Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

I've heard that BA are launching a marketing campaign today, aimed at
persuading Brits to "stay at home" during the Olympics.

It's one way of keeping Terminal 5 from clogging up, I suppose.

Apparently some of their colleagues in the travel trade are not
impressed, in case it's taken as a more general plea to the public not
to take holidays during that period. And after all, the tidal flow of
Brits fleeing the country is exactly opposite to that of the athletes
and spectators.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
I've heard that BA are launching a marketing campaign today, aimed at
persuading Brits to "stay at home" during the Olympics.

It's one way of keeping Terminal 5 from clogging up, I suppose.

Apparently some of their colleagues in the travel trade are not impressed,
in case it's taken as a more general plea to the public not to take
holidays during that period. And after all, the tidal flow of Brits
fleeing the country is exactly opposite to that of the athletes and
spectators.
--
Roland Perry

Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind up
http://www.youtube.com/user/flybriti...e=results_main

If you "like" BA on Facebook there's a version on there that asks for your
post code and then replaces the bit where the plane goes over a road hump
with some Streetview? footage out of the window as the plane taxis down your
street. I hate to think how it got past my house, the lane is only wide
enough for a car and has high hedges and even buildings right by the road!!!

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 14:10:27 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind
up http://www.youtube.com/user/flybriti...e=results_main

The first part seems to be making a connection between BA and London,
for foreigners. Then it ends with the "Don't Fly" message which can only
be aimed at Brits.

Very odd.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 14:10:27 on Tue,
19 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind up
http://www.youtube.com/user/flybriti...e=results_main

The first part seems to be making a connection between BA and London, for
foreigners. Then it ends with the "Don't Fly" message which can only be
aimed at Brits.

Very odd.
--
Roland Perry

It doesn't make you think that BA is supporting Team GB?

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 15:59:45 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Paul Corfield remarked:
I think the video is excellent and I don't normally say that about BA
adverts. The concept is surely about "Britishness" and just asking
Brits to patriotically support the GB Olympics team. And of course
BA want millions of visitors to fly with them to the UK! Seems simple
enough to me.

So why have the "Don't Fly" slogan. It's simply bizarre.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 15:43:23 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
It doesn't make you think that BA is supporting Team GB?

Not particularly. If the plane had been the golden "torch carrier", then
that would be more likely to make me think BA was "part of the team".
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 15:59:45 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Paul Corfield remarked:
I think the video is excellent and I don't normally say that about BA
adverts. The concept is surely about "Britishness" and just asking
Brits to patriotically support the GB Olympics team. And of course
BA want millions of visitors to fly with them to the UK! Seems simple
enough to me.

So why have the "Don't Fly" slogan. It's simply bizarre.
--
Roland Perry

Have you considered the possibility that their flights for the Olympic
period are already full enough to make a profit? I'm inclined to agree
with Paul about the advert but if it doesn't work for you, so be it.

Let me tell you a tale....

I had an Uncle who was a journalist. One day my father met him and said
"I've just seen a wonderful poster on Hammersmith station. It was a
picture of a girl wearing a shirt and the copy read 'It looks even better on
a man'". My Uncle said "which shirt did it advertise?" My father had to
admit he couldn't name the brand. "Then it wasn't a very effective advert
was it?" said my Uncle.

Maybe the BA advert does work for you to the extent that you can now name
them!

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On 19/06/2012 16:38, Roland Perry wrote:

In message , at 15:59:45 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Paul Corfield remarked:
I think the video is excellent and I don't normally say that about BA
adverts. The concept is surely about "Britishness" and just asking
Brits to patriotically support the GB Olympics team. And of course
BA want millions of visitors to fly with them to the UK! Seems simple
enough to me.

So why have the "Don't Fly" slogan. It's simply bizarre.

I'm not sure you quite get it...

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On 19/06/2012 15:59, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:21:31 +0100, Roland
wrote:

In , at 14:10:27 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind
up: http://www.youtube.com/user/flybritishairways

The first part seems to be making a connection between BA and London,
for foreigners. Then it ends with the "Don't Fly" message which can only
be aimed at Brits.

Very odd.

I think the video is excellent and I don't normally say that about BA
adverts. The concept is surely about "Britishness" and just asking
Brits to patriotically support the GB Olympics team. And of course
BA want millions of visitors to fly with them to the UK! Seems simple
enough to me.

Can you imagine the faux furore there would be if BA launched a
campaign to persuade Brits to bugger off from the UK when the Games
are on? It would be the modern day equivalent of Maggie putting her
hankie over the model jet with the "arty" tail design that BA had on
their planes for a number of years. The Sun, Mail and Telegraph would
be screeching on for weeks about it.

Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Quite agree with your thoughts. 'Stay in Blighty, support Team GB, enjoy
the Olympics in the host country, your country'.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 17:06:29 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
Maybe the BA advert does work for you to the extent that you can now
name them!

I'd rather be trying to forget them, to be honest.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:59:45 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Actually, it's many years (even decades?) since BA claimed to be the
world's favourite airline. I can't remember what spurious statistic
they based it on, but they wouldn't be number one using it today. I
think Ryanair sometimes claims to be the UK's favourite airline these
days.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 22:06:00 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 21:35:35 +0100, Recliner
wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:59:45 +0100, Paul Corfield
wrote:

Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Actually, it's many years (even decades?) since BA claimed to be the
world's favourite airline. I can't remember what spurious statistic
they based it on, but they wouldn't be number one using it today. I
think Ryanair sometimes claims to be the UK's favourite airline these
days.

Well OK I've just got the old slogan lodged in my brain. However it's
clear that BA certainly see themselves as British. The livery is red,
white and blue, the flag is on the tail and the "to fly, to serve"
campaign is steeped in the history of UK aviation and that "stiff
upper lip" British approach to customer service.

Ryanair is Irish and is just a crap airline version of Megabus and I
apologise to Mr Souter for sullying his coach service!

Yes, BA seems to be more keen these days to emphasise its Britishness
-- it played it down during the brief world-tails era. That's when
Virgin added the union flag to its livery so it could claim to be the
British flag carrier. Both BA and the now-defunct bmi now use subtle,
stylised versions of the flag, whereas in some of Virgin's many livery
variants, it's less-than-subtle (eg,
http://www.airplane-pictures.net/pho...eing-747-400/).

Of course, since its merger with Iberia, BA probably has a lower
percentage of British ownership than ever before in its history.

As for Ryanair vs Megabus, at least Megabus doesn't load you up with
numerous extra near-impossible-to-avoid add-on costs.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 21:35:35 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Actually, it's many years (even decades?) since BA claimed to be the
world's favourite airline. I can't remember what spurious statistic
they based it on, but they wouldn't be number one using it today.

The claim was based upon:

"Favourite" - having the highest number of...
"World's" - passengers on International routes.

All the other big airlines being of a more domestic-passenger variety.

On that basis Waterloo is the commuter's favourite Underground station.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On 19/06/2012 17:42, Mizter T wrote:

On 19/06/2012 15:59, Paul Corfield wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:21:31 +0100, Roland
wrote:

In , at 14:10:27 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind
up: http://www.youtube.com/user/flybritishairways

The first part seems to be making a connection between BA and London,
for foreigners. Then it ends with the "Don't Fly" message which can only
be aimed at Brits.

Very odd.

I think the video is excellent and I don't normally say that about BA
adverts. The concept is surely about "Britishness" and just asking
Brits to patriotically support the GB Olympics team. And of course
BA want millions of visitors to fly with them to the UK! Seems simple
enough to me.

Can you imagine the faux furore there would be if BA launched a
campaign to persuade Brits to bugger off from the UK when the Games
are on? It would be the modern day equivalent of Maggie putting her
hankie over the model jet with the "arty" tail design that BA had on
their planes for a number of years. The Sun, Mail and Telegraph would
be screeching on for weeks about it.

Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Quite agree with your thoughts. 'Stay in Blighty, support Team GB, enjoy
the Olympics in the host country, your country'.

Although it surprises me that Watney Market gets a look in (about 42
seconds in to the version where you haven't put your postcode in)!

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 07:35:12 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 21:35:35 on
Tue, 19 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Actually, it's many years (even decades?) since BA claimed to be the
world's favourite airline. I can't remember what spurious statistic
they based it on, but they wouldn't be number one using it today.

The claim was based upon:

"Favourite" - having the highest number of...
"World's" - passengers on International routes.

All the other big airlines being of a more domestic-passenger variety.

I wonder if Emirates would now qualify on that basis?

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 10:07:25 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Actually, it's many years (even decades?) since BA claimed to be the
world's favourite airline. I can't remember what spurious statistic
they based it on, but they wouldn't be number one using it today.

The claim was based upon:

"Favourite" - having the highest number of...
"World's" - passengers on International routes.

All the other big airlines being of a more domestic-passenger variety.

I wonder if Emirates would now qualify on that basis?

I wondered the same thing, but didn't look it up. But now...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%2...heduled_intern
ational_passenger-kilometers_flown

Yes, Emirates wins (over Lufthansa) by quite a margin. Although AF-KLM
would win if you combined their numbers (which I think perhaps we
should). BA languishing at fifth.

