Globaliser

I may struggle with my weight sometimes, but I don't think I'm really fat.

So if I've got into the office at 8 am and have survived all day on only coffee until 5.30 pm, when I've dashed out of the office to get to LHR to get the last flight out to somewhere for a weekend trip, then I guess I must be in category 1 if I'd like to be fed during the 1½ hours of "dead time" in the air.

fraisse10

Isn't it conceivable that one could be on a two-hour flight at a meal-time and that's why some food would be welcome?

And do you really believe, as you imply , that only "bloaters" enjoy food? Let's try the flipside: "only people who are stupidly neurotic about food are thin". See how ridiculous that sounds?

BlackBerryAddict

Just to go back mid-topic - just read SC's weekly rant in the saturday edition of the Indy. It's about the BA 747 that had to make an emergency landing in Uralsk. Probably not the most obvious place to do that, but faced with the cargo hold fire warning, I guess the crew wanted to get that aircraft down asap.

Of course then the operation to get passenger, luggage, cargo, crew and aircraft back out again was cxomplicated, and probably expensive.

SC then uses that as the justification for the fuel surcharge BA has imposed:
With a palaver like that, no wonder BA has raised its fuel surcharge. Some good news: the faulty light has been fixed.

First of all it is ludicrous to suggest that (however we may despise fuel surcharges) - but I for am glad the BA crew chose to land somewhere as soon as possible, without regard for the salvage costs or consequences. If they hadn't done that, and the warning light had been for real......

Globaliser

That final comment is truly despicable. Its subtext is that BA avoidably wasted a lot of money and effort because of the diversion, and that as a result we are all paying for it. The man should really be taken outside and shot. Nobody, absolutely nobody should ever second-guess a flight crew's decision to get the aircraft down onto the ground fast in circumstances like that. Too many airliners and too many lives have been lost through in-flight fires; if a crew decides to take a warning seriously, they should be backed up every step of the way.

It adds to my long-held view that journalists ought to be made to take exams and hold a licence before being allowed to write about aviation. Unfortunately, I get the same view when I read journalists writing about my own field, and I have come to the conclusion that almost all of what passes for "meedja" is now only fit for the bin.

Cheese & Dessert

Hi all, have plucked up the courage to come out of lurking!!

Not one to resist the I class deals, I have now found myself in the unfortunate position to be unable to resist a ET deal!! Although BA are advertising flights to Europe from £29 one way, SVQ is pricing out as £49.50 return with availability at this price wide open during June. I managed to resist the club upgrade fare of £308.50

Does anyone know the policy re purchasing an empty seat? At this rate a flat bed in ET could become an option

flyermanES

Welcome Cheese & Dessert - excellent name!

ian001

The whole tone of the article is completely off the mark. BA well choose to ignore it, but it deserves a robust response in the letters page of the Independent.

I concur with Globaliser's sentiments entirely.