http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7586654.stm
Sad, that. I liked flying with them, they had a good clear usable booking system.
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Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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I've never heard of them.
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They're Canadian.
So are Jazz who are adjusting procedures to save costs:An airline in Canada is removing lifevests from all its planes to cut weight and so reduce fuel costs. The regional airline Jazz says government regulations allow it to use flotation devices if the planes stay within 50 miles (80km) of shore. Passengers will be directed to use seat cushions as flotation devices.
The move has drawn angry criticism. One Newfoundland politician, Woody French, said Jazz's passengers were "a distant second to profits".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7586975.stm
I've never found an answer to my question about flotation devices - has any life ever been saved in any commercial civil airliner by using one? I've looked and I've found no instance ever where it has. I think they're a total waste of space and effort.
So are Jazz who are adjusting procedures to save costs:An airline in Canada is removing lifevests from all its planes to cut weight and so reduce fuel costs. The regional airline Jazz says government regulations allow it to use flotation devices if the planes stay within 50 miles (80km) of shore. Passengers will be directed to use seat cushions as flotation devices.
The move has drawn angry criticism. One Newfoundland politician, Woody French, said Jazz's passengers were "a distant second to profits".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7586975.stm
I've never found an answer to my question about flotation devices - has any life ever been saved in any commercial civil airliner by using one? I've looked and I've found no instance ever where it has. I think they're a total waste of space and effort.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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Jeeze, I would'nt have thought lifevests would weigh that much!
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It's all the demonstration malarkey at the start of the flight gets on my tits.
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
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:wah:
Well it's not likely the vests will be on anyones tits.
Well it's not likely the vests will be on anyones tits.
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As the worlds prices go up the Airline industry goes down
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spot;966257 wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7586654.stm
Sad, that. I liked flying with them, they had a good clear usable booking system.
They were covering the story on the CBC Radio Ottawa phone-in show as it unfolded yesterday.
A Zoom flight from Ottawa to Glasgow, scheduled to leave at 9:00 PM Wednesday night, was rescheduled for 1:00 PM Thursday afternoon. CBC was reporting that the plane was still on the tarmac in Halifax, Nova Scotia (several hundred kilometres away) at 1:30 PM, and the Zoom kiosk at the Ottawa airport had been abandoned, and their website was down.
About half an hour later, CBC received a newswire story that Zoom had suspended all operations, blaming the high cost of fuel for their troubles.
A woman called the show, after having received a call from her parents, who were stranded in Halifax. She called Zoom, who assured her the plane would touch down in Ottawa within half an hour. She asked them how that was possible, as it was still sitting idle in Halifax.
The Zoom person then admitted it was their policy to tell customers a flight would arrive within a half hour, when they had no information about it.
Sad, that. I liked flying with them, they had a good clear usable booking system.
They were covering the story on the CBC Radio Ottawa phone-in show as it unfolded yesterday.
A Zoom flight from Ottawa to Glasgow, scheduled to leave at 9:00 PM Wednesday night, was rescheduled for 1:00 PM Thursday afternoon. CBC was reporting that the plane was still on the tarmac in Halifax, Nova Scotia (several hundred kilometres away) at 1:30 PM, and the Zoom kiosk at the Ottawa airport had been abandoned, and their website was down.
About half an hour later, CBC received a newswire story that Zoom had suspended all operations, blaming the high cost of fuel for their troubles.
A woman called the show, after having received a call from her parents, who were stranded in Halifax. She called Zoom, who assured her the plane would touch down in Ottawa within half an hour. She asked them how that was possible, as it was still sitting idle in Halifax.
The Zoom person then admitted it was their policy to tell customers a flight would arrive within a half hour, when they had no information about it.
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There's call centres for you.
Alitalia just filed for bankrupcy protection today as well. They're still flying but they need to find the finance to do it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7588475.stm
The others floundering are LAB Airlines, Olympic Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and Airunion.
Alitalia just filed for bankrupcy protection today as well. They're still flying but they need to find the finance to do it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7588475.stm
The others floundering are LAB Airlines, Olympic Airlines, Frontier Airlines, and Airunion.
Nullius in verba ... ☎||||||||||| ... To Fate I sue, of other means bereft, the only refuge for the wretched left.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.