On this metric. It's possible you'd get a different answer if you
measured international-customer-legs [no, not their inside legs - ed]
instead. At which point Ryanair would seemingly claim the crown.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On Wed, 20 Jun 2012 11:33:50 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

In message , at 10:07:25 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
Given the huge play BA make about being the UK's favourite airline
they're not going to step out of line.

Actually, it's many years (even decades?) since BA claimed to be the
world's favourite airline. I can't remember what spurious statistic
they based it on, but they wouldn't be number one using it today.

The claim was based upon:

"Favourite" - having the highest number of...
"World's" - passengers on International routes.

All the other big airlines being of a more domestic-passenger variety.

I wonder if Emirates would now qualify on that basis?

I wondered the same thing, but didn't look it up. But now...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%2...heduled_intern
ational_passenger-kilometers_flown

Yes, Emirates wins (over Lufthansa) by quite a margin. Although AF-KLM
would win if you combined their numbers (which I think perhaps we
should). BA languishing at fifth.

On this metric. It's possible you'd get a different answer if you
measured international-customer-legs [no, not their inside legs - ed]
instead. At which point Ryanair would seemingly claim the crown.

It's an interesting table. If you look at all the merged airlines, I
suspect the rankings would change.
Lufthansa+Swiss+Austrian+Brussels+Eurowings (etc) would almost
certainly beat Emirates, and AF+KLM might well be bigger still. I
wonder what Iberia and bmi were? Possibly, including them, IAG would
also beat Emirates, but would still not be top. I'm also surprised how
low Singapore Airlines comes. It pioneered the city state hub business
model that Emirates now uses, but has been comprehensively overtaken.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 11:59:50 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
It's an interesting table. If you look at all the merged airlines, I
suspect the rankings would change.

Lufthansa+Swiss+Austrian+Brussels+Eurowings (etc) would almost
certainly beat Emirates, and AF+KLM might well be bigger still. I
wonder what Iberia and bmi were?

Both presumably below 73k, or they'd be in the table. BMI's routes were
mainly Europe and Middle East, which are short on miles, and they tended
to use smaller planes (and codeshare with partners reduces BMI's metal's
mileage too).

I'm also surprised how
low Singapore Airlines comes. It pioneered the city state hub business
model that Emirates now uses, but has been comprehensively overtaken.

I thought that was Cathay Pacific (city hub in Hong Kong), bicbw.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 11:59:50 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:
It's an interesting table. If you look at all the merged airlines, I
suspect the rankings would change.

Lufthansa+Swiss+Austrian+Brussels+Eurowings (etc) would almost
certainly beat Emirates, and AF+KLM might well be bigger still. I
wonder what Iberia and bmi were?

Both presumably below 73k, or they'd be in the table. BMI's routes were
mainly Europe and Middle East, which are short on miles, and they tended
to use smaller planes (and codeshare with partners reduces BMI's metal's
mileage too).

I'm also surprised how
low Singapore Airlines comes. It pioneered the city state hub business
model that Emirates now uses, but has been comprehensively overtaken.

I thought that was Cathay Pacific (city hub in Hong Kong), bicbw.
--
Roland Perry

I think it depends on your definition of a hub. CX have been around longer
than SQ and have always operated out of HKG. However, the extent to which
they ran their network so that people could fly to HKG and out again to
their destination even when they started operating Electras and later 880s
is perhaps questionable. There's no doubt it happened but for many years I
suspect it was a happy coincidence rather than a planned operation.
Remember that on many routes they probably only operated once a day and that
they were restricted to operating within East Asia for many years so that
BOAC was protected against competition.

What SQ became known for was bringing flights in from Europe to SIN,
shuffling the passengers and sending them on to Australasia. My memory
suggests they were doing that before CX was able to break out of its' East
Asian home and start operating intercontinentally.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 15:01:10 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
I'm also surprised how
low Singapore Airlines comes. It pioneered the city state hub business
model that Emirates now uses, but has been comprehensively overtaken.

I thought that was Cathay Pacific (city hub in Hong Kong), bicbw.
-- Roland Perry

I think it depends on your definition of a hub. CX have been around
longer than SQ and have always operated out of HKG. However, the
extent to which they ran their network so that people could fly to HKG
and out again to their destination even when they started operating
Electras and later 880s is perhaps questionable. There's no doubt it
happened but for many years I suspect it was a happy coincidence rather
than a planned operation. Remember that on many routes they probably
only operated once a day and that they were restricted to operating
within East Asia for many years so that BOAC was protected against competition.

