tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post3301120797009792997..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Great PR Disasters of Our Time: No 94Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63735347649942440352008-04-01T22:08:00.000+01:002008-04-01T22:08:00.000+01:00So what do you want? A manual system wherein the h...So what do you want? A manual system wherein the handlers rifle through your bags, nick anything valuable and then send the remains to Timbuctu? Or an automated system wherein the machines eat your baggage, destroy anything valuable and then send the remains to Timbuctu?<BR/><BR/>Progress is a wonderful thing. Innit?The Remittance Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104149259707414863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44274343097744388622008-04-01T12:33:00.000+01:002008-04-01T12:33:00.000+01:00Stop boasting about your AMEX!The future is clearl...Stop boasting about your AMEX!<BR/><BR/>The future is clearly in smaller regional airports. I fly out of Southampton or Bournemouth whenever possible. In each case, within 30-40 minutes of the plane landing, I am at home with the kettle on. I never check in more than an hour before the flight either.<BR/><BR/>If only I could fly longhaul from these two excellent airports.Scipiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514885826616402615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-42883430864924879852008-04-01T11:33:00.000+01:002008-04-01T11:33:00.000+01:00It reminded me of Monty Python's 'Contractual Obli...It reminded me of Monty Python's 'Contractual Obligation' album - which included a ditty entitled "I'm so worried (about the baggage retrieval system they've got at Heathrow)"<BR/><BR/>And that was over 25 years ago - prescient or what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62737322572039726022008-04-01T03:22:00.000+01:002008-04-01T03:22:00.000+01:00Alex wrote: "the TV screens are busy advertising ...Alex wrote: "the TV screens are busy advertising how the conveyor belts will effortlessly cope with more than 12000 pieces of baggae an hour."<BR/><BR/>Is that like reggae, but with a heavier beat?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30918517318389758292008-03-31T23:33:00.000+01:002008-03-31T23:33:00.000+01:00On the Heathrow Express the TV screens are busy ad...On the Heathrow Express the TV screens are busy advertising how the conveyor belts will effortlessly cope with more than 12000 pieces of baggae an hour.Alex Folkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11935545078513255086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34175557760593207572008-03-31T23:08:00.000+01:002008-03-31T23:08:00.000+01:00They have only got 25.000 bags to sort out whats t...They have only got 25.000 bags to sort out whats the problemJohnny Norfolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900659617233793880noreply@blogger.com