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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Mar 2011, 20:24
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Phileas (post 4054) - you're preaching to the...

Phileas (post 4054) - you're preaching to the converted! I have no issue with any statement you make in that post. But the behaviour of the travelling public shows that rightly or wrongly, they...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Mar 2011, 21:06
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

A couple of additional points from me. ...

A couple of additional points from me.

Firstly regarding connections. I know perfectly intelligent, professional people who don't even like connecting for rail journeys...such people aren't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Mar 2011, 19:43
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Phileas, you're correct of course, but that has...

Phileas, you're correct of course, but that has been the case for many, many years now. The fact that most travellers in BIA's catchment area still choose to use LHR, MAN, (for heaven's sake I've...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Feb 2011, 13:10
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

I think the route development strategy consists...

I think the route development strategy consists of Kehoe typing out letters in support of the HS2 rail link on behalf of some credible West Midlands business leaders. I assume that's how he managed...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Dec 2010, 10:20
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Talk about Lost Opportunities! BHX has...

Talk about Lost Opportunities!

BHX has possibly missed a golden chance to set itself apart from the LHR shenanigans as an airport up the road that could cope! In fairness, a caller to 5 Live...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Nov 2010, 20:30
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

A380

When the A380 was on the drawing board, I remember former MD Brian Summers stating emphatically that he didn't envisage an aircraft of that size visiting BHX regularly. Perhaps a sad illustration of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Nov 2010, 21:59
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

I'm sure the undeserved level of remuneration...

I'm sure the undeserved level of remuneration will have been of some comfort to him in his toughest years. Goodness knows what he'll get if by some fluke he manages to grow the business. If it was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Sep 2010, 18:10
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

"Birmingham Airport - Can't Get There From Here"

A colleague of mine gets names and job titles mixed up and is now referring to the Luton lady referred to up thread as Jo Brand:E

As regards the new corporate brand, there's an American saying...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Sep 2010, 18:10
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

The Connect Agency are actually based in...

The Connect Agency are actually based in Wolverhampton. Appointed following a 'competitive tendering process' apparently.

That said, dropping the 'International' was Kehoe's idea and he...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Sep 2010, 21:47
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Benedict was waived through security but on the...

Benedict was waived through security but on the way through Kehoe managed to take out several Papal key aides and Cardinals and replaced them with some former colleagues from Luton Airport :ok:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Sep 2010, 19:13
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

I wish I had been there. I'm getting an image of...

I wish I had been there. I'm getting an image of Ronnie Corbett and Michael Barrymore having a bitch slapping contest!

Sad that BHX pax figure is still behind EDI - hoped it was a brief dip:*
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2010, 17:37
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

COB - well done for speaking up. ...

COB - well done for speaking up.



Many of the staff I knew who went did a lot more for BHX than Kehoe could ever dream of, and for less than 10% of the price :p



Only heard about the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Sep 2010, 12:06
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

May have been so in budget revisions but the...

May have been so in budget revisions but the forecast I saw was working on the basis of a £200k or thereabouts profit. I wonder how many CEOs are remunerated at 66% of their employer's net profit?
...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Sep 2010, 20:13
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Thanks Pete but the link doesn't work for me. I...

Thanks Pete but the link doesn't work for me. I wonder if he has been on to the Mail and played his face?! I'd like to be a fly on the wall in the pension meeting next week!

edit: link now works....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Sep 2010, 18:29
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

There was an article in the Brum Mail yesterday...

There was an article in the Brum Mail yesterday about how BHX's CEO apparantly coined in the best part of £400k last year. This seemed to be derived from the BHX Annual Accounts which is on the BHX...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2010, 21:02
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Well said. But the best time to expand is from a...

Well said. But the best time to expand is from a strong trading position. Staff and the wider public were crying out for the board and management to seize the moment. For years, BHX had an extremely...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2010, 20:55
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

More than a bit unfair, GF. The guy in question,...

More than a bit unfair, GF. The guy in question, along with his colleagues who were axed last year, have been hamstrung for years by the Board (in its various guises), the bean counters, and various...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Jul 2010, 18:49
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Hmmm...real workers or Kehoe's cronies up for the...

