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Hope no-one was intending to travel today!
But, thankfully the plot was foiled!!!!
Les x
My fb's supposed to be flying back from lanzarote this evening. Fortunately not to Heathrow. He's a bit pissed off to say the least.
H.x
Yep, seen it and just looked at the site for the airport we fly from. No hand luggage, just a clear carrier with money, travel documents etc., essential medication and sanitary protection (unboxed) confused
You can't even have anything in your pockets and every passenger is to be hand-searched.
Do you think they will be more keen to inspect piercings? redface
This just brings back all those terrible memories of 9/11 and 7/7 sad
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My fb's supposed to be flying back from lanzarote this evening. Fortunately not to Heathrow. He's a bit pissed off to say the least.
H.x

Not as pissed off as learning of about 4500 deaths plus the carnage on the ground if the explosives were detonated over land... nothing personal H-x... confused
Regards,
Wibbly
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My fb's supposed to be flying back from lanzarote this evening. Fortunately not to Heathrow. He's a bit pissed off to say the least.
H.x

Not as pissed off as learning of about 4500 deaths plus the carnage on the ground if the explosives were detonated over land... nothing personal H-x... confused
Regards,
Wibbly
Bloody hell yes! I'd rather he stayed there than fly if it wasn't safe. Doesn't bare thinking about. Without getting political, or at least trying not to, sometimes I wonder about the human race and what some of it's members are capable of.
H.x
Well there could have been 800 or so people dead by now and still folks were moaning about being late. I hope they have time to think about it some day.
It wasnt just today either they are now saying 9 planes in waves of 3 over a few weeks. Thats about 3600 people based on 400 seat per plane.
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Well there could have been 800 or so people dead by now and still folks were moaning about being late. I hope they have time to think about it some day.
It wasnt just today either they are now saying 9 planes in waves of 3 over a few weeks. Thats about 3600 people based on 400 seat per plane.

And lets not forget they were transatlantic flights so all would be in the sea thus being a night mare for recovery of suvivors and the dead.
I'd rather this and all precautions taken then it end up as a disaster.
Scary stuff though.
Jas
XXX
Just when things get back to some sort of normality after 9/11 7/7 etc we are reminded of the possible threat from others. Thankfully it seems they have foiled a very evil plan.
I'm supposed to be dropping someone off tomorrow night at Heathrow :shock:
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I'm supposed to be dropping someone off tomorrow night at Heathrow :shock:

Not now you're not. They are asking travellers not to go, unless it is an essential journey.
Les x
Only last night in the chatroom I was saying I love my job rolleyes I don't love this bit of it though banghead
Love
Fire x
Very scary :shock: though I couldn't help but get more than a little peeved at this bit
<snip>
Prime Minister Tony Blair, on holiday in the Caribbean, paid tribute to the the police and the security services.
"I thank them for the great job they are doing in protecting our country. <snip>
Good job someone's doing something to protect us mad
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Only last night in the chatroom I was saying I love my job rolleyes I don't love this bit of it though banghead
Love
Fire x

neither do i....
i was in train meetings all morning trying to see if we could help the airlines at all.... actually the one thing that most companies have been really surprised about is that there hasn't really been the whinging and grumbling that normally happens with disruptions......it seems that people have just accepted this and gone on in a sort of "thankful" way.....as in the realisation if this had gone ahead we would have been looking at carnage
saying that i have friends who were coming back from dublin today.... they asked me the best way to get back..... i said ferry!!!!!
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most companies have been really surprised about is that there hasn't really been the whinging and grumbling that normally happens with disruptions......it seems that people have just accepted this and gone on in a sort of "thankful" way.....as in the realisation if this had gone ahead we would have been looking at carnage
saying that i have friends who were coming back from dublin today.... they asked me the best way to get back..... i said ferry!!!!!

It won't last, just wait until the trains are full, or seat reservations have to be suspended.....then it will back to the lovely abusive calls, that really make working on the phones a great place to be.
Les x
I'm flying out to Canada in the next while and I don't object to the delays or extra security or limited baggage. I think with news sensationalism, people like myself forget the threat of terrorism until something like this happens.
I'm glad the potential threats were foiled but sad it happened in the first place.
Silky
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Very scary :shock: though I couldn't help but get more than a little peeved at this bit
<snip>
Prime Minister Tony Blair, on holiday in the Caribbean, paid tribute to the the police and the security services.
"I thank them for the great job they are doing in protecting our country. <snip>
Good job someone's doing something to protect us mad

I don't get the point of this snipe - sorry, snip. Do you expect Tony Blair to stand guard at Heathrow Airport with a gun??? FFS.. we have security services whose jobit is to guard us.
I REALLY REALLY hate these jibes which are not only unecessary but groundless.
banghead
Even the Prime Minister needs to take a holiday......the fact these events happened while he was on holiday....isn't exactly his fault now is it!
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Only last night in the chatroom I was saying I love my job rolleyes I don't love this bit of it though banghead
Love
Fire x

