Saw it coming......
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
what are MM3s going to do for their holidays now ? .......
luc...@eternal-flames.gov
The DSS will give them more money so they can fly by proper airlines.
Yeti
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8417183.stm
>
> what are MM3s going to do for their holidays now ? .......
>
>
Easyjet, Ryanair or Thomsonfly...
Ian Jackson
<ye...@ayrshore.com> writes
Could BA be next to fall? Maybe this should be a warning to their staff.
--
Ian
Yeti
Would hardly be a big loss.
They're expensive, their customer service sucks and their staff need
taken down a peg or twelve.
They've all but abandoned Scotland anyway.
I'm sure Virgin would be more than happy to take up the slack from BA's
collapse.
Ian Jackson
<ye...@ayrshore.com> writes
I used to fly BA quite a bit on business (Club Class), and thought they
were great. When my job changed, and I ceased to do business trips, they
cheated on me, and gave me some duff information, resulting in the
deletion of nearly 150,000 Air Miles (not the reduced-value BA Points)
which I had accumulated over a period of over 15 years. They absolutely
refused to reinstate them. Since then, I have had several Virgin package
holidays (flying Premium Economy), and find them very good indeed.
--
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Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
"Yeti" <ye...@ayrshore.com> wrote in message
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bunch of spiv barrow boys ....
Jimbo ...
"Ian Jackson" <ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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yes that then the post office.....then the spiv barrow boys will be in
position to really rip us off.........
Yeti
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:47:54 +0000, Ian Jackson
>
> <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >Could BA be next to fall? Maybe this should be a warning to their staff.
>
> I've got 'em on the list.
> They never will be missed,
> They never will ... be ... missed!"
>
> 73 de Wlat
>
> --
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:-D
Jimbo ...
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cooncil need tae get us hame, its doon tae them..........whit jee mean
travel insurance, whits that,
Jimbo ...
"Brian Morrison" <b...@fenrir.org.uk> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:27:21 +0000
> Walt Davidson <g3...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:44:17 -0000, "Jimbo GM4DHJ ..."
>> <jim.g...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> never heard of FlyGlobespan!
>
> They were described as Scotland's largest airline, then in the next
> sentence it was explained that their 10 aircraft would be grounded
> immediately.
>
WhyFLyglobespamscum .......?
Catweazel
[snip]
>
> am stuck here in lanzagrotty an a canny git hame cause o that globespan, the
> cooncil need tae get us hame, its doon tae them..........whit jee mean
> travel insurance, whits that,
sad but all too true
Catweazel
> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:47:54 +0000, Ian Jackson
>
> <ianREMOVETHISjack...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> I've got 'em on the list.
> They never will be missed,
> They never will ... be ... missed!"
>
Ian Jackson
<f93a3e73-d74c-4673...@j24g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>,
Catweazel <francis...@iee.org> writes
!!
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Yeti
> On Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:27:21 +0000
>
>> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:44:17 -0000, "Jimbo GM4DHJ ..."
>> <jim.g...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>> never heard of FlyGlobespan!
>
> They were described as Scotland's largest airline, then in the next
> sentence it was explained that their 10 aircraft would be grounded
> immediately.
>
11. And another 2 were on order.
Makes you wonder how it could go so quick - you don't usually get into
trouble that quick, especially when you can still order multi-million
pound planes.
Len GM0ONX
Well when your booking agent owes you �20m for completed journeys it
doesn't make easy. A further �10M was paid by customers to the booking
agent and not paid to Globespan for journeys still to be made.
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
"Len GM0ONX" <gm0...@goooooglemail.com> wrote in message
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blame credit card companies who won't now pay until the flight has landed to
avoid them being liable to the customer........the world is fecked
Yeti
You don't pay a taxi until the journey is complete - why should the
airline be any different?
Jimbo ...
I don't know ........because you don't know the final price?.......
Richard G3CWI
> You don't pay a taxi until the journey is complete - why should the
> airline be any different?
...for several reason that should be obvious to most people.
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You did when you were going out of town when I did it!
luc...@eternal-flames.gov
>You don't pay a taxi until the journey is complete - why should the
>airline be any different?
At least with flying, you don't have the bleedin' pilot wanting to
hold boring conversations about who he's had as passenger and what's
gone wrong with the country since Mad Maggie abdicated.
Taxi drivers? Morons. The lot of 'em.
Nick.
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
or you are an obvious scumbag...like an MM3 ..........
Yeti
> Yeti wrote:
>
>> You don't pay a taxi until the journey is complete - why should the
>> airline be any different?
>
> ...for several reason that should be obvious to most people.
>
>
Anyway, we're being pedantic (somtehing most of us are quite good at!) -
there is no excuse for the 'clearing' company to hold on to �20 million
in monies for already paid for and completed journeys.
Yeti
There's an exception for Kilmarnock and Dundonald - 'customers' from
those parts have developed a tendancy to run away before paying.
