|
| |
|
  |
 I Am Flying To The Uk On My Own |
|
|
|
|
 Apr 21 2010, 08:30 PM
|
Space Shuttle Member
Group: FL350 CREW
Posts: 3,773
Joined: 13-December 04
From: Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Member No.: 367
|
Flight information: 16th June. Ah well I guess this is a first for me and to think that only about 6 years ago I was terrified to fly. As you know I am off to see my family in Scotland for two weeks. In hindsight I wish I had made it longer but will cost too much to change now. These are the flight details, although I am told we stop at Singapore for refuelling.The good thing is I do not go to Heathrow. I never enjoyed my experiences there, Far too chaotic and the folk were not that pleasant either.The only bad thing is the departure time.. 2.30 am.. jings what a time, but that is the slot so I have to grin and bear it. I have booked the very back seats as I do not want to be disturbing folk when I go for a wander.The only thing is. I do not think the seat reclines..so maybe not such a good idea after all. I will buy one of those inflatable pillows (just in case). I will add to this when I get back. QUOTE Emirates Airlines (EK) 433....
Brisbane Airport Terminal 1.. Dept...02.30am (yuk).
Arrive.7th June
Dubai Intl Airport (DXB) Terminal 3......12. 45 pm.
We are put up in a hotel for the rest of the day and night which is superb.. I won't be as tired.
June 27th. Dubai Intl Airport (DXB) Emirates Airlines (EK) 27.
Depart..0 7.50 am.. terminal 3.
Arrive
Glasgow Intl Airport (GLA) 12 .35 pm..terminal M
Then the departure times.
2nd July...Emirates Airlines (EK) 28
Glasgow Intl Airport (GLA). Terminal M
Dept..14.15 pm.
Arrive Dubai 00.30am 3 rd July.
Emirates (EK) 432..Terminal 3. .......2.45 am.
Arrive Brisbane Airport (BNE) Terminal 1......00.40 am..4th July.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 May 5 2010, 12:10 PM
|
Space Shuttle Member
Group: Full Access Members
Posts: 1,533
Joined: 7-January 05
From: EGLL
Member No.: 517
|
QUOTE(bluebird121 @ Apr 22 2010, 01:30 AM) [snapback]132182[/snapback] Flight information:
16th June.
Ah well I guess this is a first for me and to think that only about 6 years ago I was terrified to fly. As you know I am off to see my family in Scotland for two weeks. In hindsight I wish I had made it longer but will cost too much to change now.
These are the flight details, although I am told we stop at Singapore for refuelling.The good thing is I do not go to Heathrow. I never enjoyed my experiences there, Far too chaotic and the folk were not that pleasant either.The only bad thing is the departure time.. 2.30 am.. jings what a time, but that is the slot so I have to grin and bear it. I have booked the very back seats as I do not want to be disturbing folk when I go for a wander.The only thing is. I do not think the seat reclines..so maybe not such a good idea after all. I will buy one of those inflatable pillows (just in case).
I will add to this when I get back. Hi Bluebird, sorry your post is now a million years old. Hey, sorry you had a bad time at Heathrow. It is my second home. If I ever get stuck, I would sooner get stuck there. As I am totally self-opinionated, I`ll (seriously) have a word round and hopefully it might catch on that a bit of warmth and charm would go well, like it did in the late sixties - not that I was around then (I lie). so, I will see what can be done - hey do you know what - they get cheap staff - then they don`t bother to train them!! I don`t blame the staff - I blame management and recruitment - and putting cheap staff into cheap slots - with no training is like buying a chocolate gun but using real bullits. Wish me luck. A note to Heathrow personnel - BEEEEE NICE!!!!!! MAYBE THE CUSTOMER SERVICES PEOPLE AT LHR LONDON HEATHROW ARE READING THIS NOW - IN WHICH CASE - GUYS!!! AND GALS, PULL YOUR SOCKS UP OR ELSE. NOT ONLY BUT ALSO - THE TENDENCY TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING ON HOLIDAY IS FRANKLY - VULGAR. PEOPLE ARE THRUST INTO YOUR ARMS BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT A TICKET WHICH PAYS YOUR SALARIES - IF YOU FOB THEM OFF NOW, THEN YOU WILL BE DESERVEDLY WITHOUT A JOB, SO - GET A GRIP!! ALSO - BAA - JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INTO USING HEATHROW BECAUSE THE PLANES LAND THERE ANYWAY - DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TOLERATE SHODDY PERFORMANCE - IF YOU ARE GOING TO EMPLOY CHAV-LIKE PEOPLE THEN AT LEAST TRAIN THE POOR SODS ALRIGHT?! Chavs!! There, that may help - now a letter to BAA may just do the trick. Flight Safety is not ALL that needs to be done - you need