My very first International flight (in approx 1983) was Cathay Pacific
to Hong Kong with a connection to Osaka. Going out, the flight from the
UK was non-stop to HK, but coming back we had a refuelling stop
somewhere. I completely forget where, but in retrospect it was probably
Bahrain.

Our company favoured CP at the time because, iirc, their business class
had a checked baggage allowance of "N Pieces", completely irrespective
of how big or heavy it was. People were literally sending cabin trunks
back and forth.

What SQ became known for was bringing flights in from Europe to SIN,
shuffling the passengers and sending them on to Australasia. My
memory suggests they were doing that before CX was able to break out of
its' East Asian home and start operating intercontinentally.

So what year did you have in mind for that?
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
In message , at 15:01:10 on Wed,
20 Jun 2012, Graham Harrison
remarked:
I'm also surprised how
low Singapore Airlines comes. It pioneered the city state hub business
model that Emirates now uses, but has been comprehensively overtaken.

I thought that was Cathay Pacific (city hub in Hong Kong), bicbw.
-- Roland Perry

I think it depends on your definition of a hub. CX have been around
longer than SQ and have always operated out of HKG. However, the extent
to which they ran their network so that people could fly to HKG and out
again to their destination even when they started operating Electras and
later 880s is perhaps questionable. There's no doubt it happened but for
many years I suspect it was a happy coincidence rather than a planned
operation. Remember that on many routes they probably only operated once a
day and that they were restricted to operating within East Asia for many
years so that BOAC was protected against competition.

My very first International flight (in approx 1983) was Cathay Pacific to
Hong Kong with a connection to Osaka. Going out, the flight from the UK
was non-stop to HK, but coming back we had a refuelling stop somewhere. I
completely forget where, but in retrospect it was probably Bahrain.

Our company favoured CP at the time because, iirc, their business class
had a checked baggage allowance of "N Pieces", completely irrespective of
how big or heavy it was. People were literally sending cabin trunks back
and forth.

What SQ became known for was bringing flights in from Europe to SIN,
shuffling the passengers and sending them on to Australasia. My memory
suggests they were doing that before CX was able to break out of its' East
Asian home and start operating intercontinentally.

So what year did you have in mind for that?
--
Roland Perry

Cathay was around in the 40s and 50s in a very small way but only started
operating to London in the very early 80s (followed by Vancouver).
Singapore Airlines took over all the Singapore based routes os Malaysian
Singapore Airlines in 1972 and started serving London in 1973.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On Tue, 19 Jun 2012 11:44:51 +0100, Roland Perry
wrote:

I've heard that BA are launching a marketing campaign today, aimed at
persuading Brits to "stay at home" during the Olympics.

It's one way of keeping Terminal 5 from clogging up, I suppose.

Apparently some of their colleagues in the travel trade are not
impressed, in case it's taken as a more general plea to the public not
to take holidays during that period. And after all, the tidal flow of
Brits fleeing the country is exactly opposite to that of the athletes
and spectators.

I noticed this BAA page about Heathrow's preparations for the games:
http://www.heathrowairport.com/about-us/host-airport-of-the-2012-games?description=ht-intro&src=ELH205&CMP=ELH205

Here's a few of the stats that caught my attention:
31 check-in lanes at the temporary Games Terminal diverting 10,100
athletes and 38,000 bags away from the main terminals.

3,000 CCTV cameras in Terminal 5 alone.

6,405 Paralympians' wheelchairs passing through the airport – some
teams with more than 100.

20,000 non-EU Olympic athletes and officials required to submit
facial, fingerprint and biometric data to enter Britain.

80% of Games passengers to be welcomed at Heathrow -- that's
equivalent to 250 jumbo jets full.

13 August 2012 (the day after the Closing Ceremony of the Olympic
Games) will be the busiest day in Heathrow's history. [I just realised
I'll be flying out of T5 on 15 August -- hope the crowds have abated a
bit by then!]

200,000 bags expected on the peak day compared to 150,000 on a normal
day.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 21:36:45 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:

80% of Games passengers to be welcomed at Heathrow

And the other 20% not welcome?

--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind up

http://www.youtube.com/user/flybriti...e=results_main


If you "like" BA on Facebook there's a version on there that asks for your
post code and then replaces the bit where the plane goes over a road hump
with some Streetview? footage out of the window as the plane taxis down your
street. * I hate to think how it got past my house, the lane is only wide
enough for a car and has high hedges and even buildings right by the road!!!

Interestingly this is an own goal by BA the much campaigned for
Third Runway.

