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Old 29th Dec 2012, 17:46
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Face it, most of these bills sound outrageous, until compared to the cost of the operation, in toto
In _your_ operation! We mostly fly short sectors within Europe. And if every landing produces 1000 Euros in landing and handling fees and another 500 for (ridiculous) catering, then these extras reach 50% of the flying cost...

One day in Istanbul, the handling agent brought the catering and coffee we had ordered to the plane. Then he got a bag of ice cubes out of his van: "Do you also need ice?"
I asked: "How much?" "100 Euros" he said. "In this case, we don't need ice." "Just take it" he said to me, "today it comes for free" (it's gonna melt anyway on the way back to the office...)
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