MANCHESTER - 8

[mickyman]

RoyHudd

A man of your calibre having to work up north - whatever have you
done to deserve that shame !!

MM

[Aero Mad]

Roy Hudd, your posts are extraordinary. In 2004 (I looked to the last page of your list of posts to see if you have always been this grumpy), you told someone to:

Have a happy life, and please lighten up a little

Take a leaf out of your own book and stop putting everyone/everything down. If it isn't Manchester, it's Blackpool and if it isn't Blackpool then it's Monarch. Calm down and get a grip; if you demonstrated this sort of manner in the air I'm not sure I'd be happy to fly with you!

[Mr A Tis]

Roy Hudd

Guys you really shouldn't rise to this well known troll poster

[Skipness One Echo]

You would be unlikely to see MAN re-start flying just minutes after a major aircraft accident, and before everyone has a chance to properly assess the situation, as happened at a certain UK airport in January 2008.

Now now, you mean G-YMMM at Heathrow don't you? If there was a procedure that wasn't followed that put the safety of the the public in danger then be specific as my understanding was that contingency planning meant that operations could continue. Roy is a grumpy old person but there's a good point in there somewhere that surely MAN could be run a little more efficiently. I mean not all airports grind to a halt to watch an A380 push back, it's that sort of annoyance that could be worked on in a construcitive manner and get people from A to B without wanting to shoot yourself at C.

[Beavis and Butthead]

I mean not all airports grind to a halt to watch an A380 push back

How very true. Manchester needs to remember it has other operators that end up delayed on stand and filling the holds up day in day out whilst Emirates get the A380 red carpet. Great to have it at Manchester but the operation and MAPLC's protection to it's schedule is quite bizarre and can surely be improved.

[mickyman]

I've not noticed the airport coming to a standstill when the 380
comes in or out......since 'special operations' no longer apply on
the ground other than neccessary things.Is spacing still in op at
Heathrow ???

If your not amazed the thing can achieve flight then thats your
loss - thank God Concorde got gone....

MM

[harer92]

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone had an updated schedule for all inbound and outbound PIA flights into Manchester for the Winter 2011/2012 season.

I am most grateful.

Many thanks,
Harer92

[learjet50]

Mr Hudd

This gentleman appears to have gone quiet over the last few days

Maybe he on holiday

[MKY661]

EasyJet now moving to T1 on 30th Nov. Dont know why it keeps changing

[Mr A Tis]

EZY

I understand MAN-GOT is being dropped by EZY in Jan, where will the aircraft go instead?

[Ian Brooks]

GOT is being dropped from all points on U2 schedule, I`m sure a replacement will be announced in due course


Ian B

[RoyHudd]

Just drying out after getting soaked by rainwater coming through the leaky roof of T3. Buckets everywhere. As a positioning passenger, I didn't think it was up to Indonesian regional airport terminal standards. (As a comparator)

Incidentally, a troll I am not, at least not intentionally. I criticize in the same manner as we do for flight safety. Its not comfortable but it is intended to remedy faults or even dangers. MAN needs many improvements, and yet a lot of you seem intent on impassionately supporting an airport. Why? It has been going down the tubes for a while, and needs turning round. It employs fewer people now, for good reason.

Off on holiday now, travelling via MAN, as usual.

[Dr Illitout]

I've not noticed the airport coming to a standstill when the 380
comes in or out.

It's because the 380 is so ugly. There is a tannoy message that it is arriving and all non esential staff go to rooms with no windows in to hide from it. The staff that have to deal with it under go counseling after each turn round. The airports advice if you are caught in the open when one taxies past is to risk one eye.

Rgds Dr I

[roverman]

Party like it's 1989

Its been party time at MAN this week! In a throwback to the golden era of the 1980s and 90s, a new airline arriving (or at least returning) every day. Iberia, Blue Islands, Bangladesh Biman tomorrow, Ryanair base too. Yes, a few have slid quietly out of the back door but at the moment there seems to be others ready to take up the dropped routes.

MAN partied through the recession of the early 1980s for a variety of reasons, whether it can repeat the miracle we'll soon know. The 21st century recession seems to stretch to the horizon, but for now, crack that bubbly 'cos we're goin' to party like its 1989!

[North West]

Err...ok. Maybe time to book on one of these new services and take a rest.

[rkenyon]

I'd wager the only time RoyHudd has been to MAN is when he lands his MS Flight Simulator A330. That's the closest he's ever been to a cockpit... No airline would hire someone with such obvious issues.

[Mr A Tis]

New Routes

So, the ZB new routes are Dubrovnik, Venice, Milan & Verona. I guess the planned Madrid has been dropped inlight of the IB, RYR & EZY services.

Any news on Veulings potential venture onto BCN?

[delta154]

Slightly off topic, but, it seems the SQ327 MAN-MUC-SIN has come off the runway at MUC. No injuries but runway closed.

[Vuelo]

What is the latest on the Metrolink to the airport? Is it being built? Does it have an opening date?

[roverman]

metrolink

Indeed it is being built. Witness the coned areas on Outwood Lane and works around athe rail station, preparing the new platform and line. See also works along Shadow Moss Road, major roadworks will start here soon to bring the toy train to MAN. Opens 2014. Toot Toot!