warmth and compassion too - I DON`T CARE HOW BUSY THEY SAY THEY ARE!!!! HOWEVER, go to Terminal Five - there is a whole new experience - everybody is nice and professional - why is that I wonder. . . . .hmmmmm ah, I know! Its because they are all foreigners and know how to be NICE and POLITE!!!!! Which is what we should be but we have lost it, that certain je ne sais qua, instead the Brits don`t give a f---k anymore - so long as the salary rolls in and the job gets done. For Gods sake!!!! and then they complain that foreigners are pinching all the jobs, well, aint it all surprising!!!! They are getting all the jobs, because they can do the jobs 4,000 times better!!! Even with an irate pax screaming at you in your face - be nice. We used to be the envy of the world - fine - let the foreigners do the job, seeing as they do it properly, AND CAN BE BOTHERED TO MAKE AN EFFORT AND LOVE PEOPLE instead of being irritated at their mere prescence - `cos thats what this is about isn`t it - you just cannot be bothered. Well, Bluebird is one of many to feel you aint up to scratch - so - become up to scratch - or see YOUR job go to the next boatload of foreigners. (shhhisssh!! No wonder they are lax on immigration! - without the foreigners, we would all grind to a halt!!) There was a time Bluebird, when the people loved their jobs and loved their pax and spoke beautifully and always tried to help - WHILE I AM HERE, IT IS THE SAME WITH EASY JET GROUND - NAFF!! Take Virgin long haul, now there is a cool crew - look at what BA are like or better still how they USED to be. . . . umm hmmm, ((I may give you guys the five star but hey, hey!! - EARN THEM, PLEASE!!!!!!! ))
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 5 2010, 06:55 PM
|
Space Shuttle Member
Group: FL350 CREW
Posts: 3,773
Joined: 13-December 04
From: Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Member No.: 367
|
QUOTE(Fast Jet @ May 5 2010, 05:10 PM) [snapback]132206[/snapback] Hi Bluebird, sorry your post is now a million years old. Hey, sorry you had a bad time at Heathrow. It is my second home. If I ever get stuck, I would sooner get stuck there. As I am totally self-opinionated, I`ll (seriously) have a word round and hopefully it might catch on that a bit of warmth and charm would go well, like it did in the late sixties - not that I was around then (I lie). so, I will see what can be done - hey do you know what - they get cheap staff - then they don`t bother to train them!! I don`t blame the staff - I blame management and recruitment - and putting cheap staff into cheap slots - with no training is like buying a chocolate gun but using real bullits. Wish me luck.
A note to Heathrow personnel - BEEEEE NICE!!!!!!
MAYBE THE CUSTOMER SERVICES PEOPLE AT LHR LONDON HEATHROW ARE READING THIS NOW - IN WHICH CASE - GUYS!!! AND GALS, PULL YOUR SOCKS UP OR ELSE. NOT ONLY BUT ALSO - THE TENDENCY TO TAKE STRIKE ACTION WHEN PEOPLE ARE GOING ON HOLIDAY IS FRANKLY - VULGAR. PEOPLE ARE THRUST INTO YOUR ARMS BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT A TICKET WHICH PAYS YOUR SALARIES - IF YOU FOB THEM OFF NOW, THEN YOU WILL BE DESERVEDLY WITHOUT A JOB, SO - GET A GRIP!!
ALSO - BAA - JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED INTO USING HEATHROW BECAUSE THE PLANES LAND THERE ANYWAY - DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TOLERATE SHODDY PERFORMANCE - IF YOU ARE GOING TO EMPLOY CHAV-LIKE PEOPLE THEN AT LEAST TRAIN THE POOR SODS ALRIGHT?! Chavs!!
There, that may help - now a letter to BAA may just do the trick. Flight Safety is not ALL that needs to be done - you need warmth and compassion too - I DON`T CARE HOW BUSY THEY SAY THEY ARE!!!!
HOWEVER, go to Terminal Five - there is a whole new experience - everybody is nice and professional - why is that I wonder. . . . .hmmmmm ah, I know! Its because they are all foreigners and know how to be NICE and POLITE!!!!! Which is what we should be but we have lost it, that certain je ne sais qua, instead the Brits don`t give a f---k anymore - so long as the salary rolls in and the job gets done. For Gods sake!!!! and then they complain that foreigners are pinching all the jobs, well, aint it all surprising!!!! They are getting all the jobs, because they can do the jobs 4,000 times better!!! Even with an irate pax screaming at you in your face - be nice. We used to be the envy of the world - fine - let the foreigners do the job, seeing as they do it properly, AND CAN BE BOTHERED TO MAKE AN EFFORT AND LOVE PEOPLE instead of being irritated at their mere prescence - `cos thats what this is about isn`t it - you just cannot be bothered.
