EDI on the TV (BBC Documentry)
Apr 18, 2014, 11:15 am
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Quite possible - although the US-AA merger was first announce in Feb last year (I'm guessing this was filmed last Spring/Summer?) and the US route was announced in Nov so I don't know how much forward planning there was between AA/US over routes. Mind you given the way the interviewer was going on to the AA guys about their pronunciation I wouldn't blame them for saying no!
Apr 24, 2014, 1:15 pm
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Apr 24, 2014, 3:46 pm
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Apr 24, 2014, 3:55 pm
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i just don't get this thing about the accent
from what i could hear there were many accents from working class Edinburgh through to Australian
please don't criticize people because of the way they speak
i seem to be in the minority here in thinking that the programme was not brilliant but not as bad as many here seem to portray it
it was a huge PR exercise for Edinburgh airport and as far as i am concerned it did the job it was meant to do
from what i could hear there were many accents from working class Edinburgh through to Australian
please don't criticize people because of the way they speak
i seem to be in the minority here in thinking that the programme was not brilliant but not as bad as many here seem to portray it
it was a huge PR exercise for Edinburgh airport and as far as i am concerned it did the job it was meant to do
Apr 24, 2014, 4:16 pm
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i just don't get this thing about the accent
from what i could hear there were many accents from working class Edinburgh through to Australian
please don't criticize people because of the way they speak
i seem to be in the minority here in thinking that the programme was not brilliant but not as bad as many here seem to portray it
it was a huge PR exercise for Edinburgh airport and as far as i am concerned it did the job it was meant to do
from what i could hear there were many accents from working class Edinburgh through to Australian
please don't criticize people because of the way they speak
i seem to be in the minority here in thinking that the programme was not brilliant but not as bad as many here seem to portray it
it was a huge PR exercise for Edinburgh airport and as far as i am concerned it did the job it was meant to do
As for the accents. Well... maybe I'm blinkered by having grown up 20 miles from the airport but... they sounded like most people in that part of the world do. Honestly people in Scotland have put up with Sarf Landan accents for years without batting an eyelid. It's your turn now!
Apr 24, 2014, 4:30 pm
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Such comments have given me a chuckle though I'm surprised there is such a blatant show of insularity on a forum frequented by people who are apparently well travelled.
Apr 24, 2014, 7:53 pm
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i just don't get this thing about the accent
from what i could hear there were many accents from working class Edinburgh through to Australian
please don't criticize people because of the way they speak
i seem to be in the minority here in thinking that the programme was not brilliant but not as bad as many here seem to portray it
it was a huge PR exercise for Edinburgh airport and as far as i am concerned it did the job it was meant to do
from what i could hear there were many accents from working class Edinburgh through to Australian
please don't criticize people because of the way they speak
i seem to be in the minority here in thinking that the programme was not brilliant but not as bad as many here seem to portray it
it was a huge PR exercise for Edinburgh airport and as far as i am concerned it did the job it was meant to do
Interesting show. A wee bit different than when the sheep crossing the road made me late coming in from the Balerno side.
Apr 25, 2014, 12:04 am
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I liked how the editing at the start made it seem like the 'emergency' was a madman in a fluorescent jacket on the loose with a shotgun.
I agree that the jet2 thing was interesting. Any FT'ers spot themselves at the BA lounge opening?
I agree that the jet2 thing was interesting. Any FT'ers spot themselves at the BA lounge opening?
Apr 25, 2014, 12:27 am
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Could have been worse and been from ABZ instead - here are some people going offshore, Management consider but decide against a second baggage carousel, not enough taxis out the front etc etc.
At least I might then have been on the telly chatting up the lovely ***** in the BA Lounge.
At least I might then have been on the telly chatting up the lovely ***** in the BA Lounge.