Roger Mexico Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Derek Flint said: Transport to and from isolated communities is going to become a bigger issue over the next 30 years. It’s not just the carbon emissions, but the way the weather is going too. Winter disruption is already an issue, and with fewer flights to soak up the slack, it may have a significant impact on the long term sustainability of things. I suspect such disruption will be much less than it was in the 50s and 60s say. Improvements in technology and forecasting have made flights and sailings more reliable and what was once a regular occurrence, especially for planes, is now newsworthy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyLP10 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Passed through the airport earlier - complete mess, 35 mins to get through boarder control, 2 flights came in at same time. Long queue going out to the plastic tunnel then into rooms where they are renovating - ceilings and wires all exposed and falling down....what a first impression to have. Understand works and full modernisation is urgently needed but I thought I had gone back to the 1970's. I have been at the airport when there was about 8 staff on outbound security when no one else in airport. How can they get scheduling so wrong? If 2-3 flights come in at same time then get the people working then! If I had to bring clients over, it would be very embarrassing! It could be great, how has it gone so wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, RustyLP10 said: How has it gone so wrong! You really need to ask! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CallMeCurious Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 minutes ago, Non-Believer said: £200/h for a little over the equivalent of 5 years (24/7). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Mexico Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, offshoremanxman said: It’s great to see that a project that the DOI literally had absolutely nothing to do with since awarding it managed to come home on time and on budget and inconvenienced hardly nobody. No wonder they’re shouting from the rooftops. Except of course that it was completely unnecessary according to everyone who knows anything about aviation (Quine had a go at it in Tynwald, but by then it was too late). Delivering a project that doesn't do anything is fairly straightforward. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyLP10 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Waiting in a pen till we got checked by inbound security Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 1 minute ago, RustyLP10 said: Waiting in a pen till we got checked by inbound security Biro or fountain? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyLP10 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 what a way to bring welcome and bring business to the island 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyLP10 Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Just now, finlo said: Biro or fountain? Biro, from Dealz 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 2 hours ago, offshoremanxman said: It’s great to see that a project that the DOI literally had absolutely nothing to do with since awarding it managed to come home on time and on budget and inconvenienced hardly nobody. No wonder they’re shouting from the rooftops. I see the only thing the BBC failed to mention when lauding the completion of the project is that it is notamed closed for another month ! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 3 hours ago, RustyLP10 said: Passed through the airport earlier - complete mess, 35 mins to get through boarder control, 2 flights came in at same time. Long queue going out to the plastic tunnel then into rooms where they are renovating - ceilings and wires all exposed and falling down....what a first impression to have. Understand works and full modernisation is urgently needed but I thought I had gone back to the 1970's. I have been at the airport when there was about 8 staff on outbound security when no one else in airport. How can they get scheduling so wrong? If 2-3 flights come in at same time then get the people working then! If I had to bring clients over, it would be very embarrassing! It could be great, how has it gone so wrong! Cos its managed by the biggest team of bullshitters in the business, whose combined skill and knowledge of aviation development could fill the back of a small postage stamp, however would easily fill many bullshit bingo cards with ease ! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyLP10 Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 (edited) It's a bloody shame, if anyone in Gov caught themselves on. Fix Flights - what flights? 5 a day? Young people leaving - can you blame them? fook I'd be gone "Airport" - wow arrive early for a early morning flight -an hour before take off. 8 people on security - got my bags searched week later - get my bag searched - repeat x 94 times (now I know how to travel and not a dick with oh I forgot that was in there), 70% of my bags get searched each week in IOM I had a powder deodorant in my bag they took off me, as said its a liquid..............eh?? I have been through everywhere with that - reason I buy it is I don't have to shove it in the plastic baggie. Then when the 5 flights a day come in, let's schedule them all around same time, so they let the OAPs try to understand a scanner I absolutely adored living here and so sad to leave. Edited October 5, 2021 by RustyLP10 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowman Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 23 hours ago, RustyLP10 said: Waiting in a pen till we got checked by inbound security Been like that for months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RustyLP10 Posted October 5, 2021 Share Posted October 5, 2021 You have to be joking?? i travel pretty much every week and have not been through that before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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