Tell me about it.
Had a bit of a panic this morning when I got to work and there were Fire Engines and an ambulance heading for a plane on the runway.
Turned out a pilot flicked the wrong switch and dumped a load of fuel on the runway :doh:
Shocking news, but I must say the security checks are non existent (or were till recently) at Heathrow. Just they made you take out your laptop and pass it through X-rays - big deal! In the meantime, the security surcharge that has been levied post 9/11 has been lining some pockets. Oh sorry, they did put mirrors in the galleys... I suppose that is a big expense.
My take on it is if air travel is dangerous, ban it altogether and do a favour to the environment at the same time. I was never in favour of globalisation anyway.
With regards to the PM being absent, how would your companies fare if the MD was away and a crisis broke out? Wouldn't everyone demand the immediate return of the MD who has the ultimate responsibility? dunno
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Shocking news, but I must say the security checks are non existent (or were till recently) at Heathrow. Just they made you take out your laptop and pass it through X-rays - big deal! In the meantime, the security surcharge that has been levied post 9/11 has been lining some pockets. Oh sorry, they did put mirrors in the galleys... I suppose that is a big expense.
My take on it is if air travel is dangerous, ban it altogether and do a favour to the environment at the same time. I was never in favour of globalisation anyway.
With regards to the PM being absent, how would your companies fare if the MD was away and a crisis broke out? Wouldn't everyone demand the immediate return of the MD who has the ultimate responsibility? dunno

don't talk crap!
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Shocking news, but I must say the security checks are non existent (or were till recently) at Heathrow. Just they made you take out your laptop and pass it through X-rays - big deal! In the meantime, the security surcharge that has been levied post 9/11 has been lining some pockets. Oh sorry, they did put mirrors in the galleys... I suppose that is a big expense.
My take on it is if air travel is dangerous, ban it altogether and do a favour to the environment at the same time. I was never in favour of globalisation anyway.
With regards to the PM being absent, how would your companies fare if the MD was away and a crisis broke out? Wouldn't everyone demand the immediate return of the MD who has the ultimate responsibility? dunno

don't take crap!
Who from? :dunno:
Sorry Dave I couldn't resist!
passionkiss
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Shocking news, but I must say the security checks are non existent (or were till recently) at Heathrow. Just they made you take out your laptop and pass it through X-rays - big deal! In the meantime, the security surcharge that has been levied post 9/11 has been lining some pockets. Oh sorry, they did put mirrors in the galleys... I suppose that is a big expense.
My take on it is if air travel is dangerous, ban it altogether and do a favour to the environment at the same time. I was never in favour of globalisation anyway.
With regards to the PM being absent, how would your companies fare if the MD was away and a crisis broke out? Wouldn't everyone demand the immediate return of the MD who has the ultimate responsibility? dunno

don't take crap!
Who from? :dunno:
Sorry Dave I couldn't resist!
passionkiss
i've corrected it.....Tania you do talk......some crap sometimes!
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My take on it is if air travel is dangerous, ban it altogether and do a favour to the environment at the same time. I was never in favour of globalisation anyway.

Air travel isn't dangerous. It does make a very good target for terrorists due to the huge disruptive effects caused and the fact that it makes the global news.
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With regards to the PM being absent, how would your companies fare if the MD was away and a crisis broke out? Wouldn't everyone demand the immediate return of the MD who has the ultimate responsibility? dunno

TBH most of the companies I've worked for would probably sort things out better without MD stepping in. By not returning to the UK the PM sends out a message to the terrorist groups that he won't be effected by them.
Les x
Da69ve
You must be addicted to crap then because you never fail to respond to my posts.
Fortunately, there is lots more where that 'crap' came from, and I'll save it allfor you baby... even though you don't make me horny.
flipa :moon:
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Da69ve
You must be addicted to crap then because you never fail to respond to my posts.
Fortunately, there is lots more where that 'crap' came from, and I'll save it all for you baby... even though you don't make me horny.
flipa :moon:

you my dear are another another planet.......and i'll sleep better now knowing i don't make you horny!
Perhaps now if the police make a mistake(like forest gate) the media won't be so harsh on them.
They are doing there best to protect us in very difficult circumstances.
Well done security services.
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Da69ve
You must be addicted to crap then because you never fail to respond to my posts.
Fortunately, there is lots more where that 'crap' came from, and I'll save it all for you baby... even though you don't make me horny.
flipa :moon:

you my dear are another another planet.......and i'll sleep better now knowing i don't make you horny!
To paraphrase you: Do I make you angry baby?
Do I?
Do I?
Sweet dreams and call me when you wake up and smell the coffee..... :P
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With regards to the PM being absent, how would your companies fare if the MD was away and a crisis broke out? Wouldn't everyone demand the immediate return of the MD who has the ultimate responsibility? dunno

And why can't he maintain the 'ultimate responsiblity' from where he is??? We have the technology - and anyway ALL flights into the UK were stopped earlier today surely?
This kind of nonsense makes me so mad.
Personal opinion of course.
The first person to say 'don't call me Shirley' is heading for a mega Jags slap!
rolleyes