dbd33

It's airline travel, it's degrading. I don't think it would be very much less degrading if you took the Concorde. It's still about shuffling around in your socks and wishing the person in front had less stuff and could undress more quickly. Drugs help but, ultimately, airlines, procotologists, life's nasty little rituals.

mojovibe

It was a Fokker 50 and an airbus 380-600 series that we flew on. And they both beared the Lufthansa logo. Good airline to fly with much better than CA/TC. The said plane was going to be revamped back in the 90s, with Smiths aerospaces dislikes about the wing design. I don't know what happened after that because I moved to another job.

mojovibe

Wanna bet? I come and go through cyber space as and when I please.

Location offensive to who? And why would you think that my signature is offensive?

The other thread has now been closed so be a jolly good fellow and move on. I'm trying to move on but I'm beng pestered by the likes of people like you who are trying to wind me up and turn this thread into the same dead end the other one ended up in.

dbd33

Whom, innit?

I'd say it's offensive because it's a failed racial insult. Surely, if the county (or whatever they call administrative pieces of the north) were to be annexed to brown people, they'd call it Yorkistan, not Yorkshirestan. I'm less concerned by the racism, odious that it is, than by the disrespect for language. Nonethless, it's offensive to me, and I think, to people in Canada generally.

Novocastrian

So actually you took a short haul flight on a Fokker 50 and flew transatlantic on an A380?

Perhaps you need grammar and logic lessons?

lmartin999

Thanks. Saves me the trouble of replying. Its kind of a shame you even have to explain why it is offensive. I remain concerned by the racism and hope this poster never gets to peddle his vile views in Canada. In this I am entirely serious.

As for the signature, you don't think calling your fellow posters "pondlife" is offensive (albeit on a wholly different level). I will leave the decision about this to the admins. With regard to the other, hopefully CIC will see sense.

lmartin999

Just to be clear I am not trying to wind you up. I think your views are nasty, racist, sexist and offensive - but I have no interest in how you react.

Novocastrian

Your mention of the Concorde is interesting. I once had that experience and despite the desperate efforts of everyone involved to claim that we were immensely privileged to be aboard, it was very cramped (although remarkably brief).

lmartin999

Nice

I bet they had trolley dollies!

dbd33

I narrowly missed a company party that involved one of the last flights. It was slightly absurd in that the party started in London so people attending from Canada first had to fly there then, in the name of fun, come nearly back again. Ah well, come the next supersonic airliner and the next internet bubble, the chance will come again.

Novocastrian

Quite nice to be able to do it.

But a year after that I came back to work in Canada.

Oh dear.

Oink

I got to go on a Concorde. Sadly it was only a school trip and the plane didn't leave the ground. It was still cool though but I got into trouble from the teacher because I asked the cabin guide lady if I could take a "shit".

Novocastrian

Then at least you'll agree it was cramped. IIRC I didn't try the personal evacuation facilities, but I bet they were cramped too.

pTeronaut

Duxford Imperial War Museum?

I experienced the crampedness of the Concorde from the Prototype there.

Aviator

How is a Fokker 50, twin engine turbo prop identicle (oops identical) to a 74, four engine turbofan?

With your limited understanding of aviation, I would say moving jobs was probably a good decision if the job you left was in aviation.