A story that isn’t controversial, isn’t about bad people and hopefully makes you laugh. How’s this for the first chuckle. I despair sometimes at the stupidity of the British. Being British myself I’m allowed to say that.
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On short haul flights of one or two hours it is possibly acceptable and bearable to increase seating to a level where passenger require lubrication to slip into their seats. (Actually it’s not but for the purposes of this article I’ll give the short haul airlines a little slack.) Long haul flights are a different matter. To get to distant lands on holiday or business we have no other choice as distance and time are against travelling by bus, train or ship. Airport security is one of my pet hates and I do anything to avoid flying. Travelling by Ferry to Continental Europe has always proved to be less hassle and more relaxing. Even Eurostar and the UK Government have managed to make travelling by train via the Chunnel almost as bad as flying. Long haul flights are different there is no viable alternative. Terminal 5 at Heathrow is better than most and when I passed through on a Sunday evening recently there were surprisingly few passengers and check-in was very quick. Maybe people are being dispatched quicker so it seemed like less passengers because the Jumbo Jet I travelled on was full and it wasn’t the only flight that evening. A couple weeks ago I flew to Brazil via Lisbon, Portugal from Heathrow. I was with a Brazilian friend. The security at Heathrow wasn’t as painful as I was expecting. On previous occasions, especially when flying to the USA, getting through security was a real hassle. It is still strict and should be but [...] |
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