As long as they replace them with something and dont just drop frequency. Flexibility is key to the customer on most of the short,thin business routes and dropping from, say 7 daily rotations on a RJ to 2-3 on a babybus probably wont go down too well.
I guess this is where the Dash8-D will do good. As i understand its quite good on fuel, comparable to a jet in terms of speed on the missions they are used and can climb/descend well to meet ATC requirements around busy airports.

I have flown a few (maybe 15) sectors on RJs both in the U.K and the US and i have to agree with the article that they suck from a passenger perspective. A packed CRJ 100/200 is hell in the sky. ER4 a little better, but not much after 45minutes or so.

What is the usual normal price for car parking to watch the smaller Airbuses?

From £3 for an hour up to £12 all day I belive ( and a few other variations inbetween)

I prefer Airbi to Airbuses 😀

Sorry Grey, you beat me to the punch.

Yea, a total rip off and quite cheeky. A very good point has been made in this thread about this flight being a scheduled service as of 1st Sept. To charge that sort of money to see a “every day” service is pure greed. I could understand if it was a day of events similar to NCL a few weeks ago.

Blended winglets on a 767 just look so good. Good selection of shots Paul.;)

On a lighter note regarding phones on planes. This is just one of those mundane flights but something happend to make it a bit more memorable. MD-80 CPH-MAN, run of the mill stuff. After landing in Manc, pulling into the normal spot at gate 24, cabin crew give the all clear to switch on our mobiles. Well a sea of nokia “start up” tunes filled the cabin. You know the one? Da Da Da Da–Da Da Da Da–Da Da Da Da Daaaaaa…Maybe 20 phones all with the same tune one after the other. Well, some poor sod switches on a Motorola or Sony/Erricson or whatever it was, the tune plays and…… the whole cabin goes silent, then some guy let’s out a “wayyyyyyy” and the whole cabin starts cheering and claping at this guy with the odd ball phone. Guess you had to be there, but it was a funny end to a regular flight.

I always turn mine off yes.

Now, my parents just took a flight to Greece on TCX. They do not fly much (no excuse), and just after the final cabin inspection my mum realised her mobile was still turned on in her bag stowed overhead :rolleyes:. She informed a passing cabin crew member and she just said to her “leave it for now and just turn it off once were in the air and the seatbelt sign is off” !!!!

Must be time of the month, what with this and the recent “disagreement” at JFK. 😀

I was waiting for something witty to be said by either party before they switched to 33.8