Recent content by packermac

I could be wrong but I thought the NHS did or at (least suggested) pre Covid all staff should be vaccinated against flu. 1623079442 So you do not regard your views as authoritarian in the opposite direction then?

Well Aviation does through the EU rules that O'Leary keeps bleating about. Although I actually agree with him on buying a ticket for £20 yet getting a delay payment in three figures.

I have been to the same café twice and a pub yesterday in the past week. Both in the past to my knowledge had not employed foreign staff, but both were offering very lengthy service due to lack of staff. In fact the café on the second visit even had a sign saying things would be slow due to...

He is an airline CEO so he is bound to say he wants travel open. Plus in his case he will spout about anything that takes his fancy. You will also need to explain to me why as someone who today (three weeks after his second jab and thus have just reached the best protection level the vaccine...

Apart from the theft risk the potential for damage as hold baggage is immense. I have done baggage loading during strike breaking so I have seen how things are on the ramp.

The 8F was December 19 2000 and was a Railtrack charter. https://settlecarlislesteam.co.uk/2000/19th-december-2000-ballast-freight-train

I thought the purpose of the list was so people knew where they had to quarantine or not on return to the UK. For example people do still "escape" from Australia at times, so it tells them what they have to do when they arrive here. Also a country may let you in for a legitimate business reason...

Very true although I guess the AF issue was that it is a change away from an existing Belarus routing. Of course where Russia is concerned anything may be possible!

I see Air France have had to cancel their Paris to Moscow flight yesterday and today as Russia have not approved (refusing?) a route into Russian airspace that does not go over Belarus. I wonder if other EU carriers will have the same issue.

I do not see that as particularly slow (most company complaints departments in any industry would not reply in a week) so unless the Northern Customer Charter says ( I have not looked) they WILL not TRY to respond in x days then you will just have to wait.

Just to clarify were you using his Freedom Pass or and Oyster Card that he may also hold? The Freedom Card is exactly as others have said if it is an Oyster then it may be different.

Well Heathrow are converting T4 (T3 being used in the interim) for Red List flight arrivals to try to cut down the mixing, especially when queues are up to six hours at some times. However not all airports have the facility (or the will?) to do that. No idea what LGW and MAN are planning for...

There was a Network Rail (or it may still have been Railtrack at the time) freight on the S&C which was a celebration of completing some major track upgrade. I think that was hauled by Davis Smith's 8F. Cannot remember the year now.

Yes but rules on entry have tended to be set on the basis that they are more severe than the EU position, e.g. the new German announcement. The Spain situation goes the other way and also includes Japan currently suffering from a fourth wave. Over 5200 new cases and 106 deaths reported there...

You will have to define what you think is good, are you looking for some sort of Metro service pattern? There are three trains an hour (or more) between Bournemouth and Poole most of the day and numerous buses by More and Yellow Buses. Outside of big cities transport links seem pretty good to...