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TK clearly decided that they didn't want TV viewers thinking that they regularly transported such shady characters
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Isn't this all part of the PR upsell for runway 3 infastructure hence the opening line re capacity?
Personally I would rather we spend the £18bn and indeed the rocketing costs of HS2 on our OAPS most of whom "appear" to be being CULLED by cut after cut.
I really don't understand why there is taxpayer money for Heathrow whilst the NHS and social care is disintegrating.
We will all be old or indeed ill some day!
By all means build a new runway but fund all of the support with private money. It's scandalous using taxpayer dosh.
See also HS2.
Personally I would rather we spend the £18bn and indeed the rocketing costs of HS2 on our OAPS most of whom "appear" to be being CULLED by cut after cut.
I really don't understand why there is taxpayer money for Heathrow whilst the NHS and social care is disintegrating.
We will all be old or indeed ill some day!
By all means build a new runway but fund all of the support with private money. It's scandalous using taxpayer dosh.
See also HS2.
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Oh, do not forget those poor dogs, the cabin baggage of near 30kgs, getting £10 from the staff, and of course all early flights at 6am on Easterlies not to disturb West London. 
One big advert for R3.
One big advert for R3.
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Flew into LHR Friday arrived 0602 bags well past 7 am left rentacar office Bath road 0805at third attempt car wise
Lesson learned - take a carry on bag. Felt sorry for BA crew waiting for their bags after a long flight
Lesson learned - take a carry on bag. Felt sorry for BA crew waiting for their bags after a long flight
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Up until last year I was a frequent flyer between LHR and EDI/GLA. Never any problems Northwards waiting for bags when I had to take one, but coming back I regularly waited over 1 hour for my bags on the last flight of the night. On one occasion it was just over 90 minutes. On pretty much every occasion my wait for baggage more than doubled my journey time compared to the actual flight! One night I asked if I could go airside myself and get it. I had my LHR airside pass with me and my hi-viz, sadly they said no!
Crossrail access
Heathrow still holding Crossrail (aka Elizabethan line) to ransom for access just to the central terminal. Heathrow have sole access to T5 until 2023.
Lawyers on the case (big fees all round)
Lawyers on the case (big fees all round)
Geographically-challenged IAG submits expansion counter-proposal
IAG have reportedly submitted a counter-proposal as part of their submission to the Government consultation on the draft Airports National Policy Statement.
Citing the quoted costs of bridging the M25 for R3, IAG have proposed shortening the proposed 3500m runway by 300m, so that it would stop short of the M25, apparently overlooking the fact that the published plans show nearly 1000m of R3 (not including the RESA) extending to the west of the motorway.
It's a shame that IAG couldn't afford the cost of an up-to-date OS map that has the line of the M25 shown on it.
International Airlines Group issues Heathrow M25 warning
Citing the quoted costs of bridging the M25 for R3, IAG have proposed shortening the proposed 3500m runway by 300m, so that it would stop short of the M25, apparently overlooking the fact that the published plans show nearly 1000m of R3 (not including the RESA) extending to the west of the motorway.
It's a shame that IAG couldn't afford the cost of an up-to-date OS map that has the line of the M25 shown on it.
International Airlines Group issues Heathrow M25 warning
I understood, for immigration staff, that if anyone is rostered on duty one minute before 0600 then night shift rate applies for the whole shift, so only the minimum skeleton are so, regardless of passenger numbers, to shave someone's budget a bit more. Of course an 0600 report, after all the security stuff and distant reporting points, means people not in position until well after 0630. Does the same apply to handling staff ?
I'm given to understand 
that HAL are about to withdraw the Microwave landing system. Overtaken by GPS based systems I guess.
Confirmation to come in due course....
that HAL are about to withdraw the Microwave landing system. Overtaken by GPS based systems I guess.Confirmation to come in due course....
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Jet Airways will introsuce a 3rd daily flight from 29th October to BOM
Jet Airways - Press Releases (news from 24th May)
Jet Airways - Press Releases (news from 24th May)
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My nephew drove to Heathrow from Stamford sat in terminal 6 hours and then told to go home. Cancelled.
"Can we fly Sunday "
"No chance, even if we have systems we will have massive backlog"
Customer service will get in touch next week.
And that as they say was that. 2 weeks holiday cancelled.
I do not understand how loss of power can effectively lose the database? I have worked on numerous IT system and you have mirror back ups so as soon as the power supply is restored you are back on. You then need a couple if hours to recheck.
Do we have any airline IT people on this forum who would concur.
A power outage just doesn't seem to hang together and would not cause everything to be off for 18 hours unless there was indeed NO POWER AT SOURCE.
And where is this loss of power located?
Heathrow, Germany ?
"Can we fly Sunday "
"No chance, even if we have systems we will have massive backlog"
Customer service will get in touch next week.
And that as they say was that. 2 weeks holiday cancelled.
I do not understand how loss of power can effectively lose the database? I have worked on numerous IT system and you have mirror back ups so as soon as the power supply is restored you are back on. You then need a couple if hours to recheck.
Do we have any airline IT people on this forum who would concur.
A power outage just doesn't seem to hang together and would not cause everything to be off for 18 hours unless there was indeed NO POWER AT SOURCE.
And where is this loss of power located?
Heathrow, Germany ?
