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  • in reply to: BA MAN-JFK #538257
    Craigston_Tom
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    I do hope those who think they are such a service to the regions and “knock” what they see as inferior competition aren’t hoping to go anywhere soon with BA from MAN/BHX/GLA etc etc!!
    Barry

    I know your having a rant here, and I can see why people flying from BHX wouldnt be flying anywhere with BA soon because British Airways don’t even fly from Birmingham, however the flights from MAN and Glasgow baffles me.
    I mean British Airways flies to London (LGW, LHR and LCY) 19 times per day from Glasgow and to London (LGW and LHR) 16 times per day from Manchester.

    in reply to: Anyone Watch – Big, Bigger, Biggest? #542758
    Craigston_Tom
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    Presumably a ‘People Pod’ not an I-Pod? Anyone got a picture?

    Indeed it is a ‘People Pod’ not an I-Pod.
    I found this article on the internet all about it:
    http://www.inhabitat.com/2007/11/06/transportation-tuesday-the-personal-podcar/

    in reply to: LHR Terminal 5 – Open Date #542983
    Craigston_Tom
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    Sorry for resurecting this thread that I started last year.

    But the time for Terminal 5 to open has arrived.
    British Airways have selected their first Woman pilot to be the captain of the first flight to arrive at Terminal 5.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7313093.stm

    My question is, are there any members on here that will be passing through Heathrow Terminal 5 on the first day of operation?

    in reply to: Anyone Watch – Big, Bigger, Biggest? #542987
    Craigston_Tom
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    Yes I watched Big, Bigger, Biggest tonight. I thought it was a really good insight into Terminal 5. I didn’t realise how complex (and expensive) baggage systems are, I mean £250 million for the baggage system 😮

    One thing I did like the look of was them little ‘Pod’ things that take you from the Business car park to the terminal.

    in reply to: Aircraft Age #542991
    Craigston_Tom
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    Thankyou both so much for your answers, this has helped me alot 🙂

    Tenthije, I will could up with an answer for you as to why a “new fleet is a opportunity when it could just as well be reasoned as a threat.”

    Thanks again

    Tom

    in reply to: Security Breach @ LHR #545728
    Craigston_Tom
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    I’m afraid no-one who is trained to use a firearm on another human being shoots to wound, Adam.

    They shoot to kill.

    I share a different opinion to you there, to a certain degree. Yes when the officer is carrying a firearm “They shoot to kill” but in the respect where the officer is carrying a tasergun, they are only designed to incapacitate a person temporarily to stop them escaping from the Police or causing injury to themselves or anyone else.

    in reply to: General Discussion #347498
    Craigston_Tom
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    I couldn’t believe it when it happened, wondered what the hell was going on! 😮

    I was doing some work for uni, when all of a sudden the door flung open and the computer screen was shaking, so I jumped up and the floor felt like it was moving!

    To be honest, I freaked out, thought I was going mad or summat, cos you don’t imagine an earth tremor would happen here in the UK.

    in reply to: Earthquake! #1914824
    Craigston_Tom
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    I couldn’t believe it when it happened, wondered what the hell was going on! 😮

    I was doing some work for uni, when all of a sudden the door flung open and the computer screen was shaking, so I jumped up and the floor felt like it was moving!

    To be honest, I freaked out, thought I was going mad or summat, cos you don’t imagine an earth tremor would happen here in the UK.

    in reply to: Ryanair to shut up shop (just for three days)! #554004
    Craigston_Tom
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    Apparently Aer Lingus and Aer Arran are both planning to capitalise on this by launching their own initiatives to boast their sales.

    http://www.uk-airport-news.info/stansted-airport-news-090208.htm

    in reply to: Saab SF 340 at Bournemouth #558376
    Craigston_Tom
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    I think Loganair have recently purchased a couple of Saab 340’s, quite possibly something to do with that…?:confused:

    Yes, Loganair have acquired two more Saab 340s, both have been in storage having previously operated for Aerolitoral. Saying this though, it isn’t for expansion its more for replaced as 2 of their current Saabs are due for disposal.

    in reply to: BA in Europe… #559579
    Craigston_Tom
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    I’m pretty sure I’ve seen photos of IB and AF A320-series aircraft that side of the pond (though AF may be more likely doing Caribbean “local” services rather than venturing to the States)

    Iberia used to have a mini-hub at Miami International operating flights to South America. I believe they had 4 x A319 aircraft based there until they closed the Miami base in 2004.

    in reply to: FlyBe commence LGW-ABZ (Aberdeen) #563797
    Craigston_Tom
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    I would think that LBA-ABZ would probably work much better with 2 flights a day, morning and afternoon. The EXT-LBA-ABZ flights struggled on the ABZ leg somewhat, but probably alot due to the timings of the once daily flights.

    I hope that they do consider keeping / relaunching Leeds to Aberdeen flights, as since it launched 16 months ago, I have used this route 7 times. I would much prefer to pay £59.98 return with FlyBE 🙂 than £205 return with Eastern Airways 😮 .

    Craigston_Tom
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    Great report. Reminds me of my flights on Jet2 this summer. I flew G-LSAI from LBA to Faro. 🙂

    in reply to: Stockholm Arlanda 18/12-2007 #441340
    Craigston_Tom
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    Great photos of an airport that we don’t see many pictures from on here. Really like the Icelandair B757. Makes the aircraft seem really clean when set against a winter background. 🙂

    in reply to: Gatwick 29/12/07 #441344
    Craigston_Tom
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    Great photos, best of the bunch is got to be the EasyJet and First Choice ones 🙂

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