David verses Goliath!!!

[mrshubigbus]

Low cost airlines verses the "fat overweight spend on anything and everything" majors!
I believe that the current attempts by the majors to persuede governments and the EU to inject new funds into their terminally ill operations is a complete waste of money!!! Airlines such as Aer Lingus, Sabena, Swissair, Alitalia etc cannot survive in their present form. Injecting cash is just giving the carriers yet another stay of execution once again. They have had it. The low cost boys are hear to stay. They certainly know how to run a slick business unlike the majority of the majors who are living in the dark ages. British Airways should lose their slots so that other players who can run a business in the current climate can operate out of LHR LGW etc where many ground handling jobs would be saved. Who is looking after who here???
Times are changing! It is a great shame that it has taken recent events for the majors to wake up to the fact that they have to run a bussiness in the year 2001 not the 60s or 70s where any opposition was wiped out by the under the table dealings with government etc!!!

[Carnage Matey!]

There's only one o in lose.

Apart from repeating statmeents that have been made on dozens of other threads, who are you to tell the airlines how to operate? They don't come round to your works and tell you how to sweep up, do they?

[JPJ]

There's two letter 'e's in 'statements' but not where you put them!

Motes and beams?

[ 20 October 2001: Message edited by: JPJ ]

[Unwell_Raptor]

It's my night off from going on patrol with the spelling police, but I can't resist this one - Quote:

Low cost airlines verses (versus) the "fat overweight spend on anything and everything" majors! (sentence seems to lack a verb)
I believe that the current attempts by the majors to persuede (persuade) governments and the EU to inject new funds into their terminally ill operations is (are) a complete waste of money!!! Airlines such as Aer Lingus, Sabena, Swissair, Alitalia etc (full stop after etc. please) cannot survive in their present form. Injecting cash is just giving the carriers yet another stay of execution once again. (Tautology alert: yet another..once again) They have had it. (had what?) The low cost boys are hear(here) to stay. They certainly know how to run a slick business unlike the majority of the majors who are living in the dark ages. (Caps. please; "Dark Ages"). British Airways should lose (lose?) their slots so that other players who can run a business in the current climate can operate out of LHR(comma) LGW (comma) etc(full stop) where many ground handling jobs would be saved. Who is looking after who (whom) here???
Times are changing! It is a great shame that it has taken recent events for the majors to wake up to the fact that they have to run a bussiness (business) in the year 2001 not the 60s or 70s where any opposition was wiped out by the(unnecessary) under the table dealings with government etc!!! (avoid too many !! as it makes you look a bit excitable)

With best wishes for your forthcoming GCSE in English

U_R

[411A]

Never mind the snide comments about your spelling, mrshubigbus. Your comments are spot on.
And just to throw another log on the fire, pilots' salaries are now going to enter a slightly downward trend. This of course will upset quite a few, but the facts are there for everyone to see. And a few aircarriers will fold, permanently.
Times are a changin' guys.