Yeti
We don't have meters here - fixed prices.
Dave
Neither will a passenger jet. Weather forecasts are not always accurate,
so the airline will not know if the aircraft is flying into the wind, or
getting some help with the wind behind it.
Dave
Yeti
Much like our taxis here - we have a fixed price for a journey, with no
meter.
So some things that would push the price up or down on a meter don't
affect the price.
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
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Ian Jackson
<dave...@btopenworld.com> writes
>Jimbo ... wrote:
>> "Yeti" <ye...@ayrshore.com> wrote in message
>>news:hgig98$kr6$3...@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>airline be any different?
>> I don't know ........because you don't know the final price?.......
>
>Neither will a passenger jet. Weather forecasts are not always
>accurate, so the airline will not know if the aircraft is flying into
>the wind, or getting some help with the wind behind it.
>
finger? That's the usual way of finding whether there's any wind, and
which way it's blowing.
--
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Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
> They used to do it that way, but the pilots taking off from John Lennon
> kept
> losing wristwatches...
speaking of John Lennon I saw a Beatles tribute band at winterfest today and
very good they were to......took me right back to '63
Richard G3CWI
>......took me right back to '63
Could you not have stayed?
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
"Richard G3CWI" <g3...@tesco.net> wrote in message
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> Jimbo GM4DHJ ... wrote:
>>......took me right back to '63
>
>
> Could you not have stayed?
>
wish I could have ....your a bit crabby today? ...unlike you to be so
nasty.....whats up? ... could therapy help ? ........
Richard G3CWI
> wish I could have ....your a bit crabby today? ...unlike you to be so
> nasty.....whats up? ... could therapy help ? ........
>
>
Must be the cold that I have
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
> Jimbo GM4DHJ ... wrote:
>
>> wish I could have ....your a bit crabby today? ...unlike you to be so
>> nasty.....whats up? ... could therapy help ? ........
>
>
> Must be the cold that I have
>
we all have off days ........in fact most of my days are off days.......
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
"Jimbo GM4DHJ ..." <jim.g...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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luc...@eternal-flames.gov
<jim.g...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> we all have off days ........in fact most of my days are off days.......
>>
>do a bit of brian bashing...always cheers me up when I am down.......
Good man!
DieSea
"Chronos" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:
>
>> But the real problem at JL, if for the ground crew, when they find the
>> planes jacked up on a pile of bricks each morning, with the wheels
>> missing
>
> ...and syphon tubes hanging from both wings ;o)
> --
> Chronos
Just been dragged around a garden centre by matron
SHE wants more Christmas lights
So I reminded her that if she wanted more lights all we had to do was to go up to
Blackpool
Any way talk about rip-off
Paraffin at 2.50 a litre in 4 litre plastic cans
And I always thought paraffin was cheaper than petrol
I can now understand syphon tubes hanging from both wings ;o)
DieSea
Steve Terry
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>
> "Chronos" <m...@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:hgj9ob$a43$2...@news.eternal-september.org...
>> luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:
> Just been dragged around a garden centre by matron SHE wants more
> Christmas lights
> So I reminded her that if she wanted more lights all we had to do was to
> go up to Blackpool
> Any way talk about rip-off
>
> Paraffin at 2.50 a litre in 4 litre plastic cans
>
> And I always thought paraffin was cheaper than petrol
>
>
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Len GM0ONX
Too late, I was at Blackpool a fortnight ago (I think I must have upset
the Boss) and the illuminations have been switched off for a month.
Kilmarnock has a better Christmas display than Blackpool.
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
> Too late, I was at Blackpool a fortnight ago (I think I must have upset
> the Boss) and the illuminations have been switched off for a month.
> Kilmarnock has a better Christmas display than Blackpool.
I never get anything for upsetting the boss .......ken
luc...@eternal-flames.gov
wrote:
>Can't you use cooking oil or red diesel?
>
>Steve Terry
Have you seen the price of cooking-oil, since it became legal to use
it in (diesel) cars?
Nick.
Len GM0ONX
You're getting an 'early Oft'!
DieSea
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Wouldn't use the stuff
Mate of mine has a disco thought he was being clever saving a few bob a litre
Bought 25 litre drums from some wholesaler
He's had nowt but trouble
I can lay me hands on "Cherry B" but with the HMRC stops they have round here it
aint worth the risk
DieSea
luc...@eternal-flames.gov
<DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote:
>Wouldn't use the stuff
>
>Mate of mine has a disco thought he was being clever saving a few bob a litre
>
>Bought 25 litre drums from some wholesaler
>
>He's had nowt but trouble
>
>I can lay me hands on "Cherry B" but with the HMRC stops they have round here it
>aint worth the risk
>
>DieSea
In a 1 to 5 mix with diesel, cooking oil is supposed to be okay, but
you're only saving pennies. I don't see it being worth the effort.
