The f**king airline industry has gone completely to ****.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

There are no direct flights anywhere, any more. To get anywhere you have to go via some godawful hideous arab place, or worse, Johannesburg.

Fúck my luck.

[Berni]

or DFW. The old 787 seems to have improved things.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The land of the Yanqui? I'd rather eat my own feet.

[Berni]

That's really quite cool by Austin standards.

v was bemoaning how she's not allowed to go to Amerikay the other night. That's just come back to me.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I'd quite like to do a driving trip to California, and I'm mad to see the bit that was in 'Fletch'. But apart from those trips, NO WAY.

New Orleans, maybe.

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

no longer flies direct to Dar Es Salaam, Harare, Lusaka or Gabarone?

It's a nonsense, an absolute nonsense, and a scandal.

[Berni]

You'll be ****ting out your pancreas in no time.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

I've got a cheeky 10 days or so in October going spare. Time for a quick safari. Except that it takes f**king forever to get there. I don't want to go to f**king Dubai! (ever). I assume these ayrab types won't serve you booze on board? We might as well go back to the sailing ship.

[Berni]

[The Tony]

Yep....my boss had this when he worked in Melbourne and had to get to Durban.

Had to fly to Dubai / Joburg then Durban and back again.

Found the whole fairly surprising....thought you get direct flights anywhere.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

want to be as far away as possible :hehe:

We're off to Arnhem in September for the 70th anniversary stuff. There's going to be hairy-arsed paras in tears.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Christ's sake.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

- left Heathrow Thursday morning and arrived on Saturday morning. I believe things are better nowadays :shrug:

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Things got better in the 50s and 60s, and are now worse again.

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

the way back whilst they replaced large things in the fuselage :-(

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[redgunamo]

[Peter]

BA are c**ts anyway so who cares?

They do fly the 380 to joburg though

[71 Guns - channeling the spirit of Mr Hat]

[Peter]

****ers

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Peter]

The dubai one is good but it is so packed you cant even get to the toilet.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

You get those when flying Club anyway, I suppose.

[barrybueno]

PS. good luck old boy

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Peter]

And the chance of free upgrades (never happens).

And a bigger luggage alowance. Big f**king wow.

Emirates are starting to piss me off. Their 777s are complete ****, terrible seats.

380s are great but you are only on that until dubai.