Economy Class & Beyond

A smattering of snow, and everything goes wrong…

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Snow and ice are still playing up in the UK, so here's a few things to be aware of: All London Airports, Bristol, Manchester and in fact - the majority of UK Airports are showing delays. Eurostar is still suspended, pending testing of the new snow defence systems installed on the trains. Roads are still chaotic Also the East Coast of the USA is suffering major snow … [Read more...]

Expect more brinkmanship between BA and Unite…

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Unite has signalled it wishes to reballot it's members for another attempt at strike action. Whilst not unexpected, personally - I would still be considering other carriers over the next few weeks. For any strike to happen there much be a consultation period, ballot and actual notice to the company. That puts it +4 weeks away, and pushing it into February. For that … [Read more...]

Snow trouble ahead.

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If you're travelling today (Saturday 19th), expect Delays at LHR due to snow LGW appear to be fine Some Delays at LCY Issues with UK immigration in other countries - Strike action alas And major issues with Eurostar not due to strikes, but due to the cold snap. Weather... we just can't deal with it over here... (from a non-snowy but very cold and icey Birmingham) … [Read more...]

Let’s Strike! Who Else is heading into a Strike action over this “Festive” season?

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Apart from British Airways, who else is out on strike over the festive period? Eurostar - The Anglo-French-Belgium Consortium has workers walking on 18/19 and 26/27 (unless resolved) over pay and conditions. About 70 drivers and 20 on-board staff are to walk out over pay for 48 hours. Eurostar is confident of running a service with it's French/Belgium workers, however - … [Read more...]

Boeing’s 787 takes to the skies… so what next?

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Firstly, lets have some take off movies From KOMO News. from Jon at Flightblogger and it landing.... from 2WheelFever, Youtube. For Boeing, this is the beginning of a long road to getting FAA and JAA certification, in which FlightBlogger covers in extenstive length.  But soon enough, we'll reach the point of "first delivery" and "first … [Read more...]

The BA Strike – Rebooking and Generic Advice

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NOTE - BA Strike is OFF as of 17/12. So lets quickly recap the Unite/BA Cabin Crew Strike Turnout: 80% with a 9:1 favour in Strike. Strike Dates: 22nd December 2009 for 12 days until 2nd January 2010 BA Rebooking Policy -See http://www.britishairways.com/travel/flightops/public/en_gb?p_faqid=3917, but in simple terms: "Customers who are booked to travel between … [Read more...]

** BREAKING ** British Airways Cabin CrewStrike Action – It’s Go!

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NOTE - BA Strike is OFF as of 17/12. It is confirmed by the BBC that Cabin Crew have voted to strike with an high turnout. The vote, had a greater than 80% turnout, was 92.5% in favour of a strike, says the Unite. The action is set to begin on 22 December and run until 2 January - with major disruption over the Christmas Period. If you're travelling over this … [Read more...]