RE: top ten charters

I feel a little unfair doing this as I can’t really make an informed opinion as I haven’t flown on all these airlines in the past year.

To do it properly you would have to fly each airline the same route within say a week to get a good objection. But here it goes anyway!

1: Brittania

2: Monarch

3: Air 2000

4: Airtours

5: JMC

RE: Favourite & worst looking

The 747 400 has surely got to be the most impressive looking plane ever. Just for it’s sheer size. It’s so big it hardly looks like it’s moving as it rotates.

Nothing gets attention at airports more than these jumbo’s.

I love the look of all the Airbus models. Particually the 320/330/340’s.I love the uniformity they seem to have. They are very obviously part of they same family.

Not sure about the new 340 600 though. It looks very out of proportion, although I’m sure it will fly a treat.

As for boeing, the NG 737’s and 777’s are fantastic.

RE: Overreaction regarding safety measures?

The Airline business and flying in generall is so fantastic, It’s a shame that it is constantly stilted by terrorism. Commercial jets have always been a top target.

I think the air marshall idea is probably more a deterent and confidence renewall plan. But basically, up in the air is too late. The security must happen on the ground. Come on, with todays technology, we must be able to deal with this. Surely there is a fool proof method which could be adopted within airports to stop any untoward items from getting anywhere near a plane. We’re not talking brain science here, are we?.

I don’t think you can over react regarding safety. Improved safety is always good, and I hope it goes on improving. What is a shame is hysteria caused by such events. The 1000’s of job losses within the industry is a victim of this. The suffering of the airlines is drastic, and it does seem to have been blown out of proportion. B.A’s 7000 job cuts is excessive. I believe the main culprit of this hysteria is the press. I haven’t brought a paper for the last few weeks because I dont agree with buying somthing that has the intention of inducing panic.

RE: Worlds biggest airlines..

“American” is now the worlds largest airline, due to their take-over of TWA. The two combined now means that American airlines has 900 aircraft in service..”replacing United airlines and gaining control of over a quarter of the US market.”

RE: A TALKING FORUM

Would the chat room be with-in this forum of would it have to be seperate? Good idea Shaun about posting a day in advance, we could arrange a time etc..

Trouble is im no boffin on the computer, I would’nt have a clue how to set such a thing up! Come on guys out there! You all sound intelligent people, someone must know what to do.

Perhaps a short note to the editor, asking for assistance.
What yer think?

RE: Aeroplane Crashes

So why are so many people afraid of flying? We all know that it is the safest way to travel.

Is it because an air crash is so final! If somthing goes wrong you cant just get off and walk away, or swim. The fact is we cant fly, so we’re stuffed. Air crashes are also so dramatic, getting headline news and much publicity.

Perhaps it also has something to do with frequency. The majority of people will fly maybe just once perhaps twice a year, therefore never really becoming familiar with it. If we all flew as often as we drove, maybe it would be different. It would’nt become such a big event.

Or maybe its the fact that jo public is ignorant of the technicalities of flying, we all know how to drive, but flying we dont. Communication between pilot and passengers is limited, no one knows whats going on at the front of the plane. Im sure most people’s psyche when flying is ” this isnt natural, i,
shouldnt be up this high, whats keeping us up? Lots of people suffer enclosure problems too.
Perhaps we feel that for the length of the flight, our life is out of our control?!!!!!

RE: A TALKING FORUM

I’d be up for it!! If someone was to start one. Might get a bit of life into the forum!! Come on guy’s, I haven’t read a new message all day, get writing!!