Travel Forum / Travel Types / Air Travel / July 2003

Its  looks like BA is going bust ,keep clear of booking them
the staff are all on the fiddle and dont want a swipoe card system

. . . the similarities between the Meghan Powers/Fly Guy Troll and Canadian
poster Coridon Henshaw?
Both:
1 - have been trolling rec.travel.air for a long time.

Most of you pick your nose and expel foul air in the cabin, and it is quite
offensive.  [I know, some of you don't fart.]  Yet a mother that _can_ have
all sorts of limitations should exercise "good manners."  Give me a break!

We (a group of colleagues and I) need to go to Vietnam a couple of times in
the next year or so. Our travel dept. is negotiating a business class fare
and so far Vietnam Airlines is the cheapest. (KL/AF AMS to CDG, Vietnam
Airlines to Hanoi)

I have to get to USA by the end of August. Preferably from Brussel airport.
I thought about getting cheap "stand by" or "last minute" ticked.
Could anybody advice what airline(s) I should call?
Has anybody tried this and could share his or her experience?

The Miguel Cruz FAQ
Part 1
1.  Who is this a.shole Miguel Cruz who floods all the groups with such
lame posts?

[Looks like Isreal was well positioned regardless who won the 2000
presidential elections.  The world will have peace if and when the US
elects a president and VP that are not caught up in this crazy
evangelical-christian-baptist-Isreal-or-die

[This article mentions the heavy censoring of the Saudi financial
connection to the 9-11 attack in the report that was released
recently.  What a joke.  It wasn't Iraq that should have been invaded
- it should have been Saudi Arabia!  Explain this Bushites! -Ed.]

[Bush's approval rating now approaching the collective IQ of his
administration.  T-minus 548 days to regime change and counting.  -Ed]
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-07-21-bush-poll-usat_x.htm
President's approval rating drops in poll

How do JetsGo and WestJet compare these days?  Jetsgo can be cheaper than
WestJet so they're obviously cutting corners somewhere.
It's also interesting that WS publishes their seat pitch (30-31" 'average')
but JetsGo doesn't seem to make that information available.  Air Transat-

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Last week was a vacation week for me - and though I loathe the thought
of flying on vacation, it was time to visit my side of the family, and
a number of other things were going on as well back in the old Midwest
(flyover country, just like here in Albuquerque).  So, it was time to

Boeing's outlook for 757 grows bleaker with time
SEATTLE (AP) — The clock is ticking on the survival of the 757 jet
line, as Boeing considers the costs and consequences of shutting down
production of the 21-year-old jet.

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