The Insolvency Service authorising my wages claim (see above!) but only deciding that they’ll offer £1700 only including holiday pay. FFS they’ve had 2 @*x!&%^ wageslips that show over £1900 outstanding on that alone :mad::mad::mad:

Flights diverted to Teesside. Except for BA who, for reasons best known to themselves, failed to observe their motto “to fly to serve” by diverting back to Heathrow. London Airways, as ever.

Getting a letter from the Insolvency Service saying I can’t get my hands on the £2000+ in wages I am owed from my previous job after the subsequent (enforced) bankuptcy of the partner of the firm of solicitors as they cannot find records of me working there, so i have to prove it to them. Which would be okay to deal with but for the fact that I had got a letter from the Insolvency Service weeks earlier stating that I had worked there and may be owed some money so should submit a claim.

Think it’s more to do with the clearance by the Airport Pub. Plus 23L has an advantage of being flatter than 23R – this more be may of a “fun” remark though!

And I wonder why you think EK would operate an empty flight out of MAN, 27vet? Seeing that they were operating at over 90% loads on the 77Ws, it would have meant too much trouble to disperse 400 passengers over the other UK flights. Think it left with about 500 pax on board (and has on at least 1 occasion left full i.e. 517 pax)

Few long-distance shots cropped from bonfire night:

Memories of the old times when you’d see a variety of typesand airlines 🙂

Just curious about the DL date – they started MAN around 26 June 1991; can’t remember them sending a 767 in on div before then?

And the Air UK is an F27 – perhaps you’re able to edit the caption.

Interesting that G-SUEW was at NWI today. I’ve logged it arriving at MAN at 1508 and departing at 1611. Didn’t catch the inbound flight number.