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Anyone Else Flying to UK on Friday

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    Anyone Else Flying to UK on Friday

    Yo,

    is anyone else flying on Friday and affected by the tulip tulip tulip tulip tulip Union tulip tulip tulip strike of the tulip tulip tulip tulip baggage handlers ?

    I am flying with MB2, MB3, and MB4.

    I just called the airline who said, no flights will be cancelled or delayed and if we only have cabin baggage we will not be affected.

    If we have baggage in the hold, then there will be information at the airport explaining whether:

    a) we can wait for it there

    b) if it will be delivered to us

    c) we have to collect it from somewhere

    it is currently not known when the baggage will be available

    Words cannot express my feelings to this situation, and obviously, sympathy for those involved is not amongst them.

    Obviously they don't realise the damage they are doing to their business not to mention private individuals.

    Had they called for this on a "business day" I would probably look at it differently, but to call for this when the majority of Users will be for private purposes/leisure demonstrates a special level disregard.

    Obviously visibility is their priority.


    Milan.

    #2
    It's the 70s again. Next stop, IMF bailout.
    Hard Brexit now!
    #prayfornodeal

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      #3
      Its a side effect of the real reason for Brexit - inequality. Theresa May has promised a fairer society. There is little sign of anything more than lip service towards that.

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        #4
        Originally posted by sasguru View Post
        It's the 70s again. Next stop, IMF bailout.
        It just needs Theresa May to declare "Crisis. What Crisis?"

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          #5
          how can you make a fair society

          fair society is personal opinion

          being told you live in a fair society is one thing, believing it is another, having it is another

          only the market will ever decide

          Milan.

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            #6
            Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
            how can you make a fair society

            fair society is personal opinion

            being told you live in a fair society is one thing, believing it is another, having it is another

            only the market will ever decide

            Mike.
            Life is inherently unfair. Most understand that. The gap between the richest 1% and the rest gets bigger each year. Younger people feel increasingly disenfranchised - though it would help if they voted.

            The sooner there are driverless trains, cars, planes and airports the better. A lot of the menial tasks can be automated.

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              #7
              I worked for a number of years in the capital city of one of the European continent's "fairest" societies, and I can confirm, people there are no happier than anywhere else, infact I noticed that they are even more questioning what their peers have got and why

              very strange, according to their propaganda they are one of the fairest societies, yet in practice they are a tuliped off as those in unfair societies, they have everything and yet still are not happy

              Milan.

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                #8
                Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                Obviously visibility is their priority.
                That's all it is. Business travellers have a tendency to fly on flexible fares so can easily work around it. Families going away, at the most expensive time of the year, will have locked in a non-flexible fare to keep the price down and will be most affected (as the airlines are still providing their services, they are under no obligation to be flexible). By upsetting the public rather than business, the unions aim to bring more publicity to their "cause" with the hope that the public's displeasure will cause the company to fold to their demands whilst failing to appreciate that many members of the public don't like being held to ransom by people lucky enough to have a job.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                  Its a side effect of the real reason for Brexit - inequality. Theresa May has promised a fairer society. There is little sign of anything more than lip service towards that.
                  No, the reason for Brexit is that 47% of the people are thick
                  "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
                    The sooner there are driverless trains, cars, planes and airports the better. A lot of the menial tasks can be automated.
                    That will make inequality worse than ever
                    Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ here

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