[BigDog.]

Yes he certainly is a bit of a card, not sure if this or his assertion that BA F is actually a good F product is the biggest joke.

[AnthonyDunn]

Come on everyone: lighten up a bit! It was clear that VK’s tongue was firmly in his cheek and he did, in his “inimitable fashion” make a valid point about slot-sitting…

[VintageKrug]

😉

[DavidGordon10]

SimonS1 – I do not really find the destination list all that ironic. Leeds has about the same population as Fort Worth, Charlotte or Detroit and we would not find it ironic to see those names on a departure board. One of the differences is that Leeds is closer to other major centres than those USA cities, so surface transport is proportionately more important than air. Flying with very low load factors implies that this is slot-sitting rather than anything else.

Of course we appreciate that VK was trying to be funny. “Trying” in two senses of the word.

[FormerlyDoS]

David

Strangely enough, I drove through Fort Worth, yesterday.

I was more impressed with Leeds.

[BeckyBoop]

FDos what are you doing up so late/early, thought you are in Dallas?

[DavidGordon10]

Dear FDos

I’d echo that, comparing Fort Worth with Leeds! Also, I deliberately included Detroit in my comparator list of USA cities. The economy of Leeds is in much better shape than that of Detroit.

Incidentally, VK’s use of “giro” in his original post is seriously anachronistic. Benefits haven’t been paid by giro for years. Shows when he was last on the dole.

[FormerlyDoS]

“FDos what are you doing up so late/early, thought you are in Dallas?”

My body clock is on CET, Austin is CET -7, ergo early to bed, early to rise.

Might take the pony to San Antone after work, never seen the Alamo.

[transtraxman]

The slot sitting order on the departures board will read….

Stavanger
Luxembourg
Olbia
Tenerife

Stockholm
Inverness
Toulouse
Tirana
Istanbul
Newcastle
Geneva

or if you want only airport codes…

SNN Shannon
LJU Ljubljana
ORK Cork
TMP Tampere

SCQ Santiago de Compostela
IBZ Ibiza
TLL Tallin
TBS Tbilisi
IOM Ronaldsway
NCA Côte D´azur
GIB Gibraltar

…and that is only in Europe.

[Bath_VIP]

FDoS,

I was in San Antonio in January this year and happy to give you tour guide tips. Re the Alamo, there isn’t a lot of the original Alamo left but it is still worth visiting to understand the history. In fact the actual battle itself would probably just be a footnote in history if it wasn’t for the events before and after it which is why it is a fascinating place.

If you are driving, what you need to see are the Spanish Missions which are clustered together about 5 miles south of San Antonio.

[Bath_VIP]

Couldn’t resist this after VK’s comments (which have amused me). Does anybody know where this place is?

http://www.ryanair.com/en/news/fly-london-to-dole-from-just-14-99-pounds

[PegasusAir]

transtraxman – Thanks for getting this back on track.
If by slot sitting you mean keeping the slots active until other routes (long haul) need them we need to bear two things in mind.
1 – BA will only ever have a limited number of long haul aircraft even with their latest orders and each long haul flight uses at most one r/t slot per day so the vast majority of slots at LHR will only ever be for short haul flights and 2 – many long haul routes will always need feeding – even London (probably the best O&D international centre in the world) cannot fill all the frequencies. You may know this but sometimes I think others miss these points.
Your list however could be debated
eg Stavanger is presumably based on oil traffic, Luxembourg on finance probably so both high yield with no long haul direct flights of their own, and Olbia and Tenerife are both LGW flights etc.

[FormerlyDoS]

Bath_VIP – 15/04/2013 10:21 GMT

Thanks so much. Really appreciate the tip and there should be enough daylight left to do both.

[FormerlyDoS]

Bath VIP

I have passed Dole many times, when northbound from Malta.

It is on the edge of the Jura and thus gives access to Geneva and the Alps, although I imagine it would a bit of a drive.

[transtraxman]

Pegasus
You miss my point. I was only trying to follow on from VK´s droll comments and be a little humorous, using the letters SLOT etc., as you will realise by reading the first letters downwards.
Now if you want a serious discussion on slot sitting, that is a different question.

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