen. What kind of cruel b*****ds steal someone’s glasses for god sake.

We did get the police involved, but their response was “it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack!”, so eventually we decided to drop the case, but my everyone in my family was deeply affected and I myself and now very careful when I am out and about. I dont carry any money with me if I can help it, and only my phone for emergencies.

I think they should bring back proper punishments for thieves…cut their hands off!

JetBlue has posted a full year net loss of $20m for 2005. I THINK this is the first time the carrier has made a loss, as I believe it actually turned a profit even in the first year. It makes you wonder if they haven’t been the victims of expanding too fast…especially given that they now have 2 aircraft types in the fleet. I wonder if the rapid expansion has prevented them from keeping control of costs as well as capacity available. I’m not expecting them to go out of business, but I it’ll be interesting to see if they turn it round nex year. Perhaps those new start ups around the world that have ordered massive fleets should watch and learn!!!

What you say could be true to a certain extent, especially about the two types of aircraft, however, all low-cost airlines need to expand their route networks rapidly in order to gain a better share of the market.

You might also want to consider that airlines in the US have been suffering from high fuel costs since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita slammed into US oil refineries in the Gulf of Mexico region.

The only exception to this would be Southwest, who says that by hedging the cost of fuel has helped to boost its quarterly profit from $119m to $227m. During the the fourth quarter of 2005, its fuel supplies were hedged at 85%, and so paid an average of $26 a barrel.

Nice shots Lance.

What is it with the swans, I didn’t realise this was a nature forum as well… :p

yeah but im going with monarch to ALC then with BA to ALC

Slight confused about the above, are you going to Alicante twice?

I use to work for the ground handling company that deals with Monarch, so you will be going from South (Zone K, if my memory serves me correct?), whereas flying with BA you will go from North (Zone F most likely)

When spotting/photographing at LGW, I always find that going to the end of the platform of the rail station is a good spot, as a/c pass over all the time…landings are better as they are obviously lower than on take off, and there is slightly more chance of getting a decent photo!

Word of warning, make sure you have a vaild rail ticket (even if it is just vaild for one stop!) or you will find that the staff will slap a travel penalty on you…

Hope this helps…