Roger Mexico Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 59 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: So what exactly does the Deputy Airport Director do? He certainly isn't looking after the airport, is he? It doesn't look like anyone is much, by the state of it. Did we ever find out what Spake's actual qualifications for the job were, other than being "Him off the telly" (20 years ago)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 David Cretney's column a couple of weeks ago was reminiscing about 1979, he reckoned that the Island saw 600,000 visitors that year. Now thinking back to '79, the TT was huge with Hailwood back again and an up and coming Dunlop (check out any TT footage from this era on YouTube etc, the numbers of spectators lining the course are incredible), it was Tynwald Millennium year, these had to be major draws. What do we have or will we have nowadays that will draw the projected 500,000 by 2032? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Flyingfemme said: 500,000 visitors a year is ten packed Sleezyjet flights day.........on top of the travelling Manx residents. Is this in addition to the TT/Festival crowd? Seems totally unrealistic for so many reasons. The IOM is a pretty niche destination and the best way to encourage visitors is to improve some more niche reasons to visit - preferably spread across the year. It would have to grow organically because nobody is stupid enough to invest in enough hotel rooms to service that lot without some hope of getting a return. But I don't want to rubbish the Isle of Man particularly because the government is no worse at planning "stuff" than any other government out there.......... I looked at these fantasy figures in detail about a week ago, just to show what nonsense they were. Outside TT, where there's no extra real capacity, they'd have to triple the current number of visitors. The real problem with these mad declarations is that allow the DfE to pretend that they have 'a 'plan' and so they don't do the sort of careful detailed organisation that would actually help the tourism industry grow. Edited November 22, 2021 by Roger Mexico Add link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 26 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: David Cretney's column a couple of weeks ago was reminiscing about 1979, he reckoned that the Island saw 600,000 visitors that year. Now thinking back to '79, the TT was huge with Hailwood back again and an up and coming Dunlop (check out any TT footage from this era on YouTube etc, the numbers of spectators lining the course are incredible), it was Tynwald Millennium year, these had to be major draws. What do we have or will we have nowadays that will draw the projected 500,000 by 2032? Another minnellium! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilp Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 16 minutes ago, Andy Onchan said: Another minnellium! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 On 11/21/2021 at 7:13 PM, Amadeus said: The filthy smoking shelter is a prime example of our governments blindness to what the island looks like. Does anyone think they could land at an airport in another so called first world country and see such neglect? Same with the sea terminal, its a 1970's dump. I thought the other week, and got a bit excited!, that they may be putting in new paving on the footpath outside the main doors, but no, it was just a couple of new kerbs for the no regulation comply "Zebra" crossing outside. How do they/ DOI, go to work every day and not see what a shit hole it is?? It is really depressing this whole islands state of neglect and no proper plan to sort it out other that bull shit documents from various departments that say a load of trendy buzz words, with nice presentation and pictures but at the end of the day produce fuck all. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Boy wonder hard at work again it seems! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, NoTailT said: Boy wonder hard at work again it seems! It's time we had a question in the Keys about who exactly is running the airport and if this guy is still working for US. If he is, when will he be taking care of the shit hole that is the airport? пожалуйста! 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 one asusmes he is on annual leave and is therefore free to do whatever he wants whilst on annual leave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbnuts Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 29 minutes ago, snowman said: one asusmes he is on annual leave and is therefore free to do whatever he wants whilst on annual leave If correct then can I ask what the hell he does when not on leave !! 3 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoTailT Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Is it me or is his mask the wrong way round? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Blonde Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/23/2021 at 6:32 PM, Boris Johnson said: How do they/ DOI, go to work every day and not see what a shit hole it is?? It is really depressing this whole islands state of neglect and no proper plan to sort it out other that bull shit documents from various departments that say a load of trendy buzz words, with nice presentation and pictures but at the end of the day produce fuck all. Because they all operate in their own little silos within the bigger departmental silo. There's a head of line painting, a head of paperclips, head of crayoning - it's no concern to any of them so long as their ever inflating pay package gets to them on the 25th of each month and their ever increasing gold-plated pension entitlement keeps growing. It's the same across the whole of Government. 'We' (the GMP) keep employing more and more people (see Climate Change division) for ever more diminishing returns. Everything is turning to shit but we keep paying for ever more expensive sticking plasters to plaster over the cracks. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarley Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 23 minutes ago, NoTailT said: Is it me or is his mask the wrong way round? Looks like it. The blue side should be facing out. And with that huge gap on one side he may as well not bother. Nice to know the airport is in competent hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyWolf Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 (edited) Will Ann be letting the general public know when she’s left and flying out because am sure they’ll be a few thousand to wave her off, to make sure she’s gone. Edited December 1, 2021 by GreyWolf 1 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 8 hours ago, NoTailT said: Boy wonder hard at work again it seems! TWAT 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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