tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post1485987263695725457..comments2024-02-10T10:20:12.925+01:00Comments on The Road to the Horizon: News: High fuel price makes planes fly slowerPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-31937381670324411442008-04-25T07:44:00.000+01:002008-04-25T07:44:00.000+01:00Very interesting and an airline that has "senseful...Very interesting and an airline that has "senseful" thinking.Voegtlihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212645092237784919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-51185715393215831992008-04-24T19:48:00.000+01:002008-04-24T19:48:00.000+01:00well it shows that whatever the problem is, there ...well it shows that whatever the problem is, there are ways to make things better fitting. why not earlier??<BR/><BR/>and agree wholeheartedly on your discrimination point. charge baggage, use lighter covers, re-think some of the ballast, but do not start punishing people for actually being the way they are.pumucklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05822873360201821206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-58250141349771174012008-04-24T14:30:00.000+01:002008-04-24T14:30:00.000+01:00Hmmm... would smell like discrimination to me... I...Hmmm... would smell like discrimination to me... I am happy to pay for my fellow human being, even if there is a bit of extra of them... ;-)<BR/><BR/>P.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-39310732438506287172008-04-24T09:44:00.000+01:002008-04-24T09:44:00.000+01:00If removing ashtrays actually makes a difference t...If removing ashtrays actually makes a difference to fuel economy then it is time airlines addressed the white elephant in the room: overweight people.<BR/><BR/>Brussels Airlines has identified lighter seat covers, what about lighter passengers? <BR/><BR/>The portly fellow-passenger is being subsidised by the rest of us. These people should be obliged to pay a surcharge for being stout, to cover the additional fuel requirement. We pay more for excess baggage, we should do it for excess bellies too.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14905377011160708616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-62091388453563689162008-04-24T08:08:00.000+01:002008-04-24T08:08:00.000+01:00LHR? aaargh. I am getting nightmares again... ;-))...LHR? aaargh. I am getting nightmares again... ;-)))<BR/><BR/>I think I should write a story about trying to get my luggage back last year. It was lost in transit between some inter-island flights in the Caribbean, connecting to a flight to Gatwick, connecting to a flight from LHR to Brussels... <BR/>It went wrong at the first leg, and the luggage went missing in the system in the neighbourhood of London... Unknown LHR or Gatwick... <BR/><BR/>In the end, the "system" did not help, but I got some people on the telephone who did an effort to actually go and look... The bags were found, laying by the belt in Gatwick, and had been there for 10 days.. It had all my sailing gear, camera, etc... in it. <BR/><BR/>Anyway. At Fiumicino, it is seen as 'normal practice' that bags take one hour to appear on the belt. Even for domestic flights... I fly frequently from Brindisi in the South to Rome. 50 minutes flight. 30 minutes in the plane waiting for the stairs to arrive, and then 60-90 minutes waiting for the luggage... <BR/><BR/>Ah.. more stories to write ;-)<BR/><BR/>p.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877671849645884790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-41577038696082729402008-04-24T07:50:00.000+01:002008-04-24T07:50:00.000+01:00very spiky the comment on Fiumicino... at least yo...very spiky the comment on Fiumicino... at least you have always a way to get them back.. Try at LHR and good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629351372307923.post-13937899293771865092008-04-24T05:57:00.000+01:002008-04-24T05:57:00.000+01:00If they fly slower, is that mean safer as well?......If they fly slower, is that mean safer as well?...Very intersting blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com