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LU4 postcode is the hotspot.
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LU4 includes the towns hospital but maybe this is a bit more disturbing
https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2020...rning-in-luton In Luton, the weekly number of new cases reported has doubled in the past fortnight promoting the town's Director of Health to issue specific "stay at home" advice. |
The council has balanced its budget but doesn’t mention that the only part of council spending to rise is the £60m bailout for the airport.
https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/luton...dget-1-6750039 |
Originally Posted by Captain_Caveman
(Post 10842888)
here comes the casual racism again that pops up on this thread from time to time.
where is your proof that the hotspots in Luton are the Asian community ?? My wife is a nurse at the local hospital and they cannot see a clear pattern to the people who enter icu apart from mostly older and more likely to have lower immune systems for whatever reason, the five hotspot areas in Luton are not all linked to the areas where people from our Asian community traditionally live. next you will be telling us that you are quite happy to get in a taxi with a white Anglo Saxon driver. I realise this is a rumour network but don’t let the Lack of any facts get in the way of some casual racism. The taxi drivers are self employed so I wonder how many would actually stop work if tested positive when there were no airport taxis for 3 months. https://i.imgur.com/E4by2JT.jpg |
Just for clarity, the Luton areas are Kingsway, Warden Hill, Challney, Lewsey South and Bedford areas, Elstow, Shortstown & Wixams.
A big mix of demographics & ethnic groupings. On a seperate note EZY shedules continue to expand over the coming weeks but nothing like needing the based 25 frames. WZZ have 5 new routes starting to Spain & Greece in 2nd week of August |
Those areas affected, which seems to focus on parts of Luton, are not helped by those living in rented sheds at the bottom of gardens, which is common practice in parts of the town. Luton is a deprived town with low wages, part time and zero hour contracts, which is something the airport and the airlines encourage with contracts awarded to the lowest bidder.
More about a possable second lockdown for Luton below. https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/po...s-town-2921139 |
EZY JTR
easyJet launching JTR on 6Aug, a day before Wizz start flying! Finally easyJet seem to have grown a pair over the last few months!
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Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10843739)
Those areas affected, which seems to focus on parts of Luton, are not helped by those living in rented sheds at the bottom of gardens, which is common practice in parts of the town.
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Originally Posted by Dannyboy39
(Post 10844501)
What a load of rubbish. I've seen no such thing and I lived in the town over 30 years...
Luton Borough Council has launched a new scheme to crack down on rogue landlords that rent out poorly managed or dangerous properties. The Rogue Landlord Project was created alongside the Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Service, the Luton Law Centre and the Luton Citizens Advice Bureau. The council insists that rogue landlords will not be tolerated and offenders will be caught. The scheme particularly focuses on:
Councillor Tom Shaw, Portfolio Holder for Housing at Luton Borough Council, says: “The Rogue Landlord Project is an integral part of ensuring that private housing in Luton is of a good standard. It is an important part of our enforcement policy and will help ensure that properties in Luton are safe and maintained to a good standard. If a HMO is poorly managed, tenants’ safety could be at risk. |
Semi Lockdown https://Sky News: Coronavirus: Luton...pikes-12034861
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Back to the airport, the newly refurbished Aspire lounge at London Luton Airport is due to re-open on 4th August.
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Could we please get back to matters regarding the airport ie routes, airlines etc and not have a discussion on who might be living in a garden shed at the bottom of a garden, that is for another place - The Daily Fail, Torygraph or the British Medical Journal. Thank you.
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Not shed news but an important archery for airport traffic https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/tr...roject-2922090
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The road upgrade is part of the planning permission for 18m passengers. Only the first 200m is being completed as the council has no money to build the rest. To do the upgrade hundreds of mature trees would have to be cut down which has upset the locals.
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Originally Posted by Avgeek06
(Post 10844348)
easyJet launching JTR on 6Aug, a day before Wizz start flying! Finally easyJet seem to have grown a pair over the last few months!
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Competition can mean a potential profit for one airline becomes a loss for two. It will be a brave soul booking a holiday now.
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Originally Posted by compton3bravo
(Post 10844940)
Could we please get back to matters regarding the airport ie routes, airlines etc and not have a discussion on who might be living in a garden shed at the bottom of a garden, that is for another place - The Daily Fail, Torygraph or the British Medical Journal. Thank you.
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You may think that, but I couldn't possibly comment!
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Wizzair Russian route re-start second week of August (or is that routes?)
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Originally Posted by Buster the Bear
(Post 10847546)
Wizzair Russian route re-start second week of August (or is that routes?)
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Gulfstreams new facility at Farnborough offically opened today but the press release says they will keep their presence at Luton but will this include the hanger or will that go back to Signature?
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They will keep a man in a van and that is it. The hangar will go back to Signature. The main issue is that the staff don’t want to relocate.
