On Jul 25, 5:16*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Bruce wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:04:10 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote:

The last time (and indeed the only time) I've used Essex International,
the plane arrived after the last train had left, so they paid for a taxi
to take me home.

I was genuinely shocked at getting good customer service from an
airline. *Atlantic Airways. A++++, would fly again.

You would fly with them again, eh?

Their only route from Stansted is to the Faroe Islands, which does limit
your choices somewhat. *I suppose that, if you really stretched the
point, the Faroe Islands could be considered as a "hub" airport for an
onward flight to any of Atlantic Airways' other destinations, which
appear to comprise Reykjavik, Stavanger, Aalborg, Bilund and finally
Copenhagen. *;-)

I fly to Billund on work now and then - i'll see if i can get a route
through the Faroes next time!

You work for Lego and I claim my crucial missing brick (which I've
actually managed to loose down the back of the sofa but won't know
that for another few years yet)!

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 25, 5:16*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010, Bruce wrote:

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:04:10 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote:

The last time (and indeed the only time) I've used Essex
International, the plane arrived after the last train had left, so
they paid for a taxi to take me home.

I was genuinely shocked at getting good customer service from an
airline. *Atlantic Airways. A++++, would fly again.

You would fly with them again, eh?

Their only route from Stansted is to the Faroe Islands, which does
limit your choices somewhat. *I suppose that, if you really stretched
the point, the Faroe Islands could be considered as a "hub" airport
for an onward flight to any of Atlantic Airways' other destinations,
which appear to comprise Reykjavik, Stavanger, Aalborg, Bilund and
finally Copenhagen. *;-)

I fly to Billund on work now and then - i'll see if i can get a route
through the Faroes next time!

You work for Lego and I claim my crucial missing brick (which I've
actually managed to loose down the back of the sofa but won't know that
for another few years yet)!

I'll claim some for you from reception. I hope you like white 2x4s.

On the subject of flying to Billund, though, i'm going on wednesday
evening, from Gatwick, with an airline on which i am informed the food is
unspeakable. Does anyone have any recommendations for places to eat at
Gatwick?

tom

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before I was born. -- Mark Twain

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:58:12 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On the subject of flying to Billund, though, i'm going on wednesday
evening, from Gatwick, with an airline on which i am informed the food is
unspeakable. Does anyone have any recommendations for places to eat at
Gatwick?

Depends what you want to eat. There are in the various bits of
Gatwick a few Wetherspoons-style pubs that provide acceptable food for
acceptable money, which tend to be where I end up.

Neil
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Neil Williams wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:58:12 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On the subject of flying to Billund, though, i'm going on wednesday
evening, from Gatwick, with an airline on which i am informed the food
is unspeakable. Does anyone have any recommendations for places to eat
at Gatwick?

Depends what you want to eat. There are in the various bits of Gatwick
a few Wetherspoons-style pubs that provide acceptable food for
acceptable money, which tend to be where I end up.

Okay, thanks, will give those a look. I'm usually leery of food from
plastic pubs like those, but if you've eaten there and think they're okay,
i'll rise above my prejudice.

On the acceptability of money front, the company will flipping well be
paying for it, since they're the ones dispatching me to the wastes of
Denmark, so price is no object.

tom

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twenties. I began to think of children not as immature adults, but of
adults as atrophied children. -- Keith Johnstone

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:12:43 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

Okay, thanks, will give those a look. I'm usually leery of food from
plastic pubs like those, but if you've eaten there and think they're okay,
i'll rise above my prejudice.

To be fair, I find Wetherspoons food acceptable in general. If you
don't, you probably won't like those either.

I see it on the same sort of level as McD's etc, except you get a
better choice and a proper plate/cutlery[1]/glass etc.

[1] Obviously you'll get a rounded knife airside.

On the acceptability of money front, the company will flipping well be
paying for it, since they're the ones dispatching me to the wastes of
Denmark, so price is no object.

