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20th May 2022, 18:48
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,105,702
Posted By Dryce

750m train can get to something like 2000+ tonnes...

750m train can get to something like 2000+ tonnes of reasonably dense stuff.

In principle you can join two of these together with a locomotve in the middle.

If you look at the figures for...
4th Feb 2022, 15:54
Replies: 60
Views: 13,843
Posted By Dryce

There's a caravan site across the road ..... ...

There's a caravan site across the road .....

Got a lighthouse and some views across the Firth.

What's not to like?
30th Jan 2022, 16:13
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,105,702
Posted By Dryce

I thought that was well established to the point...

I thought that was well established to the point of being an accepted fact for some time.

The whole world has been left in no doubt that if Russia marches into Ukraine then it will only be the...
18th Jan 2022, 12:52
Replies: 1,557
Views: 344,331
Posted By Dryce

You don't usually park your expensive SSN close...

You don't usually park your expensive SSN close to harbour worrying about layers and temperature.

The advantage of being close to deeper water is speed of deployment.

A SSN can trundle about...
11th Jan 2022, 20:15
Replies: 67
Views: 16,125
Posted By Dryce

I think this misses the fundamental that the...

I think this misses the fundamental that the submarine was compromised once it was detected and tracked.
7th Nov 2021, 23:27
Replies: 20
Views: 5,939
Posted By Dryce

I have a recollection of cabinet papers being...

I have a recollection of cabinet papers being published in book form aound 15 or more years ago which outlined the underlying argument (or logic) of Chevaline and the issue of Moscow.

As a dilemma...
20th Oct 2021, 12:03
Replies: 2,086
Views: 609,517
Posted By Dryce

It also would suggest that China recognises the...

It also would suggest that China recognises the legitimacy of other nations transiting the South China sea and the concept of innocent passage regardless of what it actually claims.

If they made a...
23rd May 2021, 03:20
Replies: 31
Views: 3,198
Posted By Dryce

Many more people willing / expecting to be able...

Many more people willing / expecting to be able to do that presentation over a remote link.

And doing it over the link gets there quicker and potentially at the *customer's* convenence.

You're...
18th Apr 2021, 13:47
Replies: 16,445
Views: 18,105,702
Posted By Dryce

Interesting attempt at using 'dislike' as a means...

Interesting attempt at using 'dislike' as a means of arguing some sort of equivalence.

I think as regards my immediate neighbours I'd much rather be Canada or Mexico with the USA next door than...
23rd Mar 2021, 17:39
Replies: 18
Views: 3,308
Posted By Dryce

The world didn't feel safer 40 years ago. That...

The world didn't feel safer 40 years ago. That wasn't far off the time that the Soviet Union went into Afghanistan at which point there was a huge amount of nervousness. And 40 years ago if the...
23rd Mar 2021, 09:59
Replies: 49
Views: 15,509
Posted By Dryce

Interesting court defence. -It wasn't a perfect...

Interesting court defence.
-It wasn't a perfect crime therefore it could not be my client because my client only commits perfect crimes.
5th Feb 2021, 16:22
Replies: 75
Views: 44,051
Posted By Dryce

I think a fundamental reality check is in order...

I think a fundamental reality check is in order here.

A lot of us haven't been able to see our relatives where no flying is needed - simply because they live in other households beyond the limits...
24th Jul 2020, 13:31
Replies: 251
Views: 101,322
Posted By Dryce

The proponents of the RN approach would point...

The proponents of the RN approach would point out that the armoured carriers could take big hits and recover to continue operations without needing to return to a maintenance facility - whereas the...
20th Jul 2020, 17:42
Replies: 129
Views: 48,962
Posted By Dryce

PTSD? Seriously? Those who need to fly will...

PTSD? Seriously?

Those who need to fly will still be travelling. That's not many. The reality is that flying is a discretionary pursuit for the majority. And that's the underlying truth of the...
9th May 2020, 23:51
Replies: 351
Views: 222,720
Posted By Dryce

The previous standards, scales, measures and...

The previous standards, scales, measures and calibration no longer apply.

We have empty skies. We don't see the public clamouring to restart passenger air travel. I doubt for those outside the...
9th May 2020, 13:54
Replies: 351
Views: 222,720
Posted By Dryce

And some of the posts in this forum are also in...

And some of the posts in this forum are also in their own way 'true to form'.

I can figure why the UK government didn't do the right thing and restrict aviation travel sooner. But that was a big...
26th Jun 2018, 14:32
Replies: 65
Views: 13,320
Posted By Dryce

Public opinion may also be somewhat shambolic. ...

Public opinion may also be somewhat shambolic.

As regards defence sector and threat to GDP I wonder if defence as it stands has a net benefit to GDP - I don't believe it consumes UK taxpayers'...
6th Feb 2018, 12:36
Replies: 59
Views: 10,849
Posted By Dryce

People paying for seat selection has rather...

People paying for seat selection has rather hardened attitudes.