Nick.
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
he had no say in the matter...EVERYBODY who wanted out got it ......they are
that desperate to save money......thank God
Dave
> Ian Jackson wrote:
>
>> Why can't they simply open the cockpit window, and extend a wetted
>> finger? That's the usual way of finding whether there's any wind, and
>> which way it's blowing.
>
> losing wristwatches...
Was that the local scroats that did it?
Dave
Dave
OFFS where did the name of winterfest come from?
These days, I can't stand Christmas because of it's over
commercialisation. Bring back the Christmas of my childhood.
Dave
Dave
> On Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:07:39 +0000, Chronos <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> g.
>> They used to do it that way, but the pilots taking off from John Lennon kept
>> losing wristwatches...
>
> planes jacked up on a pile of bricks each morning, with the wheels
> missing.
Thanks for that nick, I'm RAOTFLMAO right now.
Dave
Dave
> luc...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:
>
>> But the real problem at JL, if for the ground crew, when they find the
>> planes jacked up on a pile of bricks each morning, with the wheels
>
> ...and syphon tubes hanging from both wings ;o)
Can't see what they could use it for. It stinks when burned.
Dave
Yeti
It was about �1 a litre for ages.
USED veg oil, processed correctly, is what you want. The worst bit about
it is filtering it before processing though.
Steve Terry
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"DieSea" <DieSea.No...@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote in message
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A friend ran his 405 diesel no problem at all on vegetable oil,
3 litre bottles from asda were cheaper than 25 litre drums.
Adding 5% white sprit helps both thin it, increase combustibility,
and raise freezing point
Steve Terry
Chris Kirby
>Walt Davidson wrote:
>
>>
>> It is perhaps a measure of their importance that I had, until today,
>> never heard of FlyGlobespan!
>
>They were described as Scotland's largest airline, then in the next
>sentence it was explained that their 10 aircraft would be grounded
>immediately.
FlyGlobespan operated the flights to and from the Falklands via
Ascension Island for the RAF. There were a few places for civilians
too on these flights which is how the G6UW chaps got themselves to
Ascension Island for their dxpedition earlier this year. (Just to keep
the thread AR-related!)
--
Chris
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
> There were a few places for civilians
> too on these flights which is how the G6UW chaps got themselves to
> Ascension Island for their dxpedition earlier this year. (Just to keep
> the thread AR-related!)
>
> Chris
why worry about that....
c...@nospam.netunix.com
> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:09:01 +0000, Chris Kirby <g4...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >FlyGlobespan operated the flights to and from the Falklands via
> >Ascension Island for the RAF.
>
The Falklands run was done by RAF Tristars but these are
needed for routes into active conflict areas. The Falklands are now
at peace so it makes no sense for the RAF to be running a civil
scheduled airline.
Yeti
Might make them enough profit to afford Harriers and Chinooks at the
same time, perhaps? As long as their credit card company pays them, that is.
Brian Howie
<ye...@ayrshore.com> writes
>Richard G3CWI wrote:
>> Yeti wrote:
>>
>>> You don't pay a taxi until the journey is complete - why should the
>>>airline be any different?
>> ...for several reason that should be obvious to most people.
>>
>
>Anyway, we're being pedantic (somtehing most of us are quite good at!)
>- there is no excuse for the 'clearing' company to hold on to �20
>million in monies for already paid for and completed journeys.
Well they way it works is, if you temporarily have a pile of cash, even
it if it's not yours, you make it work for you. Say the financial
equivalent of putting it on a dead cert in the 3-30 at Chepstow. That
way you make a little extra cash before you hand it over. But as they
keep telling us , investments can go down as well as up.
Bit in here about some associated convoluted business deals.
Http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/flyglobespan-files-petiti
on-against-eclear-1845585.html
I'll not comment.
B
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Steve Terry
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>>Ascension Island for the RAF.
>
> 73 de Wlat
> Walt Davidson
>
>
Does the gov own anything anymore, with everything sub contracted out
why not sub contract Afghanistan to the Russian army?
They could do with some hard currency, they aren't doing much at the
moment and they know the area well.
Steve Terry
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
> Does the gov own anything anymore, with everything sub contracted out
> why not sub contract Afghanistan to the Russian army?
> They could do with some hard currency, they aren't doing much at the
> moment and they know the area well.
>
> Steve Terry
I think the Government should be put out to tender to private companies
.......
Catweazel
wrote:
>[snip]
>
> I think the Government should be put out to tender to private companies
> .......
Nooooooo!
That would be an even greater tyranny!
Jimbo GM4DHJ ...
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OK then benevolent dictatorship then .....
luc...@eternal-flames.gov
<jim.g...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>I think the Government should be put out to tender to private companies
Plans are in hand...
The next government will be a subsidiary of Sky Television.
Frank Turner-Smith G3VKI
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