Kopek Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 Oh Jeeze, that's completely unnecessary Captain, are you really a Captain, still in the Army? If not, you shouldn't be using the military rank/ title, when communicating with us on MF your previous rank is of no importance to us. You're MR Wain..... stick to your position in society, same as the rest of us!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted December 19, 2023 Share Posted December 19, 2023 56 minutes ago, Capt_Mainwaring said: Or failing that, if you're technically minded, you could build one of these... Are the fountains on the prom running? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 How do those Japanese loos dry your bum? Hope there's a temp control !!! Or is that half the fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 2 hours ago, John Wright said: Tide will be half an hour different. That can be quite significant. Have you the wind data specific to Heysham? Are you suggesting that Happy Diner should be determining the sailing times? I would have thought that we could rely on the SP and it's captains to give us the best service that there could be!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 9 hours ago, Non-Believer said: Too late, I've got it all already. I'm offering 4-packs for £25 but I'm not exploiting the situation in any way. Yours ever, Michelle. Well you're not getting any money off me until the quality inspectors have deemed it fit for purpose and up to standard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newaccount Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Brian Thomson says he doesn't think the action will impact passengers too much: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/steam-packet-md-hugely-disappointed-by-industrial-action/ Conversely, I say fire and potentially not being able to rehire would impact the passengers hugely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 31 minutes ago, newaccount said: Brian Thomson says he doesn't think the action will impact passengers too much: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/steam-packet-md-hugely-disappointed-by-industrial-action/ Conversely, I say fire and potentially not being able to rehire would impact the passengers hugely. Why do you think there would be an issue in rehiring new officers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 15 minutes ago, Banker said: rehiring new officers? If they are rehired they aren’t new, they’re existing. If the existing are not willing to be rehired then they’ll be new. And they’ll all have to be trained, familiarised, get their pilotage licences for the ports, etc. Its taken the existing crews since July to do that, and they still haven’t got there in some respects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happier diner Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 Manxman departed at 8.30. What's the odds she'll fail to dock at Heysham and come back. Fingers crossed they prove me wrong and all will go to plan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 I see Manannan's out of the dry dock and tied up at the Cammell Laird fabrication shop in B'head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 28 minutes ago, Happier diner said: Manxman departed at 8.30. What's the odds she'll fail to dock at Heysham and come back. Fingers crossed they prove me wrong and all will go to plan. They don’t normally go out if there’s a doubt about getting into heysham so I think it’s going to be ok. I know of several people trying to cancel or reorganize threatened sailings but can’t get through on phone, they’re booking flights from various airports which are now costing a fortune!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 1 hour ago, newaccount said: Conversely, I say fire and potentially not being able to rehire would impact the passengers hugely. They will already have a back up of Filipino or Indian Officers and crew to fill the places of any that don’t want to be re-hired so the disruption will probably be minimum. If you don’t want to be re-hired they’ll have some Indian who wants to do it for 30% less than you anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 20 minutes ago, Happier diner said: Manxman departed at 8.30. What's the odds she'll fail to dock at Heysham and come back. Fingers crossed they prove me wrong and all will go to plan. I for one bloody well hope you're wrong! My daughter and her family are on the boat this morning. They were originally going on Saturday, but with the forecast they changed their tickets. All the kids' presents are already across at the in-laws' house so it would have been a nightmare if Saturday's sailing ended up being cancelled. Luckily both employers were understanding, although they'll lose out a bit on pay. I'm just hoping the strike action - or more bad weather - doesn't delay their return. They're sailing a bit close to the wind as it is where losing pay is concerned. I feel for all the folks for whom Christmas with family across is being disrupted due to not being able to change their sailing. You can never be sure of a sailing this time of year - maybe we should have Christmas in July instead. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 12 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: I see Manannan's out of the dry dock and tied up at the Cammell Laird fabrication shop in B'head. think you mean the Ben - the dry dock was possibly to fix the bump it got (so far unexplained) but there was a brief mention that it too would have 2 crews on board thus suspect more staff cabins? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 20, 2023 Share Posted December 20, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Frances said: think you mean the Ben - the dry dock was possibly to fix the bump it got (so far unexplained) but there was a brief mention that it too would have 2 crews on board thus suspect more staff cabins? The Ben is still in dry dock. The Manannan isn't: Edited December 20, 2023 by Andy Onchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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