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Fly Baby
Coming back from AMS he started to tell us that "for reasons know only to them, the Dutch have decided to build a runway 6km from the airport" but it would at least be "the most scenic part of the flight..." When we got to the Polderbaan he came back with "OK, that's the longest part of the journey over with - soon be home!..."
Likewise, arriving from LHR: ´From the flight deck, welcome to Amsterdam. We hope you enjoyed taxiing with British Airways today. I do apologise for the short flight in between...´