monguRE: Various interesting things
Which other airlines? Certainly both British Regional and Brymon are part of BA proper now. I think Loganair might be too.
The only independent franchisee I know of (in the UK) is Maersk.
monguRE: Have a drink on me…
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 08-09-02 AT 08:37 PM (GMT)]As GD said, so how comes you are allowed to buy bottled of wine/spirits etc.. at duty free and bring them on board in a carrier bag?
It couldn’t be safety taking a back seat to airport sales revenue could it??
I flicked through the BA Highlife magazine today, and there is an article by Geoff somebody, BA’s Director of Security. He said one of the post-11/9 measures is that defunct security passes have been withdrawn. But wouldn’t that have been a common sense measure anyway?
Oh, wysiwyg, I meant that the airline establishment has houlier than thou tendencies – not you personally! Sorry if you took it that way.
monguRE: London City – Brilliant Airport
The only downside to LCY is that they are closed on Sundays I think? This must have a knock-on effect on Friday and Saturday passenger numbers as it rules out using LCY for a weekend break.
As it is I use LCY maybe twice a year, but I use LGW about 5 times a year – entirely because of the Sunday thing.
monguRE: What is The Fascination of Beckham as a Footballer?????
What’s wrong with accountants? They contribute as much as any other profession. Apart from lawyers 🙂 Maybe I take a more pragmatic view than you?
I stick by my claim though! Supply and demand…risk and reward…they are all valid. My employer is a partnership. About 55 people work at our office – 2 are partners. The most senior people get about £75,000 tops. The partners do about half as much work (in a better environment, too) and take home an easy £350,000 a year.
So a partner does less work, but gets a lot more. Why? Basically, they put themselves on the line. They take the risk, so they get the reward. Despite all the ambitious SOB’s around, there are not too many people who will do that in the final analysis.
monguRE: What is The Fascination of Beckham as a Footballer?????
What’s wrong with accountants? They contribute as much as any other profession. Apart from lawyers 🙂 Maybe I take a more pragmatic view than you?
I stick by my claim though! Supply and demand…risk and reward…they are all valid. My employer is a partnership. About 55 people work at our office – 2 are partners. The most senior people get about £75,000 tops. The partners do about half as much work (in a better environment, too) and take home an easy £350,000 a year.
So a partner does less work, but gets a lot more. Why? Basically, they put themselves on the line. They take the risk, so they get the reward. Despite all the ambitious SOB’s around, there are not too many people who will do that in the final analysis.
monguRE: GLOBAL DEVELOPING POWERS-2003!!!
Lancer! SA still use the DC-3!! I have to say I’d love to see one of their Turbo Dakotas though. Those things never die, do they!
The Gripen is more than good enough. Realistically, they are NOT going to be up against Flankers or Mirages. How many airworthy Flankers do African nations have within strike distance of SA? Very, very few I’d say. How many well trained fighter pilots do potential agressors have? Very, very few!
Same argument for the Red Hawks. No one is going to be able to mount a concerted attack against SA from more than one front. So all the Rooivalks could realistically be used along a single front. 15 or 20 of these things will scare away virtually anything!
I remember seeing the Rooivalk on trial for the British Army, alongside the AH-1, AH-64 and Eurocopter Tiger. A lot of the press were saying Rooivalk would win the order but in the end the Generals went for the AH-64D.
Incidentally, my favourite blend of tea is “Rooibosch” which means Red Bush. How many other types of hot drink have a name in common with an attack helicopter?!
monguRE: GLOBAL DEVELOPING POWERS-2003!!!
Lancer! SA still use the DC-3!! I have to say I’d love to see one of their Turbo Dakotas though. Those things never die, do they!
The Gripen is more than good enough. Realistically, they are NOT going to be up against Flankers or Mirages. How many airworthy Flankers do African nations have within strike distance of SA? Very, very few I’d say. How many well trained fighter pilots do potential agressors have? Very, very few!
Same argument for the Red Hawks. No one is going to be able to mount a concerted attack against SA from more than one front. So all the Rooivalks could realistically be used along a single front. 15 or 20 of these things will scare away virtually anything!
I remember seeing the Rooivalk on trial for the British Army, alongside the AH-1, AH-64 and Eurocopter Tiger. A lot of the press were saying Rooivalk would win the order but in the end the Generals went for the AH-64D.
Incidentally, my favourite blend of tea is “Rooibosch” which means Red Bush. How many other types of hot drink have a name in common with an attack helicopter?!
monguRE: Tony Blair: The little hawk
I don’t accept the Saudi story. The US needs cheap oil to kick-start their economy, so increasing supply will drive down the price. Adding Iraqi oil to the pot (as well as Saudi oil) would be beneficial for the US (and for everyone else, too!)
Keltic, sorry, couldn’t resist it! Don’t worry, you only made one slip…Blair is a charming man who people tend to like because he always smiles and says nice things. But after 5 years, a lot of people in the UK have sussed him out. He is very devious – he pioneered “stealth tax” in the UK. Income tax is lowered (yippee!) but some things which used to be tax free….are no longer tax free. Overall we pay more tax, even though tax rates have fallen!
Duncan Smith is awful too. They wonder why so few people bother to vote in the UK? Choice 1 is a devious pro-US backstabber and choice 2 is a nobody who just wants to increase spending by cutting tax (?!).
monguRE: Tony Blair: The little hawk
I don’t accept the Saudi story. The US needs cheap oil to kick-start their economy, so increasing supply will drive down the price. Adding Iraqi oil to the pot (as well as Saudi oil) would be beneficial for the US (and for everyone else, too!)
