On the face of it, overbooking aircraft seems to make perfect sense. Not every person is going to turn up for a flight, so why worry? Well, more often that not, more than the required number of people does turn up. For the 2005 departure this evening from Stockholm Arlanda […]

Each time you fly the cabin staff encourages you to listen carefully to the safety demonstration on board aircraft type XYZ. I seem to fly so often with Ryanair Boeing 737-800 series planes that I could probably do the safety briefing myself. But ask yourself this. Have you ever really […]

The blog has been a bit quiet recently as I have spent the last 6 days in Sweden; 4 of those days were in a small house close to Nyköping in the countryside with no internet connection. But today I’m back in London, and it’s back to the real world […]

It dawned on me when en route from Stockholm to Heathrow with British Airways this morning that I don’t think I have ever flown in a plane piloted by a woman. I fly far more than I really ought to, and have perhaps taken 50 or so return flights in […]

There’s always some source of frustration when flying with Ryanair, and returning from Stockholm to Luton Airport yesterday evening was no exception. The flight was fine and even the luggage arrived fast. The problem is with the Green Line coach to and from Luton Airport. I can’t work out why […]

I write in this post a few weeks ago about the problems with the Stansted Express train service. After One Railway’s own deadline to reply to complaints I have received the following answer: ————————- 21/Feb/2006 Contact reference: XXYYZZ ————————- Dear Mr Worth, Thanks for writing. I am sorry for the […]