Heathrow television documentary, ITV, Thursday
Jun 21, 2015, 11:17 pm
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I think the flight was Air India so it wouldn't have been T5.
Jun 21, 2015, 11:20 pm
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I remember this being featured on the old John Nettles narrated Airport series (surely the benchmark for airport documentaries) - was it the late night EK flight from T4?
Jun 22, 2015, 4:49 am
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Yes I remember (why do I remember so much rubbish but not my pin) but it was the Canadian Airlines 'concierge' on the hunt for 'his' passengers i.e. Business Class!
Jun 22, 2015, 5:07 am
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Jun 22, 2015, 11:50 am
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Jun 22, 2015, 12:07 pm
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Jun 23, 2015, 3:37 am
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Jun 29, 2015, 2:59 pm
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Well having finally caught up with the three episodes I have to say it was a total bag of the proverbial. The sad dumbing down of fly on the wall documentaries continues. They just don't make em like they used too.
From other posts I too have have seen the bike-ulances in T5 and T4 in the last couple of years. One of the 'regulars' from the BBC Airport programme was one of the mounted paramedics in T5 on one of my visits. I also once got mistaken for an Arab passenger (well I had just returned from two weeks in Corfu and with a full grown moustache) and addressed in Arabic by an Etihad lady looking for some of her flock
It did make me chuckle, and her blush. Oh what fun. 
From other posts I too have have seen the bike-ulances in T5 and T4 in the last couple of years. One of the 'regulars' from the BBC Airport programme was one of the mounted paramedics in T5 on one of my visits. I also once got mistaken for an Arab passenger (well I had just returned from two weeks in Corfu and with a full grown moustache) and addressed in Arabic by an Etihad lady looking for some of her flock
It did make me chuckle, and her blush. Oh what fun.
Aug 19, 2015, 7:26 am
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I was so happy to see this continuation of a long line of such aviation documentaries, the last being Airline (UK), and can never get enough of the lovely British accent.
I saw Episode 1 last night on YouTube & enjoyed it a lot, notably the kind spirits & human drama that is inherent in air travel. It's indeed dumbed down & skips a lot of the not-so-great portions, but that's to be expected for public consumption. For balance, see Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines.
I saw Episode 1 last night on YouTube & enjoyed it a lot, notably the kind spirits & human drama that is inherent in air travel. It's indeed dumbed down & skips a lot of the not-so-great portions, but that's to be expected for public consumption. For balance, see Flights and Fights: Inside the Low Cost Airlines.
Aug 24, 2015, 12:01 am
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Anyone know what aircraft type the police met in the first episode to arrest that passenger? The overhead bins looked like those on a refurbished 767 but it looks lie a VS agent was handling the flight (and VS don't have 767s in their fleet I believe). Interiors also don't look like VS. Thoughts?