Dirty Buggane Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 3 hours ago, Ringy Rose said: But Chris Thomas has listened to Cobb and they have a plan. It’s all about the retail opportunities. It is hard to tell which of these incompetent knobs is the worst, but would have to go with Thomas and his ability to spew endless tripe without saying anything of significance. But not having heard Cobb say a lot I may be playing him down 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 19 minutes ago, Dirty Buggane said: But not having heard Cobb say a lot I may be playing him down The nicest thing I’ve read HIAL staff say about him is that he’s an expert in wasting public money. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Malaga flights canceled again for some reason? Apparently passengers in Malaga are enjoying 5 star hotels for free at present Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmanxpilot Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Just now, Banker said: Malaga flights canceled again for some reason? Apparently passengers in Malaga are enjoying 5 star hotels for free at present Somebody will have to pay for all of that - and you can bet your bottom dollar that whoever it is will be considering seriously whether they want to deal with Ronaldsway again. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ringy Rose Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Banker said: Malaga flights canceled again for some reason? Apparently passengers in Malaga are enjoying 5 star hotels for free at present Fog. The positioning flight circled for an hour or so then diverted to London City. Not showing as officially cancelled on BA. An hour later and the fog lifted, and the Liverpool EasyJet got in. Edited April 30, 2023 by Ringy Rose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Non-Believer Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 6 hours ago, Roxanne said: This seems to be a common theme in government. Elected officials too ‘proud’ too ‘egotistical’ to be able to put their emotions to one side in order to gather information from those who know. It’s hugely frustrating. Put in a nutshell - civil servants hate SMEs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2112 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 CM Cannan and the Leftenant Guvenor are representing the island at the Kings Coronation, so you can be guaranteed that whatever the weather, the plane will depart, and will return. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Time Thomas was getting his arse kicked , more tripe from him on Manx Radio with the expert on Airports Phil Gawne who let the Ginger one waste millions with no results , and we finish up looking like were opting for a a Manx Care management model with no one accountable at the airport , 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDay22 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Banker said: Malaga flights canceled again for some reason? Apparently passengers in Malaga are enjoying 5 star hotels for free at present Delayed overnight again until tomorrow morning, 7 day break now 5? And those there 7 into 9! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 I made a search on the document with the fabulous title "Isle of Man Airport: Function, Future and Form" for the word "lighting". I got a hit that said they intend to install LED lights, but not presumably for the runway. So I then tried "approach" and got their view on the "incremental approach" to something or other. But there is no mention of runway lights. Cobb, and perhaps others, have said that the problem with extending the approach lights is that the seabed drops off sharply in the required location. That may be so, but by itself it is an insignificant statement. I would like to see an estimate of the cost to install a lighting gantry. Until that is done, all the mumbling from Cobb and Thomas is just uninformed gossip. Thomas has not been seen on this forum for a while. Maybe if a few people made nice comments about him, he could be persuaded to return. There is no point in sending him an email. His email inbox goes straight into the great bit-bucket in the sky. [During my recent extended visit to Liverpool airport departures, I had the time to view passengers' responses to all the happy-or-not buttons installed. Not one person used them. The F-F-F document thinks they are worthwhile - probably more so than landing lights.] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omobono Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 Thomas is in London on a CPA jolly , I would have thought his priority would have been to sort out the problems the DOI have rather than those of the commonwealth , and it just so happens Scotland who's ferry's and airports are also suffering , are looking at a similar model of a privatised operation board akin to what the DOI and Thomas are doing , were obviously following the same pattern ,as Scotlands finances and government credibility seem to be going down the pan in the post Jimmy Kranky period 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 9 hours ago, Roxanne said: to gather information from those who know Is there not a 'Director of Civil Aviation' who is, no doubt, being paid a fortune to do apparently sweet FA? Either that or the CS, and this Thomas character, has forgotten of his/her existence. It's a big assumption but presumably he/she might know something about aviation? 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah 01 Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 29 minutes ago, Two-lane said: Maybe if a few people made nice comments about him Why? Don't encourage failure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Utah 01 said: being paid a fortune to do apparently sweet FA? I assume he was the one who shut down CityWings on the runway at Ronaldsway. The link to IoM CAA is: https://www.iomaircraftregistry.com/ There is a staff of 20, of which 9 are in registry services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted April 30, 2023 Share Posted April 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Utah 01 said: Why? So that I can ask the bugger why he does not answer my email. I didn't mean you actually had to be really nice to him - just lie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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