Those who haven't and end up with issues when it comes to seating at boarding time get little sympathy.

It probably makes things...
5th Feb 2018, 19:22
Replies: 4
Views: 1,592
Posted By Dryce

I'm more cynical. If IAG want reform they...

I'm more cynical.

If IAG want reform they should perhaps be thinking about slots and fair competition and pricing for them as well.
5th Feb 2018, 19:19
Replies: 59
Views: 10,849
Posted By Dryce

Emirates charge rather more than £2. And...

Emirates charge rather more than £2.

And multiply that by more than one passenger.

And I can recall SirTim Clark talking on the in-flight audio about this and anybody who hadn't flown before...
26th Jan 2018, 14:01
Replies: 11
Views: 3,745
Posted By Dryce

If wait listing made them money .... they would...

If wait listing made them money .... they would do it.

These days there is certainly the means to offer a waitlist style bid system if they wanted - just notify customers who have lodged an...
8th Dec 2017, 23:42
Replies: 19
Views: 6,017
Posted By Dryce

Actual enforcement varies IME. I've been...

Actual enforcement varies IME.

I've been checking in and my cabin bags haven't been weighed while at the adjacent checkin the passenger has been forced to repack to keep to the exact limit.
...
2nd Sep 2017, 23:18
Replies: 6
Views: 2,554
Posted By Dryce

Emirates used to allow seat selection for free....

Emirates used to allow seat selection for free. Now things are a bit more complicated.

(1) If flying economy then the lowest fares don't automatically include seat selection prior to the online...
11th Apr 2017, 12:47
Replies: 1,166
Views: 445,522
Posted By Dryce

Airlines like UA have to deal with the ebbs and...

Airlines like UA have to deal with the ebbs and flows missed connecting flights and they may choose to sell flexible tickets at a premium.

And of course yield management still adds its own logic.
11th Apr 2017, 12:42
Replies: 1,166
Views: 445,522
Posted By Dryce

CEO has kind of missed the point - being...

CEO has kind of missed the point - being 'politely asked' implies that one might 'politely refuse'. Being 'politely instructed' isn't the same as being asked.
22nd Mar 2017, 10:52
Replies: 392
Views: 217,895
Posted By Dryce

They have before. During Gulf War 1 passenger...

They have before. During Gulf War 1 passenger numbers dropped.

The impact would vary by route and availability of alternatives.

So I think you'd find that if the UK extended the ban to DBX and...
21st Mar 2017, 17:11
Replies: 14
Views: 4,456
Posted By Dryce

The UK hasn't used Rockall to aggressively extend...

The UK hasn't used Rockall to aggressively extend its EEZ in the way that China has extended its claims to just about the whole of the South China see.

So there isn't much similarity and therefore...
11th Feb 2017, 00:21
Replies: 29
Views: 7,335
Posted By Dryce

That's what happens when you don't build any for...

That's what happens when you don't build any for the best part of a generation let numbers drop and then have a small population of old hulls trying overlap with a small population of new hulls...
25th Oct 2016, 16:01
Replies: 316
Views: 60,796
Posted By Dryce

A fast link that allowed terminal to terminal...

A fast link that allowed terminal to terminal connections between LGW and LHR could actually work quite well for transit passengers. If it was an airside transit link then it would work for...
25th Oct 2016, 13:37
Replies: 316
Views: 60,796
Posted By Dryce

Really? Glasgow and Edinburgh are not that highly...

Really? Glasgow and Edinburgh are not that highly utilised compared with Heathrow. And this grand scheme has been thought up and discarded before. The time to have acted would have been 30 or more...
25th Oct 2016, 01:52
Replies: 20
Views: 4,578
Posted By Dryce

She may not actually be doing that. Polling...

She may not actually be doing that.

Polling would appear to indicate that (a) a majority of Scots don't actually want another indyref and (b) the breakdown of the vote on the EU doesn't...
20th Sep 2016, 13:12
Replies: 6
Views: 2,615
Posted By Dryce

Well it's a bit sad as EK seemed to be holding...

Well it's a bit sad as EK seemed to be holding it's position above the lowest common denominator that seemed to rule just about everybody else. Seat selection was one of the nice differentiators from...
20th Sep 2016, 02:04
Replies: 124
Views: 57,410
Posted By Dryce

This depends. Plenty of people are no doubt...

This depends. Plenty of people are no doubt utterly clueless or indifferent.

But there are plenty of people who are flying more regularly on longer sectors and they do start to care about...
19th Sep 2016, 21:13
Replies: 69
Views: 10,807
Posted By Dryce

I believe the Soviet strength in WW2 was...

I believe the Soviet strength in WW2 was overstated. It suited their own propagandists and it suited people in the west to lap it up.

The Soviets received large amounts of aid from the west - and...
19th Sep 2016, 20:54
Replies: 124
Views: 57,410
Posted By Dryce

Is that good or bad?;)

Is that good or bad?;)
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