OUCH!! SNAP!!! I really must have made some people mad! Sheesh. I was just trying to state that I thought it was unfair that BA would not give up a small amount of slots and allow in some competition for the business traveler, while it wanted a hookup with AA that would have controlled 80% of the flights to JFK/BOS. Does that sound unfair to you? This is a rumor board and an opinion board, and I was stating my opinion. .about the BA/AA hookup. Then Tandemrotor, obviously, not American, comes in and BRILIANTLY. .calls Americans SPAMS and states that we don't have very many passports (86% don't have them) and. .says that we pretty much don't have too much culture. Well, if you don't like us, why is this BA/AA thing so important to you? Sounds like BA. .wants OUR Business travelers over here in the States---who pay big bucks to get where THEY want.. .And what about your Concorde service? It's to the States---not Singapore or Sydney---and it's. .not full of Brits only. Face it, you need us.. .Are you making fun of Disneyland? Let me guess, you haven't ever been to the states? We have 50 states---all different and interesting---so some people(I guess a lot) don't need to go anywhere. .else. Are you jeleous? I love the British Isles,. .but after awhile everyone needs to go see something different, and that is why you have a lot of people with passports. But, Tandemrotor,. .you really get defensive about the past (WWII) and the future(LHR). Hey, the US helped you and. .we are all friends, right? Get over it and let some Airlines into LHR. End of argument.
Andreas in SAF----you are a weird one. Ever been to ATL? No? I thought not. I was stating that. .the feed to LHR from ATL would be very good. ATL. .is a lot busier than LHR, and they obviously handle expansion better. And, BA can add service to ATL with no problem. The actual problem that you do not like is that BA is drasticly cutting their own service to intercontinental Europe and won't give up a small percentage of slots into LHR. You know it Andreas in SAF---and I am right.. .Don't be mad-- relax and accept it. Maybe more Americans will get passports and fly to beautiful London (I love London, personally) and see the sights.
Magplug---thanks Dad. You grow up! Look at my arguments and see how Tandemrotor responded. I like when Americans are called Spams! (I have never heard that one before) I didn't say anything wrong or untrue about the British people,. .who I like very much. I just think other airlines should fly into LHR. That is an opinion.. .If you don't like it, read another thread.
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