Matt Cherry

Fortunately I'm European rather than American and therefore the idea of ever closing the blind is completely alien to me. Except in the extremely rare event the sun is catching me directly in the eye. And then only as far down as necessary to block it until it moves.

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Speaking of Ryanair; yellowed lights, not totally clean.....

Or Ryanair, when aircraft is 30 minutes, screens go straight from "wait in lounge" to "Gate Closing" <panic!> 15 minutes out, start moving everyone through the gate into a holding pen. Turning final announce the aircraft is ready for boarding and move everyone into the stairwell.

EasyJet but with higher fares and a compulsory change at Heathrow to get anywhere from MAN since they don't want us Northerners.

Hardly anyone goes anywhere on Christmas Day so it's understandable that the rail network shuts down. But Boxing Day is a massive day for retail, there are big sports events etc, but virtually no rail services, which is increasingly silly.

But none have been @simonmayo.bsky.social 's books of the year? Maybe you need your own podcast (but with Simon as sidekick of course)?

That's shocking when you're in a country where it's so easy to have card details 'stolen'. When I visited for 1st time last year, I was shocked how mag strip still used, your card gets taken off out of sight, payment amounts change days later etc. All eradicated in Europe decades ago to stop fraud.

Listening from outside the US, I forget that you folk actually have to take what the Satsuma in Chief says seriously, and analyse what its real world consequences are. Rather than treat it with incredulity. But why shouldn't you mention something relevant that's said by a president?

We in the rest of the World realise that if you need something from your current government then you shower them praise and tell them they're the best in the history of the World. It will be done through gritted teeth, with a little bit of vomit, but it's what's necessary unfortunately.

I've got a 1 hour 15 minute connection at Amsterdam Schiphol on Tuesday. Really hoping we don't land at Polderbaan! Perhaps one of Europe's better efforts at replicating ORD taxi times.

Woah, you found an EasyJet with retro fabric seat covers! A rare beast indeed. But please you had a good flight with them, on board experience is consistently good in my experience, and definitely a step up from Ryanair for generally comparable prices.

Any chance that when I open the app, the following feed could remember and open where I left off, no matter how much new stuff has appeared above?

There are those who are vaccine resistant who are normally protected because everyone else is vaccinated, so they never come into contact with the disease in question.

Here in the UK train seats are selected purely on a cost basis rather than comfort.

a) Having seen it on TV for years I still fail to understand why Jet2's ad has suddenly gone viral globally.
b) Anyone joking about it has clearly never flown Jet2 and experienced poor old Jess having to sing her heart out every 2 minutes over the PA!

Did Holly let you raid le Cupboard du Tat?

Just booked Cathay Pacific flights MAN-HKG-SYD amd back from ADL. Just 1 hr 50 transfer there on way out but 32 hours coming home. Looking forward to the experience.

Learn something every day!

Are the locos/power cars built specifically for the coaches? If so then why are they different shapes?

There's even a central reservation where they could have stuck a column in the middle and saved a massive amount of steel. One of the many rules of engineering I try to work to: 'If it doesn't look right then it probably isn't.'

Memories of MAN-LHR-SFO last year. 2 hr connection, MAN 50mins late (weather) and parked on remote stands opposite far side of T5C. Loooong bus ride to T5A and dashed straight to gate. Looked out window at my A380 with the back of the A320 I'd just got off just beyond it!

Coming off an international inbound, would they not need to clear Security?

Every Ryanair flight. At Milan Malpensa recently they were clearly announcing that flights were ready for boarding when the aircraft turned onto final approach. So everyone rushes through the gates into the pen.

I first discovered there are missing windows on 737s 15 years ago when I selected that row to fly home from honeymoon. Fortunately it was delayed (Madeira doing Madeira things) and therefore entirely in darkness, so we didn't miss much.

SFO is the only US Immigration I've ever been through, but it felt like walking down the Pier (above ground level), through Immigration and out through Baggage Reclaim to Arrivals was all pretty much on the same level. Might even have been high level windows in Immigration hall?

Perhaps these are just new nicknames? 🤣🤣

Imagine what O'Leary would say if Ryanair flew to Newark!

But somebody please tell him how to and how not to use an apostrophe!

More people than would have fitted on an A220?