I understand that currently the GLA-LHR service is 1x daily.

Looking at the flights for Tuesday, there are seven bmi/bmi Regional flights from Glasgow to Heathrow.

would a less than 1 daily (say 4x weekly) service be viable or would that be a little silly for domestic?

I would imagine that a large number of those currently using bmi for the Glasgow to London route would be business travellers, some of which might be looking for day return trips. Without at least a morning and an evening flight, Monday to Friday, the flight is likely to sell far fewer tickets than it does at the moment.

It was an effective/essential RAF op. – and had it been for real rather than a hoax we would not be arguing about costs/who ordered the ‘scramble’.

Nobody has made an argument about the costs of this operation. It is also worth noting that questions were only asked about who would have ordered such an operation (and who would foot the bill) before it was revealed that this was a passenger threatening to detonate some sort of explosive device.

I must admit, this does sound very promising. My only disappointment is that we have to wait until the winter to try it out!

I remember a similar game (or ‘simulation’) from a few years ago, which had to be paid for, and I recall it had a very complicated pricing structure. You paid over the odds for the initial game and I believe the makers wanted payment for all future updates.

I have been reading general aviation magazines on and off for the past year or so and have bought Today’s Pilot a couple of times. And although there was always plenty of content in each issue that appealed to me, Pilot magazine seemed to have the edge, so when deciding which one to subscribe to last month, it was an easy decision to make.

Whilst this merger means disappointment for readers of the Today’s Pilot (and possibly even Key Publishing themselves), it means that those who want to read about general aviation have one [hopefully] great magazine to look forward to each month, jam packed with lots of interesting articles and more.

Great snaps, Peter! 😉

A great catch of the Martinair 767 (PH-MCM). That was the aircraft that flew me from Amsterdam to Orlando last January. Not a bad airline at all.

Except TCX put you up in a hotel if there is a long enough delay to your flight, they feed you and don’t charge you for everything under the sun. With their tickets, what you see is what you get! They’re more than willing to refund you if it comes to it and don’t charge you a £59 refund administration fee for a £60 ticket (personal experience).
I really do not see how you can tar TCX with the same brush as Ryanair. My experience with TCX puts them miles ahead of Ryanair!

Please qualify your remark.

But the company is expecting holidaymakers to head off on holidays to Tunisia, despite the Foreign Office advising against travel there. And for anybody wanting to cancel, 70% of the cost of the trip will be retained by Thomas Cook.

Sounds Ryanair-ish to me.

http://www.avsim.com is another highly recommend website for free Flight Simulator downloads; aircraft, sceneries, sounds and more. Download speeds on Avsim.com are much quicker than FlightSim.com.