BA cancels 25 flights

It's never been shambolic. Maybe "shambolic, bABy..."


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AJC writes:

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:40:28 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

Andrew Williams, who stayed in overnight accommodation on Monday night
after
his flight was cancelled, described the scene at Heathrow as "shambolic
chaos".


So business as usual at BAA's airports :-)
--==++AJC++==--

Why pick on BAA? Edinburgh, my local BAA airportm may be busy but
I've never seen it "shambolic". There have always been check-in staff
when they've been needed, in my experience. Isn't this more likely to
be a London, or a Heathrow, or a British Airways problem, than a
problem with BAA airports?
--
-- Chris.

It's never been shambolic. Maybe "shambolic, bABy..."


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AJC writes:

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:40:28 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

Andrew Williams, who stayed in overnight accommodation on Monday night
after
his flight was cancelled, described the scene at Heathrow as "shambolic
chaos".


So business as usual at BAA's airports :-)
--==++AJC++==--

Why pick on BAA? Edinburgh, my local BAA airportm may be busy but
I've never seen it "shambolic". There have always been check-in staff
when they've been needed, in my experience. Isn't this more likely to
be a London, or a Heathrow, or a British Airways problem, than a
problem with BAA airports?
--
-- Chris.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:25:39 GMT, "AC" wrote:




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AJC writes:

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:40:28 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

Andrew Williams, who stayed in overnight accommodation on Monday night
after
his flight was cancelled, described the scene at Heathrow as "shambolic
chaos".


So business as usual at BAA's airports :-)
--==++AJC++==--

Why pick on BAA? Edinburgh, my local BAA airportm may be busy but
I've never seen it "shambolic". There have always been check-in staff
when they've been needed, in my experience. Isn't this more likely to
be a London, or a Heathrow, or a British Airways problem, than a
problem with BAA airports?
--
-- Chris.
re positioned top posting...
It's never been shambolic. Maybe "shambolic, bABy..."
It was most dire last night News at 10 lead BA Cancels Flights
more distruption today. ITN News 24 Passengers in distress as
problems at BA go on and on. then both had the same quotation
Management stated that this was due to '''Maintainance Problems''
(not very reassuring to passengers isnt that statment), and lack of
ground staff.

It looks like Management at BA once again are crumbling, if they
cannot work out what flights they are to operate in late August when
they have coped at the highest peak at the last week of July, and how
many staff are needed for those flights and full loads, then something
is sadly wrong somewhere.

On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 06:25:39 GMT, "AC" wrote:




wrote in message
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AJC writes:

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 09:40:28 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
wrote:

Andrew Williams, who stayed in overnight accommodation on Monday night
after
his flight was cancelled, described the scene at Heathrow as "shambolic
chaos".


So business as usual at BAA's airports :-)
--==++AJC++==--

Why pick on BAA? Edinburgh, my local BAA airportm may be busy but
I've never seen it "shambolic". There have always been check-in staff
when they've been needed, in my experience. Isn't this more likely to
be a London, or a Heathrow, or a British Airways problem, than a
problem with BAA airports?
--
-- Chris.
re positioned top posting...
It's never been shambolic. Maybe "shambolic, bABy..."
It was most dire last night News at 10 lead BA Cancels Flights
more distruption today. ITN News 24 Passengers in distress as
problems at BA go on and on. then both had the same quotation
Management stated that this was due to '''Maintainance Problems''
(not very reassuring to passengers isnt that statment), and lack of
ground staff.

It looks like Management at BA once again are crumbling, if they
cannot work out what flights they are to operate in late August when
they have coped at the highest peak at the last week of July, and how
many staff are needed for those flights and full loads, then something
is sadly wrong somewhere.

On 24 Aug 2004 10:01:14 -0700, (Maclock) wrote:

I love the fact that you can fly anywhere from London Heathrow,

Actually there are a surprising number of places that you can't fly to
from Heathrow but you can from Frankfurt or Amsterdam!


but
that doesn't change the fact that it is a poorly laid-out airport.
Having recently changed planes in Amsterdam Schiphol, I think I now
know which is my favourite European hub.

Glad you had a good tranfer at AMS, if it ever crops up try
Copenhagen, just as pleasant, on a slightly smaller scale.


(Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
for all of its modern architecture, is not necessarily much better
than Heathrow...boarding busses to change planes is soooooooo
unnecessary.)

The last time I used Heathrow as a transfer point, there was a bus to
the 747 on departure, a bus from the 747 on arrival, and of course a
bus between terminals!
--==++AJC++==--

On 24 Aug 2004 10:01:14 -0700, (Maclock) wrote:

I love the fact that you can fly anywhere from London Heathrow,

Actually there are a surprising number of places that you can't fly to
from Heathrow but you can from Frankfurt or Amsterdam!


but
that doesn't change the fact that it is a poorly laid-out airport.
Having recently changed planes in Amsterdam Schiphol, I think I now
know which is my favourite European hub.

Glad you had a good tranfer at AMS, if it ever crops up try
Copenhagen, just as pleasant, on a slightly smaller scale.


(Paris-Charles de Gaulle,
for all of its modern architecture, is not necessarily much better
than Heathrow...boarding busses to change planes is soooooooo
unnecessary.)

The last time I used Heathrow as a transfer point, there was a bus to
the 747 on departure, a bus from the 747 on arrival, and of course a
bus between terminals!
--==++AJC++==--

In message , at 10:45:33 on
Thu, 26 Aug 2004, AJC remarked:
I love the fact that you can fly anywhere from London Heathrow,

Actually there are a surprising number of places that you can't fly to
from Heathrow but you can from Frankfurt or Amsterdam!

Or Gatwick, even.
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 10:45:33 on
Thu, 26 Aug 2004, AJC remarked:
I love the fact that you can fly anywhere from London Heathrow,

Actually there are a surprising number of places that you can't fly to
from Heathrow but you can from Frankfurt or Amsterdam!

Or Gatwick, even.
--
Roland Perry

Actually there are a surprising number of places that you can't fly to
from Heathrow but you can from Frankfurt or Amsterdam!

Places Served by AMS or FRA and not LON. I can think of one off the top of
my head, MNL by both KLM and Lufthansa.
Any others?

"Thomas" wrote in message
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Actually there are a surprising number of places that you can't fly to
from Heathrow but you can from Frankfurt or Amsterdam!

Places Served by AMS or FRA and not LON. I can think of one off the top of
my head, MNL by both KLM and Lufthansa.
Any others?



Lima, Peru.