The future of in-flight entertainment!
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Minnie_the_Minx
someinenhhanding menbag and me ah bollox
trashpony said:
leave the kids at home
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
That has been my theory!trashpony said:It's just occurred to me that this is an excellent way of getting people to stop taking cheap flights. A three hour flight with fuck all entertainment and no water is going to put most people off.
Perhaps it was Friends of the Earth wot done it?
trashpony
Hag
Crispy said:
Yeees - I've always been a bit worried about the drugs + plane travel combo since my mate who is terrified of flying necked a load of vallies before take off and then the plane had a fault so they had to wait five hours in the airport for another plane with him like a ragdoll
I guess that wouldn't happen with 2c-i - but I have no faith in my ability to actually get on the plane
Hollis
bloody furious
trashpony said:It's just occurred to me that this is an excellent way of getting people to stop taking cheap flights. A three hour flight with fuck all entertainment and no water is going to put most people off.
Perhaps it was Friends of the Earth wot done it?
Yes - but with all the free space, easyjet/ryanair etc can have an on-board librairy, games compendiums.. card games..
No need for boredom!!
trashpony
Hag
Pie 1 said:I still remember when smoking was allowed at the rear of the plane - think the last I can remember was prolly around 1993/4. It was very sociable and I remember meeting some lovely folk.
Me too. I remember a brilliant flight to LA when me and this woman who I'd never met and didn't keep in touch with had a row of 5 seats between us and we wouldn't let people come and have cigarettes in the spare seats unless they were interesting
Hollis
bloody furious
Pie 1 said:I still remember when smoking was allowed at the rear of the plane - think the last I can remember was prolly around 1993/4. It was very sociable and I remember meeting some lovely folk.
Indeed I remember the Thomas Cook package holiday flight to Goa.. afew of us had abit too much of the red wine.. got very friendly.. But then if you're going to India you need a stiff drink.
trashpony said:It's just occurred to me that this is an excellent way of getting people to stop taking cheap flights. A three hour flight with fuck all entertainment and no water is going to put most people off.
Perhaps it was Friends of the Earth wot done it?
Er, no. Ryanair was talking earlier in the year about making all their money from in-flight entertainment in the future.
Expect seat-back screens with internet poker and high charges for in-flight movies.
Perhaps it was T*ny *'Leary what done it?
trashpony
Hag
laptop said:Er, no. Ryanair was talking earlier in the year about making all their money from in-flight entertainment in the future.
Expect seat-back screens with internet poker and high charges for in-flight movies.
Perhaps it was T*ny *'Leary what done it?
Bah
I don't fly with them because I hate him
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
scott_forester said:I fly all the time and I'll miss my mp3 player and DS
What's going to happy to duty free?
Sorry am I missing something here???
As far as I was aware, this "no hand luggage" nonsense was just whilst eveyone was at threat level "Headless chicken" and would all go away very soon.
They can't honestly be thinking about banning all MP3 player/laptops/Nintendos/personal DVD players etc permanently are they?
Source? Or is this speculation?
Frankly, If I have to fly from here to NZ next year with nothing to entertain me but some reheated babyfood mush on a plastic plate and "Fast and Furious 5 - the most Fastest and Furioustest. Ever" on the seat-screen, I will be driven to violent acts of terrorism myself.
What about weekend trips, where you can significantly ease the irritation of travel by packing a small overnight carrying bag as the sum total of your luggage and smugly sailing past baggage reclaim on arrival?
Frankly, I think banning all but essentials in flight would be a hysterical move, and another indication that (I hate to use this phrase, but) "The Terrorists Have Won"
If the existing security technology in place (X-Rays, metal detectors, dogs, hand searches etc) is rather unreliable at detecting threats (which is what seems to be indicated here) then why the fuck do they bother in the first place?
Fie! I say! A pox on you all!
scott_forester
probably talking shite
The Groke said:
Speculation, but I can see it happening.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
scott_forester said:
Jebus.
I hope it is just for flights out of the UK and I can pull the "I'm Alright Jack" card here in Dubai.
Seriously - the thought of flying 4 hours plus and not being able to plug myself into tunes of my own choosing and blotting out the hideous bleatings of my fellow morons - sorry passengers sends shivers down my spine.
You should at least be given the choice when you book: "Would you like a hand-luggage or non hand luggage flight sir?"
scott_forester
probably talking shite
laptop said:
So I'm going to need to buy a new laptop so I can afford to lose the current one?
I've just had to load encryption software on mine for travelling, pain in the arse. I don't care if I my laptop goes for a walk, it's backed up. Not having my toys, or even a book is going to making flying rubbish.
Amsterdam Schiphol rocks for long haul connections, but it's not the easiest airport to get to directly from here !! Last time I went to Amsterdam by train it was a station change with a 30min walk in Brussels. You'd easy be talking 5 hours from Waterloo to AMS That's a bit OTT to be then facing a flight to Oz or whereever.
What's the security justification in banning books ?? Co-ordinated papier mache fights in the cabin ? Paper cuts ? Hold on, I've got it. You soak your paperback in red mercury before the flight and let it dry, Then once onboard you run to the bogs, rip all the paper out, soak it in the sink and dump it in the bogs. When you reach the far end and they service the plane, the honey-cart turns into a suitcase nuke and wipes the local waste landfill site off the face of the map.
Shall I apply for a job at MI6 now ??
That's a bit OTT to be then facing a flight to Oz or whereever.What's the security justification in banning books ?? Co-ordinated papier mache fights in the cabin ? Paper cuts ? Hold on, I've got it. You soak your paperback in red mercury before the flight and let it dry, Then once onboard you run to the bogs, rip all the paper out, soak it in the sink and dump it in the bogs. When you reach the far end and they service the plane, the honey-cart turns into a suitcase nuke and wipes the local waste landfill site off the face of the map.
Shall I apply for a job at MI6 now ??
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
laptop said:
So I'm going to need to buy a new laptop so I can afford to lose the current one?
FFS
I got super narked at the fact I had to leave our suitcases unlocked last time we flew out of the US.
Baggage staff nicking stuff/the thing bursting open not withstanding, what about the chances of someone on the staff putting contraband inside your case, to be collected (or not) by someone in cahoots at the other end?
This is fucking stupid on so many levels. Like I said, it may not effect us at the moment, flying out Dubai and all, but it may not be long once one or two airports start enforcing these rules.
I repeat:
Fucking. Ridiculous.
I need a bigger and madder looking smiley.
trashpony
Hag
We've just had an email from our head of security forbidding us to take our laptops with us on business trips. We have to take clean laptops supplied by IT and an encrypted memory stick or, if you're going to another office, use one of their stash of laptops.
It's great isn't is - the complete acceptance of baggage handlers being a bunch of thieving bastards and that nothing is safe in your luggage
It's great isn't is - the complete acceptance of baggage handlers being a bunch of thieving bastards and that nothing is safe in your luggage
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