Heathrow airport wall
 

A friend has asked about this wall which is at heathrow terminal 5

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Is it simply a list of destinations served from heathrow? I assume being at T5 it's BA destinations.
Is there anything more significant than that? Does it just light up at random or is there a reason to what lights up when?

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There's two of them, one north and one south. I believe the idea is that you can fly there from the building you are next to, although the actual market os slightly more dynamic.

Im sure the avarage pax will know all them airport codes :E

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Think most people would just settle with the idea that PAX actually know the airport or country that they are flying to as a start......

Had a discussion (!!!) with an Essex couple in the 1980's when they swore they hated Spain and would refuse to go there. But they had been to Ibiza for 2 years running, Majorca in the winter and to Torremolinos for 3 years but not Spain.

Sometimes better to agree with someone that burst the sheer innocence that you see and give yourself a headache.

I assume the Essex couple had blond hair ;)

haha know what you mean my mother in law will not go spain, but will holiday in ACE and IBZ twice a year.

Saying that I've flown with crew and who have asked me what country we are going and what lanuage to play.

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Oh you knew Darren and Tracey or Daz and Trac as they said they wanted to be known as.

I must admit was difficult to hold in laughter when they said they had an XR3i with Darren and Tracey on a sunscreen on it.

They did suggest we met them up one weekend at Hollywood's Night Club in Romford, GF at time asked should she get White High Heels as she heard they all the rage, knowing full well what the description was. Trac told us she never went out without them......................evening was a cliche they didn't get. We er passed on the invite to Hollywood's.

Have had that when travelling as a Pax with just about everybody, best was an Easy flight into BCN when we supposedly were landing in Budapest.

It was amusing hearing Captain on a minute later stating we landing in BCN or least he planned to but maybe cabin crew had other ideas.

Senior crew words are unprintable even when asked by everybody on way out about where we were, it was a 7am flight so easily understood.

Can't say I knew Darren and Tracey racedo, but I have seen my share during my many trips to Essex - to Epping Basset to visit North Weald, to Southend-on-Sea either to visit ATC Lasham or to fly out to Amsterdam. But there is hidden gems too, like in the small town Great Dunmow east of Stansted and it's The Starr Restaurant with Rooms - great food, great accommodation and perfect hosting.

Since we are talking about disorientated passengers, what about a disorientated pilot story? During my many flights on the British Isles (I've flown to 44 UK airports) one pops up as a bit odd. I was going to fly from Isle of Man with manx2.com with a Let410 with a Czech crew. With no C/A it was the captains duty to welcome us on board and give the safety briefing. The captain opened the bag with safety remedies and started as follows:
- Welcome on board this manx two dot com flight for Belfast ...
A woman in a seat behind me shouted
- Belfast??? We are supposed to fly to Blackpool!!!
A surprised captain continued
- Blackpool??? Right, eh yeah, to this flight to Blackpool ...
The briefing continued without a hitch. My seat was right behind the captain, and since it's a middle wall separating cabin and entrance along the outer walls of the cabin to the cockpit I could see and hear what followed. After a brief discussion in Czech between the pilots, papers were checked and the maps on the clipboard were changed, engines were started and we took off from Ronaldsway and landed on time at Blackpool.

For those that have heard this story before, my apologies, I'll keep it short.

EZY last out LTN for EDI on a Sunday night.
For the CC is was the sixth leg of the day.
I was sitting in Row 1, opp the CC.
As we taxy in, the CC starts the blurb: "Welcome to ..." and his voice tails off and he peers out of the window to see if he recognises the place!

With one voice all the pax chorus: EDINBURGH!!!
"Thank you!" he said.

It was very funny for all concerned.

Half way across the oggin to good old US of A. Cabin crew member enters cockpit.

CC member: "One of the passengers wants to know where we are."

Me (a little surprised): "We are halfway across the ocean!"

CC member (genuinely puzzled): "Which ocean?"