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Social distancing Luton style captured in this video clip.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...akers-18672017 |
Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10847736)
Social distancing Luton style captured in this video clip.
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co...akers-18672017 |
Originally Posted by The96er
(Post 10847754)
So you’ve just come off a plane that you weren’t forced to go on in the first place in which you are sat just inches from other people and yet you complain about social distancing in the terminal ! - A non story.
I suppose other MAG airports are a shining beacon of how to do it!? |
Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10847735)
They will keep a man in a van and that is it. The hangar will go back to Signature. The main issue is that the staff don’t want to relocate.
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Originally Posted by pabely
(Post 10847756)
Thank the Sun & Mirror for this non storey and all the local rags pick it up hours later.
I suppose other MAG airports are a shining beacon of how to do it!? The issue is that despite a massive drop in passengers numbers flights still bunch up and arrive and depart at a similar time. The queue in this video gives the opportunity for the virus to spread. It is worth remembering this when people call it a non story. |
I suppose other MAG airports are a shining beacon of how to do it!? |
18 to 26 feet
Originally Posted by LTNman
(Post 10847813)
It is not a non story. Airport management have made public statements that the airport is safe when it isn’t. The airport terminal in normal times can from memory handle around 4,500 passengers an hour. I have the exact figure somewhere but I can’t be bothered to dig it out. This figure hasn’t been reduced to reflect social distancing or safety and highlights the pitfalls and the risks passengers take when flying from being bussed out to stand to standing in long queues and then sitting in an aircraft with the engines off so the Hepa filters are doing nothing.
The issue is that despite a massive drop in passengers numbers flights still bunch up and arrive and depart at a similar time. The queue in this video gives the opportunity for the virus to spread. It is worth remembering this when people call it a non story. As a daily commuter on the trains I feel totally safe because I protect myself. I would feel safe in a terminal and safe in an aircraft. The Press just love to dig at anything relating to Luton however the photos of the queue in the terminal do not cause me concern because it would be impracticable to keep our social distancing at 26 feet! |
The actions of Government, business and society will all influence whether there will be a second wave. Activities at Luton don't help nor do the actions of some members of the town council who attend parties in the most contagious part of the town.
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Total click bait. "Chaos" and "Mayhem" (as the headlines suggest) it is certainly not. A small queue by Border Force standards. In any case passengers have just spent two hours or more on the same plane together. Bigger queues at Asda.
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Signature
This implies more than just a man & van to be retained at Luton https://www.globalatlanta.com/gulfst...ervice-center/
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It would certainly make sense for Gulfstream to keep some sort of facility at LTN to accommodate the AOG work etc that Farnborough won't be able to accept given its restricted operating hours......
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I have a contact at Gulfstream. Around 6 weeks go they said they was taking redundancy. I was also told Gulfstream were leaving a man and a van on site and that they were vacating the hangar, which was going back to Signature. There was a major issue getting staff to move though. I have no idea whether plans have changed due to a lack of Farnborough engineers and that they will keep a bigger workforce at Luton until the problem is resolved.
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To complement the Farnborough site, Gulfstream’s FAST Field & Airborne Support Teams continue to maintain a presence at London Luton Airport for arrivals, departures and aircraft-on-ground (AOG) service.
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Regarding the Gulfstream move, it is so easy for management to make a decision and not think the whole matter through. Might seem like only 50 miles ish but not being aware of the very high house prices near Farnborough but also the time it can take to drive the M1/M25/M3 shows how the workforce are viewed these days. Manpower is just an inconvenient cost unit per hour in management eyes.
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Originally Posted by Buster the Bear
(Post 10849105)
To complement the Farnborough site, Gulfstream’s FAST Field & Airborne Support Teams continue to maintain a presence at London Luton Airport for arrivals, departures and aircraft-on-ground (AOG) service.
https://www.aviationpros.com/home/pr...port-team-fast |
Yes as that link shows the FAST team have been based at Luton for 9 years and will remain so. It was the guys who do the long term work in the hangar I was talking about. Very few are willing to move with the package offered by Gulfstream so might be retained for a while at Luton to keep existing contracts going. How this pans out long term we will see.
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With engineers being removed from payroll by the airlines, if Gulfstream are will to pay the retraining required, I doubt if they will have problems recruiting, especially as the drive from some somewhere like Heathrow is not too bad. I'd wager that there are many that already live along the M3/M4 corridors?
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Gulfstream may well pick up some engineers who have been made redundant from elsewhere. However, it takes some time to train and type rate licensed engineers so it won't happen quickly and some work might be retained at LTN in the meantime....In my opinion this crisis will see many older engineers retiring early as there is a large number in the industry who are well over 50. The bean counters have always seen engineers as necessary evil's so terms and conditions will be almost impossible to maintain at pre-covid levels going forward (like many other airline departments).....Many older engineers started their careers in the Forces or with aircraft manufacturers (but both are no longer viable sources of well trained engineers for the airlines)
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