Residents can use the film / app. to see what it would be like with
planes taxiing past their about to be demolished homes.

CJB

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Paul Corfield" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:30:50 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote:


Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind up

http://www.youtube.com/user/flybriti...e=results_main


If you "like" BA on Facebook there's a version on there that asks for
your
post code and then replaces the bit where the plane goes over a road
hump
with some Streetview? footage out of the window as the plane taxis down
your
street. I hate to think how it got past my house, the lane is only wide
enough for a car and has high hedges and even buildings right by the
road!!!

Interestingly this is an own goal by BA the much campaigned for
Third Runway.

Residents can use the film / app. to see what it would be like with
planes taxiing past their about to be demolished homes.

You do have the most bizarre world view. The video thing is a bit of
fun not an expression of impending doom.
--
Paul C

I agree with you Paul. But I wouldn't put it past an anti 3rd runway group
to use it in a manner similar to that described by CJB.

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On 6/21/2012 2:11 AM, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:36:45 on
Wed, 20 Jun 2012, Recliner remarked:

80% of Games passengers to be welcomed at Heathrow

And the other 20% not welcome?


For some reason I can see the ad, but there is no sound. I'm in the US,
maybe it's their way of disallowing it? After all, they wouldn't want us
NOT to fly to London and see the games.

I like what I saw. It reminds me of dreams I have had -- being aboard a
plane and finding it driving along a highway (and then into a tunnel.
The wings! I'd get pretty scared.) My dreamscape would always be dark
and murky, though. That's the diff.

Anyway, I'm sure they're saying stay home and support the games; drive
in if you must, but you'll probably hit a lot of bumps in traffic. And
there won't be any place to leave your vehicle.

As for your question above, Mr Perry -- the other 20% come in at
Stanstead or Gatwick perhaps?

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 12:22:38
on Mon, 25 Jun 2012, redcat remarked:
80% of Games passengers to be welcomed at Heathrow

And the other 20% not welcome?

As for your question above, Mr Perry -- the other 20% come in at
Stanstead or Gatwick perhaps?

Or, God forbid, Eurostar?

--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On 6/25/2012 5:18 PM, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 12:22:38
on Mon, 25 Jun 2012, redcat remarked:
80% of Games passengers to be welcomed at Heathrow

And the other 20% not welcome?

As for your question above, Mr Perry -- the other 20% come in at
Stanstead or Gatwick perhaps?

Or, God forbid, Eurostar?


They put wings on it??

;-)

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

In message , at 18:12:03
on Mon, 25 Jun 2012, redcat remarked:

80% of Games passengers to be welcomed at Heathrow

And the other 20% not welcome?

As for your question above, Mr Perry -- the other 20% come in at
Stanstead or Gatwick perhaps?

Or, God forbid, Eurostar?

They put wings on it??

It doesn't need wings, although the planes bringing 80% of the
passengers to Heathrow do.
--
Roland Perry

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

On Jun 25, 1:57*pm, "Graham Harrison"
wrote:
"Paul Corfield" wrote in message

...









On Mon, 25 Jun 2012 01:30:50 -0700 (PDT), CJB
wrote:

Why not have a look at the advert for yourself and make your own mind up

http://www.youtube.com/user/flybriti...e=results_main

If you "like" BA on Facebook there's a version on there that asks for
your
post code and then replaces the bit where the plane goes over a road
hump
with some Streetview? footage out of the window as the plane taxis down
your
street. I hate to think how it got past my house, the lane is only wide
enough for a car and has high hedges and even buildings right by the
road!!!

Interestingly this is an own goal by BA the much campaigned for
Third Runway.

Residents can use the film / app. to see what it would be like with
planes taxiing past their about to be demolished homes.

You do have the most bizarre world view. *The video thing is a bit of
fun not an expression of impending doom.
--
Paul C

I agree with you Paul. * But I wouldn't put it past an anti 3rd runway group
to use it in a manner similar to that described by CJB.

Yes they would certainly use it in that manner if it suited their
purpose.

CJB

Don't fly BA during the Olympics
 

"Roland Perry" wrote in message
...
I've heard that BA are launching a marketing campaign today, aimed at
persuading Brits to "stay at home" during the Olympics.

It's one way of keeping Terminal 5 from clogging up, I suppose.

Apparently some of their colleagues in the travel trade are not impressed,
in case it's taken as a more general plea to the public not to take
holidays during that period. And after all, the tidal flow of Brits
fleeing the country is exactly opposite to that of the athletes and
spectators.

Surely anyone who decided to leave town during the Olympics booked their
trip months ago in order to get a decent fare

tim