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March 20, 2003 at 3:21 pm in reply to: Optimism or Pessimism – The Future of Teesside #656426

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Well interestingly, this week Teesside airport have announced that passenger numbers are up (compared to the same period last year) for the fourth consecutive month.

Clearly this is good news but its hardly surprising when the Amsterdam flights have moved from F50 to F100 operations. Additionally, I’d be interested to see if this time last year, if passenger numbers were lower due to any September 11 hangover.

This is a great headline on the Teesside website but its not big enough news I’m afraid to convince me that Teesside won’t fall by the way side in coming years.

🙁 🙁 🙁

March 19, 2003 at 4:08 pm in reply to: United Airlines – A Viscous Circle #657248

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I hope I’m wrong too. I love UAL – my best flights were with them; but I just can’t see things improving enough for them to survive long term. 🙁

Fingers crossed they’ll pull through though. 🙂

That said from a purely economic point of view, a major airline collpase in the U.S. (such as United) could reduce the over-capacity and help to secure the other airlines’ future.

Interesting times.

March 19, 2003 at 3:47 pm in reply to: Optimism or Pessimism – The Future of Teesside #657271

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You’ve just proved my point (unfortunately) Preston. 🙁

Great for LBA and the North East, disappointing for us here near MME.

Do you work at LBA? If so, in what capacity?

March 18, 2003 at 5:10 pm in reply to: Most Memorable flight? #658010

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My most memorable flight was probably my first wide-bodied experience which was a UAL 777 flight from LHR to LAX. It was the first time I’d seen a PTV and experienced decent scheduled service.

My next flight was my first 747 experience, again UA and again memorable.

And finally, I’ve got my first turbo-prop experience. I was petrified. It was dark, sub zero and I was flying out of Stockholm Arlanda to a remote Swedish airport. I’m sure I was on a Saab. The apprehension was the memorable element because the flight itself was pleasantly smooth and non-eventful.

Whoops, sorry, one more – my worst flight which was on a Monarch 757 out of Gerona, taking off in bad weather after some serious T-storm activity. This was the only time I ever thought I was actually gonna throw-up on a plane. I remember the pilot describing the take-off as potentially ‘lumpy’. Not a pleasant ride thats for sure!

March 18, 2003 at 5:01 pm in reply to: New Monarch livery on a 757 #658012

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Love these new colours.

Would love to see more Monarch activity here in the N/East, either at LBA, MME or NCL but alas nothing.

Other than a Monday LPA flight from MME and I think an Alicante flight into NCL, we see nothing here which is such a shame.

Who are Monarch charter airlines for now? They seem to charter for several companies rather than one main one if I remember right??

March 18, 2003 at 4:33 pm in reply to: Flying with "Foreign" Airlines #658021

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I’ve only done a couple of “foreign” flights and both were short enough not to warrant entertainment. What I will say though is all safety announcements, cabin announcements etc, Flight deck announcements etc… were repeated in English as well as the native languages.

March 18, 2003 at 4:02 pm in reply to: Notification E-mails #658032

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Sorted now – thanks guys.:)

March 18, 2003 at 1:35 pm in reply to: JMC 757's in Cancun ??? #658236

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lol Wys 😀

March 18, 2003 at 11:58 am in reply to: JMC 757's in Cancun ??? #658280

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Originally posted by wysiwyg
Yes I’m JMC (TCX in a couple of weeks). I drive 757’s.

Fascinating! Are you based out of Manchester? Have you always flown 757’s?

A really daft question now; when all us are sat in the back ‘enjoying’ a really bumpy flight – do you ever get nervous/scared; if so whats you worst experience been?

March 18, 2003 at 10:18 am in reply to: Your nearest BIG airport? #658493

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Mine too is Teesside, and hey Preston, we now have F100’s on the AMS flights – we’re going up in the world! 😀

Always disappointed not to see Teesside doing as well as NCL and LBA. Thought the low cost boom may come our way but yet again we’re stuck in the middle, boooooo! Maybe our problem is its very easy for us to jump in car and go to Leeds or Newcastle.

March 18, 2003 at 10:09 am in reply to: Safety demo #658497

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I always check for my nearest exit and pay some attention if I’m on an aircraft I haven’t been on before. Generally though, I don’t pay much attention.

Strangely though – I pay more attention if its a safety video than an actual demonstration.

March 18, 2003 at 10:06 am in reply to: JMC 757's in Cancun ??? #658501

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Thanks wysiwyg – that explains it perfectly.

I assume from your reply you work for JMC/TCX – forgive my ignorance (I’m still trying to get to know people here) – what do you do for them?

March 17, 2003 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Hey Hey ! My first picture post is here. #659082

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Ditto A330Crazy! 😀

March 17, 2003 at 10:44 am in reply to: NorthWest DC10's #659272

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Thanks for those facts Paul.

I agree with everything you’ve said, but, I think the media has a lot to do with the perception of the DC10. I remember chatting to someone a couple of years ago who said the only aircraft he would never fly on was a DC10. Thanks to all the media hype regarding these incidents, people do make judgements on certain aircraft (often wrong judgements).

I can’t wait to have my first DC10 flight later this year but in the back of my mind, quite unjustly, I’m thinking this is an old aircraft with one of the highest crash incidents on Western built machinery. Even I, who know the facts, can’t help but feel a little nervous and I blame the media for that (and my own lack of self control – lol).

March 14, 2003 at 1:13 pm in reply to: IFE – European Charters #660099

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Originally posted by wysiwyg
My apologies Pembo on 2 accounts. Firstly you are absolutely right about flight times from northern UK airfields and secondly I was incorporating a bit of ‘road rage’ I was feeling from other threads which wasn’t fair.
To give you a proper answer (which I should have done in the first place), I think it will become standard in time but not for a few years until we are in an economic boom as there just isn’t the fat in the system to pay for it.

Heh, no worries.:)

I wonder what the cost implications are for airlines to install PTV’s as opposed to other forms of IFE?
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