Finnegan Posted 28 October 2019 Posted 28 October 2019 On 27/10/2019 at 11:11, DennisNedry said: Bewildering to me how these kind of (albeit jokey) comments are allowed, but say anything of the sort about about people from a different country, or with a different skin colour or religion, and you'd be arrested for hate crimes. Get over it snowflake.
RonnieTodger Posted 28 October 2019 Posted 28 October 2019 Weird, does that mean we shouldn't use Birmingham? I quite like EMA. Small and shit but stress-free compared to the likes of BHX
Voll Blau Posted 28 October 2019 Posted 28 October 2019 Prefer both EMA and Brum to any of the London airports, Manchester or Leeds. Plus the 24-hour Skylink bus is a great, cheap way to get home from a night out if you live on the route between Leicester and Derby.
Finnegan Posted 28 October 2019 Posted 28 October 2019 Manchester is quite possibly the worst airport I've ever used and I've been to Stanstead and Luton so that's saying something.
fazzyfox Posted 28 October 2019 Posted 28 October 2019 Whoops, what have I started? It was just comical that they thought they could blend in with the home fans when they looked so Yorkshire-y and the pouring boiling drinks over the balcony by the others was scummy behaviour - the police should have used a Kettling tactic on them!
HowardsBulletHeader Posted 29 October 2019 Posted 29 October 2019 On 28/10/2019 at 14:55, Finnegan said: Manchester is quite possibly the worst airport I've ever used and I've been to Stanstead and Luton so that's saying something. Agreed, by far the worst I've been to as well. Proper rubbish.
Unabomber Posted 29 October 2019 Posted 29 October 2019 Only used EMA for work but it’s very handy. Only 10 mins from where I am and pretty stress free.
MPH Posted 29 October 2019 Posted 29 October 2019 On 27/10/2019 at 07:11, DennisNedry said: Bewildering to me how these kind of (albeit jokey) comments are allowed, but say anything of the sort about about people from a different country, or with a different skin colour or religion, and you'd be arrested for hate crimes. calm down snowflake.
VLC86 Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 On 28/10/2019 at 14:55, Finnegan said: Manchester is quite possibly the worst airport I've ever used and I've been to Stanstead and Luton so that's saying something. How is it possible to be worse than Luton? Last time I was there the queue for security was an hour because the people sitting reviewing the bags were so incompetent that 80% of the bags were going for searches. The staff searching them were also huge *****. Vile place.
Mike Oxlong Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 When you’re abroad and looking for the uk flight boarding queues their usually quite easy to spot They’re the ones that look like a queue for an audition for the Jeremy Kyle show
whoareyaaa Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 2 hours ago, Costock_Fox said: How is it possible to be worse than Luton? Last time I was there the queue for security was an hour because the people sitting reviewing the bags were so incompetent that 80% of the bags were going for searches. The staff searching them were also huge *****. Vile place. almost missed my last flight because of this just at Luton really annoying one person is checking all the bags being diverted at the pace of a slug
Kopic Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 3 hours ago, Costock_Fox said: How is it possible to be worse than Luton? Last time I was there the queue for security was an hour because the people sitting reviewing the bags were so incompetent that 80% of the bags were going for searches. The staff searching them were also huge *****. Vile place. Last time I flew from Luton, about 2 years ago, my bag got taken aside to be checked. Stood around for about 10 minutes with my bag in front of me, no one said anything, and I just picked it up and walked off as normal, completely unchallenged. It wasnt even particularly busy. I obviously knew I didnt have anything bad in there, but it left me feeling a bit nervous that I was able to do that.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 I use Birmingham, a far better airport but it’s full of people with a terrible accent, or for cheap flights Luton, East Mids only saving grace is that it’s near.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said: When you’re abroad and looking for the uk flight boarding queues their usually quite easy to spot They’re the ones that look like a queue for an audition for the Jeremy Kyle show 😝 I avoid English people at all costs whilst away “where are you from?”what do you do for a living?” No thanks, I’ll gladly be mistaken for a Dutchman or a German (happens often) I recently went to El Cotillo on Fuerteventura a beautiful place, hardly any English there, took a trip into Corralejo and regretted it immediately, full English breakfasts, Elvis tributes etc not for me, each to their own I suppose but I like to enjoy a foreign experience whilst on holiday not recreate a home from home in the sun.
Stadt Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 On 28/10/2019 at 14:55, Finnegan said: Manchester is quite possibly the worst airport I've ever used and I've been to Stanstead and Luton so that's saying something. Depends on the terminal, one of them is wretched but one is alright.
