Crepello

As was recently said by a poster on another thread, you seem to like to be argumentative for its own sake.

Your choice, I've tried to explain reasonably.

To deal with your two specific points, see the following from the Concise Oxford Dictionary

· v. (edited, editing) prepare (written material) for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. I would say deleting part of a sentence was modifying.

With regard to your extract from my post, designed to twist the meaning completely, I said (missing words emboldened)

Maybe the irony in Texas is buried somewhere near the coppery, but the above is a compliment to a forum member with very different views to mine, whom I happen to respect.

I apologise if you thought that I was going off thread but I thought that it was a valid point. It must be remembered that GB offered the BA product and had to as a term of the franchise. It is a shame that someone who appreciated the product, especially the Club product, has to suffer the loss of that service. Unfortunately there were not enough of you, most people were ok with the loco model. These routes were yet another casualty of the locos.
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I'm not argumentative but I do like precision and, if we are quoting the Oxford, I might as well get picky! So, slightly tongue in cheek ... :8
malone[quote]These routes were yet another casualty of the locos./QUOTE]
No - the routes were casualties of the greatest majority of people wanting to pay less money for a service. Irrespective of the recession, people have always wanted to pay less because people have decided to value the accumulation of money!

Malone

Your comments about your service level experiences are very much welcome, since althought the rest of us enjoyed good BA product, you obviously didn't and it provides a different view.

What I don't wish to get into is (a) the state of GB and (b) what caused it, as my primary interest is that BA has left a market it serviced (both directly and via a franchise) since it was created.

We still have a very good full service airline on the route, Air Malta-cheap flights to malta,holiday in malta, who manage to provide a good club product.

However, its good to have a choice, to say nothing of extra schedule options, so I miss the shiny A321s and 321s with a well delivered club product.

I even used the 737 service from time to time, despite the Jurassic feeling in the cabin and the reduction of seat width (which I am perfectly okay with in an Airbus, BA, LH or KM) to 'thighgrabber' dimensions.

Recently, the crew morale seemed to dip noticeably, although some crews were still the very high end experience of the BA of 10 years ago.

Being picky - as I do like precision -
- is a tautology.

"The vast majority" would be acceptable, as would simply "majority", or "greatest number".

FBW.

I'd love to steer this thread back on topic, but I'm no longer sure what's desired or 'permitted' by the OP. I infer it's along the lines of "There was a regional carrier whose service to Malta some used to enjoy. But the market evolved more quickly than GB did and this ultimately closed them down. The route has since been served inadequately for my needs. Rather than discuss the broader issues here, let's use this as yet another reason to bash BA." :zzz:

No, I defend my point of view in the absence of reasonable counterpoints. You and your accolyte accused me of being argumentative, simply because you didn't like my perspective. I think you're wrong about editing, but the lifeblood of debate is difference of opinion.

To object to Malone's first contribution, then to say his/her comments are "very much welcome" seems baffling. To then dictate what you do and don't wish to "get into" seems arrogant. If your motivation for posting is to marshall support while scorning dissent, consider simply locking your future threads.

A quick refresher from F3G on what opinions are/aren't welcome here may help get back on topic - if anybody still cares...

Blimey! :}

FBW :ok: Yep, ah fink ah ghot dat wun rong ...