<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/GSTBA" class="quote" target="_blank">GSTBA</a> (<a href="#141" class="quote">Reply 141</a>):<br/><i><acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym...
Jump to postDefinitely go for the Trislander with <acronym title="Aurigny Air Services (United Kingdom) and Gemini Air Cargo (USA)">GR</acronym>. Much more fun compared to the others (especially the <acronym title="Aircompany Tavria-Mac (Ukraine)">BE</acronym> Dash). Ain't many places you'll get to fly on them ...
Jump to postWhy why WHY?? <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> is the only LON airport that is at capacity. Even <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym> has plenty of open slots. <acronym title="London - Stansted (STN / EGSS), United ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jwhite9185" class="quote" target="_blank">jwhite9185</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Surely thats more hassle for the air...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/PlymSpotter" class="quote" target="_blank">PlymSpotter</a> (<a href="#16" class="quote">Reply 16</a>):<br/><i> Their headquarters have always in...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Lofty" class="quote" target="_blank">Lofty</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>Does not mention due to Fog you will not be able...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hooverman" class="quote" target="_blank">hooverman</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>So there are actually carriers pulling a...
Jump to postFor airlines which use ground staff to calculate the W&B of a flight, Central Load Planning really does save a lot of cash. Instead of having W&B trained dispatchers (dispatcher used in the UK/European sense - i.e. an ops agent trained in W&B) in every airport at every gate, which cost m...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/NQYGuy" class="quote" target="_blank">NQYGuy</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Not a great view this morning:</i></fon...
Jump to postIf you book the entire itinerary on one ticket it should be possible for the bag to be checked all the way through to <acronym title="Zurich (- Kloten) (ZRH / LSZH), Switzerland">ZRH</acronym>. However obtaining boarding passes may be a bit trickier. In my experience (as a check-in agent) it should ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TBloemink" class="quote" target="_blank">TBloemink</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Can someone tell me if <acronym t...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ComeAndGo" class="quote" target="_blank">ComeAndGo</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>drink plenty of water or beer (because i...
Jump to postI think you have to take this one with a pinch of salt. Long haul travel is indeed a risk factor for the development of DVTs, but it's not just economy airline travel. In fact any period of sitting immobile will increase your risk. This includes First Class travel, coach, car and train travel, as we...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/IFixPlanes" class="quote" target="_blank">IFixPlanes</a> (<a href="#4" class="quote">Reply 4</a>):<br/><i> <acronym title="British Airways">BA</...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/DocLightning" class="quote" target="_blank">DocLightning</a> (<a href="#32" class="quote">Reply 32</a>):<br/><i>They aren't really allowed to do...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/jtdieffen" class="quote" target="_blank">jtdieffen</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I've also noticed that all 733 flights o...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AR385" class="quote" target="_blank">AR385</a> (<a href="#30" class="quote">Reply 30</a>):<br/><i>Many travellers, wether on passes or not, are ...
Jump to postI had an instance not so long ago where I had a member of staff (and her husband) traveling on ID90 tickets who went standby to the gate. It was explained to them at check-in that the flight was fully booked. As it turned out, all but 1 of the booked pax checked in and traveled. I informed the staff...
Jump to postIt is true that they are showing their age somewhat. However most of them will be getting refitted and a new lease of life. Over the busy summer period they suffered somewhat with tech issues... a/c changes all over the place and several instances of <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), Un...
Jump to postDefinitely go for two trips. As pointed out above, J is nice... but seeing a new place is much better. Would it be possible to route America-Australia-Japan on a single ticket? It may save you a few dollars/miles! <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/B747forever" class="quote" target="_blank">B747forever</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>Well I was upgraded to Y+ when I fle...
Jump to postDepends on a million different things. First of all go to Manage My Booking on <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>.com and it'll give you the price of the upgrade you are after. This will vary depending on the fare class you booked your Y ticket in. In some of the lowest fare classes (ie t...
Jump to postI doubt there is any specific law that says "you must not have sex on aeroplanes". Just like there's no law that states economy pax must not sit in a First Class seat... but airlines still enforce that rule. I think both for obvious reasons. There are laws however against public nudity and decency, ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AlnessW" class="quote" target="_blank">AlnessW</a> (<a href="#9" class="quote">Reply 9</a>):<br/><i>But don't forget that some people actually d...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/gabrielchew" class="quote" target="_blank">gabrielchew</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i> I got the red and blue card in Mars...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/andaman" class="quote" target="_blank">andaman</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>very "Bergerac"</i></font></td></tr></tabl...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/hotplane" class="quote" target="_blank">hotplane</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>I have noticed that this departure ...
Jump to postThis is what I think the original question was after: The phonetic alphabet letter after the 'Information' part of the message, e.g. "Information Alpha" is unique to each subsequent ATIS broadcast. They are updated every 30mins at 20 and 50mins past each hour (or sooner if a major weather change hap...
Jump to postGreat report, at least the strike made for a slightly more interesting itenerary!! Just one thing: <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/FLIEGER67" class="quote" target="_blank">FLIE...
Jump to postIn the UK (I'm not sure about the US, but I'm sure its pretty similar) these rules are known as AAA ('Triple A') regulations: The Accounting and Authorisation of Hold Baggage for carriage by Air. Basically they state that a bag <i>must</i> not travel without the passenger being on board. i.e. if a p...
Jump to postYou could of course just paint one on! G-JOEY, or simply 'Joey' flying for <acronym title="Aurigny Air Services (United Kingdom) and Gemini Air Cargo (USA)">GR</acronym> in the Channel Islands <br/><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/photo/Aurigny-Air-Ser...
Jump to posthttp://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public...blogcategory&id=93&Itemid=142.html
Pretty much everything you'll ever need!
As I saw on Twitter recently: <i>"Ryanair staff: Why don't you just punch your passengers in the face and rummage through their wallets? It would be much more honest"</i> I don't hate them per se. But I do hate the attitude sometimes displayed by <acronym title="Molde - Aro (MOL / ENML), Norway">MOL...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lowrider" class="quote" target="_blank">lowrider</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I believe this was done on the Concorde, a...
Jump to postGreat little report, good to see that <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> still provide the goods. <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/AI151" class="quote" target="_blank...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LimaNiner" class="quote" target="_blank">LimaNiner</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>Given the recent <acronym title="...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/JC90" class="quote" target="_blank">JC90</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>first class and flying business</i></font><...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/madairdrie" class="quote" target="_blank">madairdrie</a> (<a href="#0" class="quote">Thread starter</a>):<br/><i>I know its because both interna...
Jump to postThank God. Having just finished both Public Health and Paediatric placements in my medical course, I've kind of got a grip of what a disaster Andrew Wakefield has been to the immunisation program. I think these clips beggar belief: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8485793.stm" target="_bla...
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Jump to postJust spotted this on BBC News: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8382902.stm" target=_blank>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8382902.stm</a> This is basically a normal tug, but it is controlled by the pilot. Is there really any advantage to this design? The video report makes out that it...
Jump to postContainers for the A320 series are LD3-45 or AKH (depending on the classification you prefer). Pic here: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_Load_Device#Identification" target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_Load_Device#Identification</a> <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>...
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Jump to postOh my god... cue the Daily Mail headline: D-day is coming, the world is going to end!!!
Good to see it's finally going to be up and running again. Let's just hope they have more luck this time!