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"those who need to travel to/from London are fighting to get one of around 450 seats"
I have asked a couple of times who those people might be.
I have been given suggestions rather than factual answers. These included commuting Nurses and Construction workers.
Is it legitimate for these groups to commute by air (without social distancing)? Presumably they have London accommodation and could simply stay there, but there might be considerable hardship not getting home.
Please don't attack me, I realise that these are very strange and difficult times and I have a genuine reason for my question. I have a daughter stuck in London working from her accommodation there, she could not come home to NI earlier as she had to finish a Covid related Government project (working remotely from her London accommodation but required to be close to office, just in case). She could now continue to work from home in NI but can't find out if she's permitted to travel LHR/BHD.
I have asked a couple of times who those people might be.
I have been given suggestions rather than factual answers. These included commuting Nurses and Construction workers.
Is it legitimate for these groups to commute by air (without social distancing)? Presumably they have London accommodation and could simply stay there, but there might be considerable hardship not getting home.
Please don't attack me, I realise that these are very strange and difficult times and I have a genuine reason for my question. I have a daughter stuck in London working from her accommodation there, she could not come home to NI earlier as she had to finish a Covid related Government project (working remotely from her London accommodation but required to be close to office, just in case). She could now continue to work from home in NI but can't find out if she's permitted to travel LHR/BHD.
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They're going to have to halve the passenger capacity and leave middle seats free - it's the only way to enforce social distancing on the flight. I don't know why this wasn't already decided long before this packed Monday flight. It's going to have to be health over money, with large subsidies for the foreseeable future.
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People need to get a grip.
As FD Roosevelt said... there's nothing to fear but fear itself.
There is a whole media fuelled 'industry' of indignant, self-righteous cocks pointing fingers at people like they are Nazi collaborators or something. But then again people literally have nothing better to do.
(Anti) social distancing in aviation or any other form of public transport is fantasy and pointless in any case.
By the way the WHOs recommended distancing in enclosed spaces is 1metre not the wacky 2metres that the genius's advising Boris cooked up - literally invented without any scientific evidence to back it up.
1m is just verging on the bounds of possibility for air transport - 2m forget it.
Life is full of risks; we take calculated risks every waking hour. Thousands die in car crashes every year why don't we ban all cars?
The whole thing is starting to become more about politics - just listen to that useless dip****e over in Holyrood waffling on today.
As FD Roosevelt said... there's nothing to fear but fear itself.
There is a whole media fuelled 'industry' of indignant, self-righteous cocks pointing fingers at people like they are Nazi collaborators or something. But then again people literally have nothing better to do.
(Anti) social distancing in aviation or any other form of public transport is fantasy and pointless in any case.
By the way the WHOs recommended distancing in enclosed spaces is 1metre not the wacky 2metres that the genius's advising Boris cooked up - literally invented without any scientific evidence to back it up.
1m is just verging on the bounds of possibility for air transport - 2m forget it.
Life is full of risks; we take calculated risks every waking hour. Thousands die in car crashes every year why don't we ban all cars?
The whole thing is starting to become more about politics - just listen to that useless dip****e over in Holyrood waffling on today.
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I guess, all airlines/airport and other transport mediums will by trying to give the perception 'Look what we're doing' to try and avoid the enivitable false outrage on social media as was witnessed the other day and associated bad press that comes with it weather it is justified or not in the intial days of scaling up operations. I fully expect all of this nonesence will soon die down when people realise that there's no such thing as 'the new normal' !! A phrase I'm tired of hearing already.
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Thousands die in car crashes every year why don't we ban all cars?
Geniuses much wiser than you and I are dealing with, researching and doing their best to understand and mitigate the risks of SARS-CoV-2. I’m as frustrated as the next person with lockdown, its economic and social impacts and wish nothing but full recovery for aviation - when it is safe to do so.
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Isn't it wonderful the people who do things, then regret it and have to tell the world how wronged they were. Any person who believes in any way that social spacing can be achieved on a plane/in an airport is an idiot. Why don't these people stay at home, regardless of what they want to do?
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looks like from the 6th July there is some form of normally flying again from BHD
06:50 BA1427 -LHR
08:45 EI930 -LHR
09:20 BA1423 -LHR
11:25 LOGANAIR -INV
12:30 LOGANAIR -ABZ
12:30 EASTERN -SOU
13:15 EI932 -LHR
14:55 BA1417 -LHR
15:00 LOGANAIR -DND
15:45 EASTERN -MME
17:20 EI936 -LHR
19:00 BA1419 -LHR
20:10 BA1421 -LHR
06:50 BA1427 -LHR
08:45 EI930 -LHR
09:20 BA1423 -LHR
11:25 LOGANAIR -INV
12:30 LOGANAIR -ABZ
12:30 EASTERN -SOU
13:15 EI932 -LHR
14:55 BA1417 -LHR
15:00 LOGANAIR -DND
15:45 EASTERN -MME
17:20 EI936 -LHR
19:00 BA1419 -LHR
20:10 BA1421 -LHR
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Nope, no holidays scheduled this year, I doubt there will be many opportunities for them in the coming years either which is a pity.
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3 airports ain't going to survive for 1.8 million people. Nobody I know has committed to flying for leisure purposes the rest of this year. Anybody flying for business has scaled back to absolute minimum. Several normal high business frequent fliers, are now seeing the advantages of technology. Basically they have been forced to use it and are raving about the money and time saved vs flying.
The owners at BCA will be looking at other options for the place, if they have their heads screwed on. Urban village would work well. What a waste of land for an airport. Between port authorities, and planning I am sure they could come with a viable option coining everybody in.
The owners at BCA will be looking at other options for the place, if they have their heads screwed on. Urban village would work well. What a waste of land for an airport. Between port authorities, and planning I am sure they could come with a viable option coining everybody in.
