RE: Guidelines for World Cup commentators in the U

Yes, the “British sense of humour” is great.

Here on the Isle of Man, we collectively entered a yacht in the BT Global Challenge yacht race last year. All sorts of local firms sponsored our entry and had their logos painted on the sides.

The best bit though, is that our firm (I am assured this is true)…had their logo painted on the bottom of the yacht! They assumed it would capsize because it was British!

RE: Going On Holiday?

I will be going to Melbourne and Tasmania for 5 days at the end of this month to see my fiancee.

My little brother graduates from University in late July, so we might spend a few days over in Amsterdam.

Over Christmas, I am supposed to be meeting my parents in Cape Town if I can wrangle some time off work!

And tomorrow (England v. Argentina) I was very close to devloping a very infectious cold…(!)…until I realised that it is a public holiday here anyway! (Senior Race Day, for the TT Motor Bike race).

Hopefully I can get down to London for some R&R weekends this year too. The journey’s great – I never get tired of sitting in a window seat approaching LCY!

And then sometime in 2003 I will open my credit card statements!!!

RE: Swiss in ONEWORLD?

I suppose we have a different point of view greekdude!

From my perspective, BA is acting rationally. Heathrow is a blot on the UK economy, yet BA is stuck with it. It isn’t their fault that slots are so contstrained.

Also, BA are “morally” correct to oppose Swiss. BA is about the only airline in Europe that hasn’t been bailed out or subsidised by the state. Can you say the same about Swiss?

RE: How will England get on at the World Cup? Plac

We have every chance on taking 6 points from the Argentina and Nigeria games. Don’t forget the Argies are probably more scared of Owen than we are of Batistuta or Crespo.

We also have a better defence, and over a one off match, an energetic midfield (Butt, Dyer, Hargreaves) can match a more skilfull one.

RE: Sheffield Airport.

I’m not so sure about the gloomy prospects.

Humberside – a million miles from anywhere in the middle of a field.

Leeds – middle of nowhere. I remember when I used to live in Hull, the journey time to Manchester was about the same as Leeds, because Leeds/Bradford is at the end of small and confusing roads.

Sheffield – a lot easier to get to!

Having said that, the idea of a STOLport seems silly to me – these things are only economic with high volumes (ie London City).

RE: Onboard Air Quality?

All I can say is that when I get off a long flight these days, I feel much worse than I was when I got on the aircraft!

Some of that is due to lack of sleep, some of it is due to horrible seats. But a good portion is also due to poor air quality.

Are some aircraft worse than others? I remember the BAE 146 had a terrible reputation, for being nearly lethal in this respect. What are your opinions?

RE: QUEENS AMAZING FLYPAST!!!

It was amazing.

Must be one of the best aerial sights I can remember – Concorde leading the red arrows, which were trailing red, white and blue smoke.

RE: Virgin Red-New US low cost airline

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 04-06-02 AT 12:52 PM (GMT)]>Wait a minute! You are barking up the wrong tree when you
>claim US protectionism will prevent low cost carriers from
>the UK getting established in the US. Do you see any low
>cost US carriers in Europe? I don’t think so

Okay, the set up cost is rather a large barrier to entry. But so is US protectionism. Do you think (hypothetically) that say, Singapore Airlines, Shell, or Vodafone would ever be allowed to buy Southwest?

The point is that they are not US companies.

One more point too:

I have never flown with either Southwest or Jet Blue. But, I imagine Jet Blue is nicer?

Ii I had to pay a few dollars extra – no problem. Also, what degree of route overlap is there between them??