Amadeus Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 No cabs picking up at the airport at the moment - business peeps queuing for the bus. Notices being given out: Day of Action The airport taxi drivers apologise for any inconvenience caused this morning to the travelling public. We are in dispute with the Department of Transport and Government over the implementation of new regulations which will ultimately affect our business and standard of living. As professional drivers we do not like to take actions such as this but feel we have no alternative in this case. Empty Not moving Also no cabs picking up tonight between 11pm and 1am I believe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman8180 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Also no cabs picking up tonight between 11pm and 1am I believe? No different than fucking usual then. De-Regulate them as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryMcCann Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I thought that smoking shelter at the airport was deemed illegal. What's somebody doing lighting up in there? Someone call the smoking police right now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1man Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/isle_of_man/7403266.stm "Flight Support provides ground services including ticketing sales and passenger and aircraft handling. Mr Cretney said: "Despite the obvious problems arising from this difficult situation, it is encouraging to note that many of the staff made redundant by the closure of Euromanx appear to have found new positions. "I am optimistic that, with the assistance of officers from my Department and their DHSS colleagues, a similarly positive outcome can be achieved for the Flight Support staff should redundancies arise." " Sorry taxi drivers, if you are looking for sympathy, you will find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis. The way it’s going at the airport, you won’t have any passengers to pick up anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mutley Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 All that does is piss off any businessmen visiting - who are probably already pissed off that Euromanx have gone thus screwing their schedule and are thinking "why am I doing business with this banana republic?". As for tonight between 11pm and 1am - that just pisses off the locals who think that taxis are a rip off anyway - so they won't be getting much support from them. Maybe a better approach would have been to have a half-price day - and get public opinion on their side? They could have handed out information leaflets to customers explaining their grievances and why they should be supported. "No more new hackney plates - enough is enough" - doesn't quite inform people what the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Shouldn't the poster read 'Day of Inaction' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 [quote name=manxman8180' date='May 16 2008, 10:15 AM' post='325304' De-Regulate them as soon as possible. You'd probably better not read THIS REPORT - it will only supply incontrovertible proof of what a complete and utter dick you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matty Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/isle_of_man/7403266.stm "Flight Support provides ground services including ticketing sales and passenger and aircraft handling. Mr Cretney said: "Despite the obvious problems arising from this difficult situation, it is encouraging to note that many of the staff made redundant by the closure of Euromanx appear to have found new positions. "I am optimistic that, with the assistance of officers from my Department and their DHSS colleagues, a similarly positive outcome can be achieved for the Flight Support staff should redundancies arise." " Sorry taxi drivers, if you are looking for sympathy, you will find it in the dictionary between shit and syphilis. The way it’s going at the airport, you won’t have any passengers to pick up anyway. You'll be able to drive to the UK instead of flying if they make the runway extension big enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ai_Droid Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Cor, imagine having to compete in an open market. Must be awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I hope they revoke all their licenses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbms Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 THIS REPORT[/url] - it will only supply incontrovertible proof of what a complete and utter dick you are. If your going to link to a report try using the current one as submitted 2 weeks ago not the old one you linked to. As for the plight of the taxi drivers, oh alas woa is me, my heart pumps purple piss for their plight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather of Manx House Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 I hope they revoke all their licenses. Based on what, exactly ?... ...GOMH*... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 My irrational dislike of taxi drivers of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Take Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 If your going to link to a report try using the current one as submitted 2 weeks ago not the old one you linked to. As for the plight of the taxi drivers, oh alas woa is me, my heart pumps purple piss for their plight Do you ever post anything on here other than saying how you couldn't give a toss about anyone else's issues? Why don't we all just make a group assumption that you have no sympathy for anyone and then you won't have to post here any more to tell us about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overdose Posted May 16, 2008 Share Posted May 16, 2008 Well, that's my night screwed up now. Looks like it's another night in front of the TV then. Cheers guys. As if I didn't already have a low enough opinion of the Northern Taxi system.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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