Hmmm...real workers or Kehoe's cronies up for the chop? Don't need to consult Mystic Meg for that one!

Has BHX declared its annual report and accounts for 2009/10 yet?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Mar 2010, 21:48
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

I knew it! Those senior execs will do anything...

I knew it! Those senior execs will do anything Kehoe suggests!:ok:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Feb 2010, 20:44
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Castration? They went further with the company...

Castration? They went further with the company report this year; the picture of the "businesswoman's leisure accessory" was taken out:)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Feb 2010, 19:49
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

btw, anyone know what has happened to that bird...

btw, anyone know what has happened to that bird island site? It was rather entertaining for a while...have those who spoke out left the party and those left had their testicles removed?:uhoh:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Feb 2010, 21:34
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Great theory getonitt, but I can tell you that...

Great theory getonitt, but I can tell you that the late (and sorely missed) Richard Heard was very keen on the second runway - even if many of his senior colleagues were not! Remember, that plan was...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Feb 2010, 21:50
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

The Routeshop pitch is saying nothing to...

The Routeshop pitch is saying nothing to potential airlines that the Marketing Team hadn't been saying for years. Very often they had airlines interested only to be thwarted by the bean counters who...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Nov 2009, 17:10
Replies: 15
Views: 2,904
Posted By Giddy

It won't die in the UK. But I doubt airports...

It won't die in the UK. But I doubt airports will be as profitable as they were in the past.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Nov 2009, 22:42
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Some 18 months I heard more than one Director at...

Some 18 months I heard more than one Director at BHX state (regarding the runway extension) that if it was presented as a business case, you wouldn't do it. The projected payback period was much too...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd May 2009, 09:52
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Those of you with more than a passing interest in...

Those of you with more than a passing interest in life and times at BHX pay well want to have a look at Free forum : Beyond Bird Island (http://beyondbirdisland.forumotion.net/index.htm) :ok:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th May 2009, 09:20
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Gayfriendly

Not any more :ugh:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th May 2009, 12:06
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

The T3 idea is a non starter. Kehoe has already...

The T3 idea is a non starter. Kehoe has already stated that BHX should be a one terminal airport and they are looking at ways to convert the two terminals into one.

Trumpets are being blown...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2009, 11:02
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Grundyhead. I think you'll find that DH has...

Grundyhead.

I think you'll find that DH has had to cut back as much as anyone else - buffet lunches are pretty rare these days!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Feb 2009, 09:22
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Maybe I'm a delicate flower but I've been shocked...

Maybe I'm a delicate flower but I've been shocked to hear him using the 'f' :mad: word in meetings :=
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2008, 14:26
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

REDWINGS So what should BIA do? "Sorry,...

REDWINGS

So what should BIA do? "Sorry, FR, although you will be bringing in lots of pax, you might get the huff again one day so sorry, you can't come in"?

"Reliable partners" are a thing...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Nov 2008, 09:01
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Good comments on Flybe, Daza, they were certainly...

Good comments on Flybe, Daza, they were certainly responsible for overestimated their pax loads a couple of years go. Also, call100 hits the nail on the head as usual.

As for this old chestnut...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Nov 2008, 15:03
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Well of course. BIA wanted to stick to the...

Well of course. BIA wanted to stick to the agreement. FR didn't and gave a false impression of what had happened. Note that they kept Dublin flights, however. Exactly what your point is, I don't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Nov 2008, 10:22
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Hmmm...loyalty. Loyalty to BA and BA Connect...

Hmmm...loyalty. Loyalty to BA and BA Connect didn't do much good, did it? Aren't Flybe also in T2?

And to clarify, BIA did not put FR's prices up. They reached the end of their incentive...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Oct 2008, 11:30
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,045,086
Posted By Giddy

Bear in mind that covers 2007-08 - BHX's best...

Bear in mind that covers 2007-08 - BHX's best year for a while. 2008-09 looks like falling short on budget (although growing when compared to last year) and budget holders have already...
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