If your expenses budget is generous, I imagine you can do a lot better
than the Spoons-a-likes, but I don't go to Gatwick any more often than
I can avoid, so I don't have a lot of experience of those. I've eaten
in the landside Spoons-a-like in whichever terminal it is easyJet use,
FWIW, and it was fine by my standards .

(For those who fly from Luton, the "Est Cafe" is far better than the
self service greasy spoon, and doesn't cost much more...)

Neil
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To reply put my first name before the at.

"Bruce" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:04:10 +0100, David Cantrell
wrote:

The last time (and indeed the only time) I've used Essex International,
the plane arrived after the last train had left, so they paid for a taxi
to take me home.

I was genuinely shocked at getting good customer service from an
airline. Atlantic Airways. A++++, would fly again.


You would fly with them again, eh?

Their only route from Stansted is to the Faroe Islands, which does
limit your choices somewhat. I suppose that, if you really stretched
the point, the Faroe Islands could be considered as a "hub" airport
for an onward flight to any of Atlantic Airways' other destinations,
which appear to comprise Reykjavik, Stavanger, Aalborg, Bilund and
finally Copenhagen. ;-)

The "only twice a week" schedule might be a bit limiting though

On Jul 25, 6:58*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On the subject of flying to Billund, though, i'm going on wednesday
evening, from Gatwick, with an airline on which i am informed the food is
unspeakable. Does anyone have any recommendations for places to eat at
Gatwick?

Somewhere outside. You'll eat the chunky sandwich you purchased
earlier in town. Make sure the chosen fillings don't cause too much
short term soggification.

On Jul 25, 8:12*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Neil Williams wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:58:12 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On the subject of flying to Billund, though, i'm going on wednesday
evening, from Gatwick, with an airline on which i am informed the food
is unspeakable. Does anyone have any recommendations for places to eat
at Gatwick?

Depends what you want to eat. *There are in the various bits of Gatwick
a few Wetherspoons-style pubs that provide acceptable food for
acceptable money, which tend to be where I end up.

Okay, thanks, will give those a look. I'm usually leery of food from
plastic pubs like those, but if you've eaten there and think they're okay,
i'll rise above my prejudice.

On the acceptability of money front, the company will flipping well be
paying for it, since they're the ones dispatching me to the wastes of
Denmark, so price is no object.

In that case, it can only be Shake-a-Hula:
http://www.gatwickairport.com/eating/shake-a-hula/

Interesting results on turbulent flights guaranteed!

Incidentally, do people like the new retro Gatwick typeface look, now
that they've broken free of the stuffy constraints of the BAA
monolith? And remember folks, it's *Your* London Airport - make sure
you tell 'em that when they catch you micturating in the pot plants.

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 15:58:04 +0100
Neil Williams wrote:
difficulty of booking and the often astronomical price tag). It's
certainly something I've thought about on many occasions, though
perhaps my morals aren't quite good enough to prevent me doing it
completely as perhaps I should.

If you work in IT it should be no problem getting a job that doesn't require
you to travel far.

B2003

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Mizter T wrote:

On Jul 25, 8:12*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010, Neil Williams wrote:

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:58:12 +0100, Tom Anderson
wrote:

On the subject of flying to Billund, though, i'm going on wednesday
evening, from Gatwick, with an airline on which i am informed the food
is unspeakable. Does anyone have any recommendations for places to eat
at Gatwick?

Depends what you want to eat. *There are in the various bits of Gatwick
a few Wetherspoons-style pubs that provide acceptable food for
acceptable money, which tend to be where I end up.

Okay, thanks, will give those a look. I'm usually leery of food from
plastic pubs like those, but if you've eaten there and think they're okay,
i'll rise above my prejudice.

On the acceptability of money front, the company will flipping well be
paying for it, since they're the ones dispatching me to the wastes of
Denmark, so price is no object.

In that case, it can only be Shake-a-Hula:
http://www.gatwickairport.com/eating/shake-a-hula/

Interesting results on turbulent flights guaranteed!

Ideal!

Incidentally, do people like the new retro Gatwick typeface look, now
that they've broken free of the stuffy constraints of the BAA monolith?

No, it looks rubbish. Trite, unprofessional, trying too hard.

tom

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