finlo Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 34 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Are EV's really that much heavier? Can't be that big a difference surely? A lot of them are two tonne behemoths! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted March 18, 2023 Share Posted March 18, 2023 25 minutes ago, finlo said: A lot of them are two tonne behemoths! So are normal SUVs. Won’t make a difference for a ferry designed to take freight and cars. The fact it’s so long it can’t turn in the harbour if the Manannan is at her birth might be more of an issue. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 8 hours ago, Amadeus said: So are normal SUVs. Won’t make a difference for a ferry designed to take freight and cars. The fact it’s so long it can’t turn in the harbour if the Manannan is at her birth might be more of an issue. Is Manannan expecting? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Me no English 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 No mist today, no wind either. Maybe things will go better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 To update, we made it I! My hire car is great, it’s a VW Caddy serious mum bussing. I drove in and around London yesterday, parked in a road just off Oxford Street and we got to Harry Potter - it was soo good! Today is my wonderful granddaughters first birthday and we’re going wedding dress shopping for her mum. The airport was busy on Friday, security were unusually efficient and Costa (as usually) slow. No where to sit but there were 5000 planes taking off so that was to be expected. Having a great time, see you when I get back. Lots of love etc 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, 2bees said: No where to sit but there were 5000 planes taking off so that was to be expected. Thanks, Mr.Cobb enjoy the rest of your trip 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 2 hours ago, TheTeapot said: No mist today, no wind either. Maybe things will go better? I just came back in on the 10am Gatwick arrival and it was trouble free, misty over the Irish Sea but miraculously clear over the Island. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Hope it’s like it tomorrow, I’m coming in from BRS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Chris Thomas has been responding on twitter to complaints & one comment is really relevant Nearly £3 million is being spent on ILS. The figures I have been told for upgrading CAT status is much more than that. Treasury’s Strategic Infrastructure Needs Assessment applies comparatively to all investment now. No airport projects made the cut yet & DoI had its budgets cut. So it seems various requests for more funding for airport made but rejected by treasury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 16 minutes ago, Banker said: Chris Thomas has been responding on twitter to complaints & one comment is really relevant Nearly £3 million is being spent on ILS. The figures I have been told for upgrading CAT status is much more than that. Treasury’s Strategic Infrastructure Needs Assessment applies comparatively to all investment now. No airport projects made the cut yet & DoI had its budgets cut. So it seems various requests for more funding for airport made but rejected by treasury The ILS is also supposed to be 5 years out of date already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 19 minutes ago, 0bserver said: The ILS is also supposed to be 5 years out of date already. Says who & what evidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Banker said: Says who & what evidence? Read the thread. It was originally to be done pre covid and got put back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 30 minutes ago, Banker said: So it seems various requests for more funding for airport made but rejected by treasury How does this fit in with the arm's length proposal? According to Thomas: https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/month-by-month-travellers-will-see-things-getting-better-at-the-airport-says-doi-minister/ .. an advantage is that there will be fewer groups of people involved in making decisions. Does he mean that Treasury gets taken out of the loop, and is merely told to sign the cheques? The other aspect in that radio clip he mentions is that staff will be longer be gov. employees, but they will be ordinary cheap labour. Zero-hour contract labour can give some problems. And at the time of the first great queue saga at Ronaldsway, which was created by the baggage checking staff being given instructions to do checks I have not seen done at any other airport, they were employed by a private security company. [The title of the document is: "Isle of Man Airport:Function, Future and Form". How many executive meetings and how many chocolate Bourbons were consumed in coming up with that bit of alliteration. I'll bet they are all probably pretty proud of that.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 49 minutes ago, Banker said: So it seems various requests for more funding for airport made but rejected by treasury Can't say as I'm surprised, let's be honest, Reynolds splurged a massive amount of money on the facility over the past few years without achieving anything at all. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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