Finnegan Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 1 minute ago, Stadt said: Depends on the terminal, one of them is wretched but one is alright. Whichever one has all the lifts and no ****ing escalators
Stadt Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 Just now, Finnegan said: Whichever one has all the lifts and no ****ing escalators Yeah that's the wank one. Makes you feel bit like this
Voll Blau Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 6 hours ago, Costock_Fox said: How is it possible to be worse than Luton? Last time I was there the queue for security was an hour because the people sitting reviewing the bags were so incompetent that 80% of the bags were going for searches. The staff searching them were also huge *****. Vile place. Would agree but last time I used Luton it was actually alright. Flight was at 10am but the place was deserted and the concourse is much better now they've extended it. It was always hell any time I'd used it before that mind, though Stansted is the absolute worst of the lot.
VLC86 Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 2 hours ago, Kopic said: Last time I flew from Luton, about 2 years ago, my bag got taken aside to be checked. Stood around for about 10 minutes with my bag in front of me, no one said anything, and I just picked it up and walked off as normal, completely unchallenged. It wasnt even particularly busy. I obviously knew I didnt have anything bad in there, but it left me feeling a bit nervous that I was able to do that. Yeah that’s shocking. I had to wait to the side for 20 mins for my bag to be searched only for the bloke searching it to challenge me to a bet saying I had liquids in my bag. He found I didn’t so emptied the whole thing out, put it in a tray, put it to the back of the queue and sent it back through the scanner and left my shit everywhere. I can’t say I was happy.
VLC86 Posted 30 October 2019 Posted 30 October 2019 3 hours ago, whoareyaaa said: almost missed my last flight because of this just at Luton really annoying one person is checking all the bags being diverted at the pace of a slug Yep, standard for there. Vile place.
Leeds Fox Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 13 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: 😝 I avoid English people at all costs whilst away “where are you from?”what do you do for a living?” No thanks, I’ll gladly be mistaken for a Dutchman or a German (happens often) I recently went to El Cotillo on Fuerteventura a beautiful place, hardly any English there, took a trip into Corralejo and regretted it immediately, full English breakfasts, Elvis tributes etc not for me, each to their own I suppose but I like to enjoy a foreign experience whilst on holiday not recreate a home from home in the sun. Nobody on this planet wants to make small talk with Mark Lawrenson anyway so I wouldn’t worry about it.
Leeds Fox Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 14 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said: When you’re abroad and looking for the uk flight boarding queues their usually quite easy to spot They’re the ones that look like a queue for an audition for the Jeremy Kyle show 13 hours ago, Mark 'expert' Lawrenson said: 😝 I avoid English people at all costs whilst away “where are you from?”what do you do for a living?” No thanks, I’ll gladly be mistaken for a Dutchman or a German (happens often) I recently went to El Cotillo on Fuerteventura a beautiful place, hardly any English there, took a trip into Corralejo and regretted it immediately, full English breakfasts, Elvis tributes etc not for me, each to their own I suppose but I like to enjoy a foreign experience whilst on holiday not recreate a home from home in the sun. Also, it’s hard to avoid English people when you’re boarding a flight that’s returning to England, isn’t it. Thanks for your holiday memoirs though
Sly Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 East Midlands and Birmingham are on a par - I’d say they’re pretty good. I used to fly out of them weekly at one time. Belfast George Best used to be horrendous when they were renovating it. It improved though. Frequently used it to commute back and forth. I just gave up in the end and booked myself into a hotel in Northern Island for 6 months. True story, we had a conference for around 1,000 people in America shortly after 9/11. Someone thought it would be a good idea to hand out penknives amongst other souvenirs. Everyone that flew back out of Washington was searched. They had these big bowls showing what had been confiscated. We must have slowed the down something rotten ...... Some places I’ve been like Ghana, Nigeria, Morocco, Jordan etc .....I didn’t even get searched before I got onto the aeroplane. Somewhat scary!!! I always found Paris, Berlin, Vegas, Edinborough, Stockholm, Manchester and Gatwick the worst.
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 6 hours ago, Leeds Fox said: Also, it’s hard to avoid English people when you’re boarding a flight that’s returning to England, isn’t it. Thanks for your holiday memoirs though No it’s actually impossible, but it’s a price worth paying. Thanks 😊 I’ve got plenty more if you’re keen 🏖
Mark 'expert' Lawrenson Posted 31 October 2019 Posted 31 October 2019 7 hours ago, Leeds Fox said: Nobody on this planet wants to make small talk with Mark Lawrenson anyway so I wouldn’t worry about it. 🤣🤣🤣 very true, but you do realise I’m not really the great Lawro don’t you?
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