Well, Bluebird is one of many to feel you aint up to scratch - so - become up to scratch - or see YOUR job go to the next boatload of foreigners. (shhhisssh!! No wonder they are lax on immigration! - without the foreigners, we would all grind to a halt!!)
There was a time Bluebird, when the people loved their jobs and loved their pax and spoke beautifully and always tried to help - WHILE I AM HERE, IT IS THE SAME WITH EASY JET GROUND - NAFF!! Take Virgin long haul, now there is a cool crew - look at what BA are like or better still how they USED to be. . . . umm hmmm, ((I may give you guys the five star but hey, hey!! - EARN THEM, PLEASE!!!!!!! ))  Ah Fast jet. I so enjoyed reading that. Yes I agree. The staff need to learn how to smile and be pleasant. maybe I have been unlucky all the times I have went through there, but when I return to Australia the staff are always so nice (even customs and security). I think you are right though when you say about the foreigners entering the UK. I can understand why after a while the staff become distant. They have a job to do and it is not always a pleasant one. It will not be my problem ( this time around) as I am flying via Dubai to Glasgow. If I get there that is with this volcano.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 5 2010, 07:05 PM
|
Space Shuttle Member
Group: FL350 CREW
Posts: 3,773
Joined: 13-December 04
From: Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Member No.: 367
|
QUOTE(galaxy @ May 5 2010, 10:00 PM) [snapback]132208[/snapback] The Eyjafjallajökull volcano can help you to stay a few more time in Scotland........... if you are in the right place at the right time . Amazing pictures: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/m...allajokull.html Thank you so much for the link Galaxy. It is an ecological disaster on a major scale. I just hope it calms down soon or I will not be able to fly home. They have again closed down the airports. This is a link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8661096.stm QUOTE Scottish, Irish and Northern Irish airports shut by ash
George Best Belfast City airport shut at 1300 BST
Thousands of passengers are facing long delays after airports in Scotland and Ireland closed because of a fresh cloud of volcanic ash from Iceland.
Flights will remain grounded until 0100 BST on Thursday at Glasgow and 0700 BST at Belfast, however Edinburgh re-opened at 1900 BST on Wednesday.
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) advised passengers to check with airports before travelling.
Last month, ash clouds from the same volcano grounded flights for six days.
Air traffic control body Nats said all airfields in Northern Ireland plus Islay, Campbeltown, Ronaldsway, Lands End and the Isles of Scilly would be in the no-fly zone from 0100 BST until 0700 BST on Thursday.
All other UK airfields would be outside the no-fly zone during this period, it added.
A Nats statement said: "Latest Met Office information suggests the cloud will move west overnight.
"Based on this information, we expect most of the airfields to become available again from 0700.
"However, we would caution that the ash cloud is dynamic and continues to change shape and the situation may change again."
Nats will issue a further update at about 0330 BST.
AIRPORT CLOSURES
Glasgow 0700-0100
Prestwick 0700-0100
Stornoway 0700-midnight
Benbecula 0700-midnight
Tiree 0700-midnight
Islay 0700 (Wed)-0700
Barra 0700-midnight
Campbeltown 0700 (Wed)-0700
Derry 0700 (Wed)-0700
Belfast International 1300-0700
Belfast City 1300-0700
Dublin 1100-0400
Shannon 1730-0800
Ronaldsway 0100-0700
Lands End 0100-0700
Isles of Scilly 0100-0700
All times in BST. Sources: CAA and IAA
Scottish airports closed by ash
NI is no-fly zone as ash returns
In Scotland, Aberdeen airport has flights arriving and departing as normal, and business resumed at Inverness at 1300 BST.
Edinburgh Airport reopened at 1900 BST with the first flights leaving just minutes later.
Passengers due to fly from the Scottish airport were warned there would still be some disruption through the evening and on Thursday.
The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) said airports in the Republic of Ireland would start to reopen from 0400 BST on Thursday.
The IAA said: "The current ash cloud is moving south westwards and airport restrictions will be lifted according to its progress."
Ryanair has cancelled all flights to and from Belfast, Derry, Edinburgh and Prestwick airports.
But the no-frills airline said it expected all its UK flights to operate on Thursday, although there would be continued disruption in Ireland.
Flybe has cancelled all flights to and from George Best Belfast City, Glasgow and the Isle of Man.
EasyJet flights to and from George Best Belfast City, Belfast International and Glasgow have been cancelled.
There were scenes of confusion at many of the affected airports with airspaces opening and closing at different times throughout the day.
It was the second day of disruption for Northern Ireland and the Republic, with some passengers failing to show up at Belfast's airports even though they were open on Wednesday morning.
