Flybe Con!
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Tower wrote
it is almost like a carbon copy of him....he is suspiciously quiet these days ...do hope he is well!
Actually ages ago I was slagged off by the illustrious standard noise for pointing out that a FREE ticket from FlyBe into the docks was MORE expensive than a paid for from Easy(same route same times..almost) and the point I made was how much more was extracted in fees by the city operators to make it so. Plus ca change.....
Have you ever met Allmcc?
it is almost like a carbon copy of him....he is suspiciously quiet these days ...do hope he is well!
Actually ages ago I was slagged off by the illustrious standard noise for pointing out that a FREE ticket from FlyBe into the docks was MORE expensive than a paid for from Easy(same route same times..almost) and the point I made was how much more was extracted in fees by the city operators to make it so. Plus ca change.....
Just a numbered other
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From: Earth
CaptJ
It would appear that your inability to spot the word 'lowest' in the blurb you reproduced, might lead one to believe that YOU are the 'stupid' one around here.
As a pilot with a loco, I get ever more frustrated at my eroding terms and conditions and general lack of any kind of plannable life, so that folk like you can bitch about travelling in, as TimS, says a highly expensive mode of transport, for the price of a couple of packets of fags, or a small round of drinks.
edited for personal attack. H.
It would appear that your inability to spot the word 'lowest' in the blurb you reproduced, might lead one to believe that YOU are the 'stupid' one around here.
As a pilot with a loco, I get ever more frustrated at my eroding terms and conditions and general lack of any kind of plannable life, so that folk like you can bitch about travelling in, as TimS, says a highly expensive mode of transport, for the price of a couple of packets of fags, or a small round of drinks.
edited for personal attack. H.
Last edited by Hawk; 22nd November 2004 at 18:40.
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From: Belfast
Arkroyal,
I would be one of the first to support you against any sort of erosion of compensation for the very responsible job you carry out.
But again, like many others you miss the point. It's misleading advertising thats is creating these unrealistic expections.
I'm happy to pay a reasonable and realistic fare for any journey that I take. I value the occasional bargain as much as anyone. However I'm not so stupid as to realise that if we want a service, we need to pay a realistic fare to sustain that service.
FlyBe should never have announced a £9.95 starting fare that they were not going to (could not) sustain. Such advertising benefits no-one at all. I cannot fathom what the hell the marketing people at Flybe thought they were at. The only result has been to canibalise their own revenues ???
BTW As for pressure on employees. I could respectfully point out that there aren't many professions not subject to the same pressures. Except perhaps for lawyers
I would be one of the first to support you against any sort of erosion of compensation for the very responsible job you carry out.
But again, like many others you miss the point. It's misleading advertising thats is creating these unrealistic expections.
I'm happy to pay a reasonable and realistic fare for any journey that I take. I value the occasional bargain as much as anyone. However I'm not so stupid as to realise that if we want a service, we need to pay a realistic fare to sustain that service.
FlyBe should never have announced a £9.95 starting fare that they were not going to (could not) sustain. Such advertising benefits no-one at all. I cannot fathom what the hell the marketing people at Flybe thought they were at. The only result has been to canibalise their own revenues ???
BTW As for pressure on employees. I could respectfully point out that there aren't many professions not subject to the same pressures. Except perhaps for lawyers
Just a numbered other
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From: Earth
I'd expect that at least one seat per flight was sold at the 'lowest' price, and after that they ramp up towards departure.
That is how Loco works, and if it appears misleading, (and I'll agree with you that it's not totally honest) then that's all part of the 'smoke and mirrors' required to fill the seats, mostly, we hope at an economic fare.
So what's a fair fare? At least 50 quid!
Lawyers? concur
That is how Loco works, and if it appears misleading, (and I'll agree with you that it's not totally honest) then that's all part of the 'smoke and mirrors' required to fill the seats, mostly, we hope at an economic fare.
So what's a fair fare? At least 50 quid!
Lawyers? concur
