Should this journo be shot?
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I don't suppose FR minded getting the free publicity, considering the price of ad space in the "Currant Bun".
Maybe The Guvnor was onto something...
...was he larging it in Bishop's Stortford with some covert FR guys plugging him with "great ideas for a story"?
"Get the blindfold on him..."
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Maybe The Guvnor was onto something...
..I was out partying too late last night..
"Get the blindfold on him..."
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You learn something new every day! I did not realise that The Sun was a newspaper. Thought it was one of those joke comics like Viz.
Though it does see to be a sad truth that people in the UK can be manipulated by trash that claims to represent their views!
Though it does see to be a sad truth that people in the UK can be manipulated by trash that claims to represent their views!
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Last year Ryanair had one of their 737's painted with the Sun logo to coincide with a ticket promotion in the rag.
Ryanair decorated EI-CNT for this purpose, I thought this entirely appropriate since most tabloid journos are, of course, a bunch of...
Ryanair decorated EI-CNT for this purpose, I thought this entirely appropriate since most tabloid journos are, of course, a bunch of...
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The Sun a/c has been painted up for a long time now, with the News of the World on the other side just for good measure.
I read the article today, she couldn't have been that concerned otherwise she wouldn't have got on the flight.
It was the 'page 3 girl' right next to it that took up most of my attention! Very nice!
I read the article today, she couldn't have been that concerned otherwise she wouldn't have got on the flight.
It was the 'page 3 girl' right next to it that took up most of my attention! Very nice!
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Maybe....just maybe....it was the Sun's ploy to get Brian from Big Brother a few more inches.....afterall, didn't our wining wimp "Miss Julie McGrath" state at the end of the piece that she would only fly Ryanair again if she was escorted by Brian onto the aircraft?
Fabricating stories such as these, with even the most tenuous link to some celeb is common practise sadly amongst our red tops.
The Sun & the Mirror are battling it out between them right now re juice on Brian & Helen. Wait for it.....the Mirror will have Helen & Paul consummating their lust on the inaugural Concorde flight!!
Shoot them all!
On the other side of the press page - why do well established aviation rags insist on not paying for articles? Methinks they generate enough revenue from adverts etc to warrant a decent renumeration. Aviation journalists, I'm sure are not charities......and who today needs the "priviledge" of publishing for nowt?
Fabricating stories such as these, with even the most tenuous link to some celeb is common practise sadly amongst our red tops.
The Sun & the Mirror are battling it out between them right now re juice on Brian & Helen. Wait for it.....the Mirror will have Helen & Paul consummating their lust on the inaugural Concorde flight!!
Shoot them all!
On the other side of the press page - why do well established aviation rags insist on not paying for articles? Methinks they generate enough revenue from adverts etc to warrant a decent renumeration. Aviation journalists, I'm sure are not charities......and who today needs the "priviledge" of publishing for nowt?
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They print the most bizarre stuff about aviation. I read a few years ago in The Sun about a cargo door opening on a "jumbo jet" over Canada and a coffin flying out and landing in a field. Well, this definitely happened - to an AA DC10 over Windsor Ontario...in 1972.
F***wits.
F***wits.
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"QUICK....QUICK....Look there on page 7.There it is.......Oh...no it`s not it`s an advert.....Sorry I have a copy of the Sun here and I thought I had found an item of news in it."
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Max Angle, Brymon Dash8 have row ...11,12,14(no 13)Don't know about the EMB145.
Christ I hope we never get this bird on a flight into Plymouth on a dark dirty windy night, she'ed sh%t herself!
Christ I hope we never get this bird on a flight into Plymouth on a dark dirty windy night, she'ed sh%t herself!
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Suggestion:
Since this Sun 'story' is probably cobblers and may well have been re-hashed from some years before (given the flight number discussed at the start of the thread) - why does someone not write to the Press Complaints Council?
OK, OK, I know they are spineless, but it has to start somewhere. Writing to the paper or anyone in Murdoch's empire is pointless but these c*** stories about the airline business are not good for anyone (other than Murdoch).
If we can keep a note of the rubbish stories and letters of rebuttal, in due course there will be a useful file of material. What then?
A chance to use that material to MPs, responsible media outlets, Newsnight for example, as well as the broadsheets.
Yes we all moan and bewail the story - and others have surfaced in the thread - so can we do something about it?
Since this Sun 'story' is probably cobblers and may well have been re-hashed from some years before (given the flight number discussed at the start of the thread) - why does someone not write to the Press Complaints Council?
OK, OK, I know they are spineless, but it has to start somewhere. Writing to the paper or anyone in Murdoch's empire is pointless but these c*** stories about the airline business are not good for anyone (other than Murdoch).
If we can keep a note of the rubbish stories and letters of rebuttal, in due course there will be a useful file of material. What then?
A chance to use that material to MPs, responsible media outlets, Newsnight for example, as well as the broadsheets.
Yes we all moan and bewail the story - and others have surfaced in the thread - so can we do something about it?
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I just wonder about the next headlines...
'Jet had to turn sharply shortly before landing... According to YX Ailines this is a normal procedure, but we here at the BRIGHT newspaper ask: how can a manoever that freightens even experienced pilots be 'NORMAL'? According to Aviation Specialist Randy McDowell the intercepting of the localizer course (a weird highly electrified beam) is feared by most of the pilots. WHen will the government stopt this dangerous practice?
'Jet had to turn sharply shortly before landing... According to YX Ailines this is a normal procedure, but we here at the BRIGHT newspaper ask: how can a manoever that freightens even experienced pilots be 'NORMAL'? According to Aviation Specialist Randy McDowell the intercepting of the localizer course (a weird highly electrified beam) is feared by most of the pilots. WHen will the government stopt this dangerous practice?
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The fact that the SUN is so popular simply reflects the tastes and intelligence of those who read it.To illustrate this fact, next time you do a night Ibiza have a quick look down the back at the serried ranks of tatooed and pierced cattle.To further ram the point home, when the dreaded flight deck visits stand there slack jawed and picking their noses, try engaging them in conversation.You will then understand why the SUN,Jim Davidson, Big Bloody Brother and that F*****G "Bubble" occupy such an important place in our national life.
Yes I know they pay our wages.As long as I dont actually have to mix with them.
Yes I know they pay our wages.As long as I dont actually have to mix with them.
