The original post receives the TImS Award for the dummest post of the year (and this award has some seious competition !).
Capt J - the vote to date runs 7:0 against (if I exclude your vote and mine).
Even if the rest of the 'voters' are "Flybe staff supporting sharp practice" I am not - what do I do for living ?
Primarily, these days, I help airlines develop fares strategies and reservations applications - which perhaps qualifies to me to express a point!
You appear to be offended that you were unable to obtain a fare at less than 20% (or GBP 2.05) above the entry level fare advertised - let me make two clear and undeniable statements:
1) There has never in the history of aviation been a successful 'single fare' scheduled airline
2) Any airline that offered a GBP 12 or GBP 9.95 fare across their complete capacity on a 45 minute sector (jet) would last days rather than weeks.
Your choice is simple - you are unwilling to spend more than the price of a few quick drinks in the local pub to sit in a multi-million pound machine, operating with the support of mega-million pound infratsructure, in a technologically complicated environment where professional employees (on the ground and in the air) work under pressure over long hours to provide you safe transport from one land mass to another - stay where you are or swim !
Perhaps the clue is in your 'monica' - a title that my collegues work for rather than assume !
Rant over - generally I am on the travelling public's side!
TimS
Last edited by TimS; 20th November 2004 at 15:34.