Some Glasgow Airport passengers boarded buses to other UK airports
About 200 flights take off daily from Glasgow Airport but only 13 departed on Wednesday. Some passengers were taken by bus from the airport to catch flights from other airports.
One of those hit by the disruption was Mabel McGeachie, 62, from East Kilbride, who had been due to fly from Glasgow to Malaga.
She was travelling to Spain with 10 friends and relatives for her daughter's hen night and was told the next available flight was on Sunday - the day she was meant to return.
"We are feeling disappointed as we were looking forward to it and I don't think we'll be able to rearrange it," she said.
Earlier on Wednesday, there were fears the high concentrations of ash could close airspace in north-west England but the area remains outside the no-fly zone.
The CAA said airports in south-east England were unlikely to be affected.
CAA chief executive Andrew Haines said ash would probably "continue to disrupt UK air travel for the foreseeable future".
"Scientists are tracking the cloud's movements constantly but its location changes frequently, depending on the strength of eruptions and prevailing winds," he said.
5 May 6 May
"When the ash level exceeds that agreed as safe by the industry we have to restrict flights accordingly.
"This decision is not taken lightly and we appreciate the huge inconvenience and disruption this causes to the many people and businesses affected."
BBC meteorologist Matt Taylor said the situation was likely to improve on Thursday.
"For the rest of today the largest concentrations of ash will remain over parts of western Scotland and Ireland," he said.
"However, through tomorrow as winds go more north-easterly the ash cloud is expected to be pushed out over the Atlantic and clear of the UK."
Ian Hall, director of air traffic control body Nats, said they were keeping the situation under review.
"There are glimmers of optimism and hope, but we've been there before," he said.
"The volcano is still erupting, the wind is still blowing from the wrong direction as far as our airspace is concerned, and so long as it does that we'll have to stay on our toes."
Some flights to and from Dublin Airport on Thursday have already been cancelled.
BBC Weather report on ash disruption
On Tuesday, flights in and out of the Irish Republic, Northern Ireland and Scotland's Hebrides were suspended at the first sign of an increase in volcanic ash levels.
Flights over Europe were banned last month because of fears the volcanic ash could damage plane engines.
The decision to lift the restrictions followed safety tests that showed the engines could cope in areas of low-density ash.
The fresh disruption on Tuesday came as European Union transport ministers met in Brussels to agree measures they hoped would help prevent further disruption to air travel as a result of volcanic ash.
The steps include speeding up current plans to integrate Europe's airspace, creating a "single European regulator for a single European sky".
The meeting came after criticism from the airline industry that governments took an over-cautious approach to April's ash cloud crisis and grounded flights unnecessarily.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
May 23 2010, 07:26 PM
|
Space Shuttle Member
Group: FL350 CREW
Posts: 3,773
Joined: 13-December 04
From: Caloundra, Queensland, Australia
Member No.: 367
|
Looks like the volcanic eruption is ceasing. This is the link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10144911.stm QUOTE Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano reduces activity
Page last updated at 18:51 GMT, Sunday, 23 May 2010 19:51 UK
E-mail this to a friend Printable version The ash plume from Eyjafjallajokull paralysed much of Europe's air traffic The Icelandic volcano which has been disrupting air traffic for more than a month is showing a marked drop in activity, new measurements suggest.
Heat camera footage from early on Sunday indicated the temperature in the crater had fallen to just 100C, a leading volcanologist said.
This means Eyjafjallajokull is now producing steam, not magma, he said.
But he warned that it was too early to say whether the eruption was over completely.
Huge ash clouds from the volcano grounded thousands of flights in Europe during the early part of the eruption, and there has been fresh disruption since then.
"What I can confirm is that the activity of the crater has stopped," Magnus Gudmundsson told AFP news agency.
"No magma is coming up."
Iceland's Meteorological Office said eruption activity was "minimal", and Civil Protection Agency official Iris Marelsdottir was quoted by AP news agency as saying the volcano was "quiet".
'Difficult to say'
Mr Gudmundsson said it would be a long time before the eruption, which began on 14 April, could be said with certainty to be over.
He pointed out that the previous eruption at the volcano had lasted 13 months, from 1821-23.
"It stopped and started again several times with different intervals, so it's difficult to say, difficult to give a timeline," he added.
He also judged it impossible to say whether the neighbouring and much larger and fiercer Katla volcano might also erupt.
At the height of its activity, the volcano sent out ash which led to airlines grounding their planes for fear it could interfere with jet engines.
It was the biggest aerial shutdown in Europe since World War II, and affected at least 10 million passengers worldwide. Fingers crossed that this is now making air travel a lot safer, then again it could erupt again plus we just do not know for sure about this other volcano which could be a lot more disruptive if it erupts. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 User(s) are reading this topic (1 Guests and 0 Anonymous Users)
0 Members:
|
|
|
|
|
| 
|