Keltic, sorry, couldn’t resist it! Don’t worry, you only made one slip…Blair is a charming man who people tend to like because he always smiles and says nice things. But after 5 years, a lot of people in the UK have sussed him out. He is very devious – he pioneered “stealth tax” in the UK. Income tax is lowered (yippee!) but some things which used to be tax free….are no longer tax free. Overall we pay more tax, even though tax rates have fallen!
Duncan Smith is awful too. They wonder why so few people bother to vote in the UK? Choice 1 is a devious pro-US backstabber and choice 2 is a nobody who just wants to increase spending by cutting tax (?!).
monguRE: GLOBAL DEVELOPING POWERS-2003!!!
I’m not sure about SA influence over Zimbabwe. My take on the Mugabe situation is that SA will soon implement their own “land reform” programme. That is why Mbeki has been so supportive of Mugabe, because he wants to prepare the whites living in SA for a similar thing.
I’ve discussed it with some South Africans, and some agree but most disagree. But I had lunch with a stockbroker last week, and it seems the markets have already placed a “land instability” premium on the South African market. That is, relative values of SA companies have fallen. Mbeki’s support of Mugabe has already cost SA hundreds of millions in unrealised gains and subsequently, investment and job creation will suffer.
monguRE: GLOBAL DEVELOPING POWERS-2003!!!
I’m not sure about SA influence over Zimbabwe. My take on the Mugabe situation is that SA will soon implement their own “land reform” programme. That is why Mbeki has been so supportive of Mugabe, because he wants to prepare the whites living in SA for a similar thing.
I’ve discussed it with some South Africans, and some agree but most disagree. But I had lunch with a stockbroker last week, and it seems the markets have already placed a “land instability” premium on the South African market. That is, relative values of SA companies have fallen. Mbeki’s support of Mugabe has already cost SA hundreds of millions in unrealised gains and subsequently, investment and job creation will suffer.
monguRE: What is The Fascination of Beckham as a Footballer?????
Kev, you don’t know how many times I hear that:
“£90,000 a week – that’s more than a fireman/nurse/teacher/policeman……”
What’s your point? You either live in a capitalist society or you don’t. People don’t get paid according to their value, they never have done! People are paid according to the time honoured rules of supply and demand. Keane is paid that much because the supply of Keane-type players is low, therefore the price is pushed up. There are a lot more firemen around than there are Keanes! And like it or lump it, the great British public spend more cash on paying footballers (willingly) than they do on firemen (unwillingly).
monguRE: What is The Fascination of Beckham as a Footballer?????
Kev, you don’t know how many times I hear that:
“£90,000 a week – that’s more than a fireman/nurse/teacher/policeman……”
What’s your point? You either live in a capitalist society or you don’t. People don’t get paid according to their value, they never have done! People are paid according to the time honoured rules of supply and demand. Keane is paid that much because the supply of Keane-type players is low, therefore the price is pushed up. There are a lot more firemen around than there are Keanes! And like it or lump it, the great British public spend more cash on paying footballers (willingly) than they do on firemen (unwillingly).
monguRE: Tony Blair: The little hawk
I don’t subscribe to the “Westerners don’t understand Iraqis” mantra.
What is often overlooked is that most Muslims are a pragmatic people, with a big history of being traders. Britain occupied what is now called Iraq for a very long time in the Imperial days, but no one attacked London as a result. I don’t think there is this natural and unavoidable opposition in views, which is often portrayed.
What people mean, is that Westerners don’t understand muslim fundamentalists and vice versa. Fair enough, although I am personally flumoxed by hardline Christians too. Intolerant hardliners are all whackos to me, irrespective of whatever little “book” they read in bed. But for the most part, they’re just morally/intellectually weak people who need something to cling to.
So I think that rapproachment is possible between Iraqi people and the West, just not between the Iraqi extremists and the West.
There is a constant danger that such an axiom will be forgotten by those who seek to make Iraqi peoples as a whole our enemy. Bush springs to mind, with his lapdog Tony closely following.
Blair has messed everything up big time, politically. Only a few months ago, he was making inroads to being the President of the EC when he retires as British PM. Now that possibility is slowly slipping (he has more concern for the US than Europe) and so is his support at home. Poor Tony, he does rather seem to have lost the plot. Abandoning his domestic popularity and the friendship of a whole continent, just because Master called.
Remember a few weeks ago when most European members (Gefore, Keltic) all thought Blair was great, but a few British voices said otherwise? Hate to say it fellas….TOLD YOU SO!!
monguRE: Tony Blair: The little hawk
I don’t subscribe to the “Westerners don’t understand Iraqis” mantra.
What is often overlooked is that most Muslims are a pragmatic people, with a big history of being traders. Britain occupied what is now called Iraq for a very long time in the Imperial days, but no one attacked London as a result. I don’t think there is this natural and unavoidable opposition in views, which is often portrayed.
What people mean, is that Westerners don’t understand muslim fundamentalists and vice versa. Fair enough, although I am personally flumoxed by hardline Christians too. Intolerant hardliners are all whackos to me, irrespective of whatever little “book” they read in bed. But for the most part, they’re just morally/intellectually weak people who need something to cling to.
So I think that rapproachment is possible between Iraqi people and the West, just not between the Iraqi extremists and the West.
There is a constant danger that such an axiom will be forgotten by those who seek to make Iraqi peoples as a whole our enemy. Bush springs to mind, with his lapdog Tony closely following.
Blair has messed everything up big time, politically. Only a few months ago, he was making inroads to being the President of the EC when he retires as British PM. Now that possibility is slowly slipping (he has more concern for the US than Europe) and so is his support at home. Poor Tony, he does rather seem to have lost the plot. Abandoning his domestic popularity and the friendship of a whole continent, just because Master called.
Remember a few weeks ago when most European members (Gefore, Keltic) all thought Blair was great, but a few British voices said otherwise? Hate to say it fellas….TOLD YOU SO!!
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