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[Nickbat]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-20844027

I find it disgusting that Easyjet should not carry on flying into an airport (Funchal) that had closed due to bad weather. I think they should have carried on and told the Air Traffic Controllers to open Funchal and let them try and land. OK, it could have meant a smouldering wreck with many dead, but at least they would have tried to help Katie Curtis, from Plymouth, who was visiting her mother in Madeira. It is tragic that, in her words,  "We had to come back and spend Christmas in the hotel....The children were really disappointed, they're only nine and 10 years old. They were very upset on the way home on the plane".

Frankly, the BBC are right to bring this capitalist Easyjet outfit to book.

We need to rid ourselves of these greedy airlines who are only interested in profit and prefer to put their pax in a Bristol hotel rather than in a Madeiran mortuary.

Rant over.

[sarc/off]

 

[tunnie]

I'd have to disagree. It's the airports choice to shut, no airline should be able to override their call.

Because if it had skidded off runway, who would easyjet blame? Not themselves that's for sure!

[sassanach]

i think you might want to read nickbats post again tunnie

[tunnie]

Ooops you maybe right. Perhaps too much Port drunk here   

[Sir Tigger KC]

I thought Nick had been on the sauce at first!    On second thoughts he probably has!!! 

[plym ian]

not really easy jets fault, the stupid bint shouldn't have left it so close to crimbo to fly.

you can't control the weather, if the airports shut there's nout no one can do



god I'm a baa humbug

[Lazydocker]

I think it was good of EJ to arrange Christmas at a hotel... It wasn't their fault

[Broomies Mate]

Why not ditch the passengers on the Canaries and short-haul them in to Madeira when the weather settled?  Would have been much cheaper, no-doubt?

[Varche]

 

[Lazydocker]

Why not ditch the passengers on the Canaries and short-haul them in to Madeira when the weather settled?  Would have been much cheaper, no-doubt?

Probably not... Landing fees at Bristol are probably considerably less than in the Canaries And that's without going into the technicalities of changes to flight plans, ending up with aircraft and crews in the wrong place, etc

Plus, and this is just an example, but what if there were passengers on board who weren't entitled to visit the Canaries without a Visa, they wouldn't be able to get through customs

[Kevin Wood]

Having been subject to Sleazyjet's attempts at clearing up after a cancelled flight myself I think they were lucky to have anything better than an airport seat to sleep in. However, if the airport was indeed closed, then the delay wasn't easyjet's fault.

I doubt they will get away anywhere for Christmas now, as Easyjet will simply try to fill empty seats on other flights rather than reschedule the cancelled flight, and as it's a busy time of year - tough. One airline I personally will never use again.

[Broomies Mate]

Why not ditch the passengers on the Canaries and short-haul them in to Madeira when the weather settled?  Would have been much cheaper, no-doubt?

Probably not... Landing fees at Bristol are probably considerably less than in the Canaries And that's without going into the technicalities of changes to flight plans, ending up with aircraft and crews in the wrong place, etc

Plus, and this is just an example, but what if there were passengers on board who weren't entitled to visit the Canaries without a Visa, they wouldn't be able to get through customs

Flight Plans and Crew allocations would have been changed anyway - Afterall, this plane had already taken off and was in the air for 2 hours, so a little over half way there.

As for Visa's........ Portugal (Madeira) and Spain (Canaries) are both part of the EU, so if you are 'allowed' in one, you are allowed in t'other.

[Broomies Mate]

Having been subject to Sleazyjet's attempts at clearing up after a cancelled flight myself I think they were lucky to have anything better than an airport seat to sleep in. However, if the airport was indeed closed, then the delay wasn't easyjet's fault.

I doubt they will get away anywhere for Christmas now, as Easyjet will simply try to fill empty seats on other flights rather than reschedule the cancelled flight, and as it's a busy time of year - tough. One airline I personally will never use again.

I fly with them a couple of times a month (Business - yes, cheap buggers) and apart from the usual problems of delays (which is normally down to the ground crews (so airport at fault)) I can't complain too much about EasyJet.

Too many flights from cheap airports is their problem.

[Kevin Wood]

Having been subject to Sleazyjet's attempts at clearing up after a cancelled flight myself I think they were lucky to have anything better than an airport seat to sleep in. However, if the airport was indeed closed, then the delay wasn't easyjet's fault.

I doubt they will get away anywhere for Christmas now, as Easyjet will simply try to fill empty seats on other flights rather than reschedule the cancelled flight, and as it's a busy time of year - tough. One airline I personally will never use again.

I fly with them a couple of times a month (Business - yes, cheap buggers) and apart from the usual problems of delays (which is normally down to the ground crews (so airport at fault)) I can't complain too much about EasyJet.

Too many flights from cheap airports is their problem.

In my case they flew a crew out knowing they didn't have sufficient hours to get back due to previous delays that day, then waited until their customer service desks had closed before announcing there was no flight back. There is simply not enough slack in their system to give a reasonable success rate.

[Lazydocker]

Flight Plans and Crew allocations would have been changed anyway - Afterall, this plane had already taken off and was in the air for 2 hours, so a little over half way there.

As for Visa's........ Portugal (Madeira) and Spain (Canaries) are both part of the EU, so if you are 'allowed' in one, you are allowed in t'other.

Yep, but by diverting to the Canaries the aircraft (and crew) would be in the wrong place (or flying back empty), which would cost considerably more than a Holiday Inn that they probably only paid £25 per room (maximum)

Visa's... Not true. If, for example, there is a South African on board they can travel to some EU countries but cannot enter France without a full Visa