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The better airlines pay for everything. Paying for training, uniforms, simulators etc has crept in at certain low cost airlines. I was lucky and only worked for proper airlines.

Ian, as a retired 767-300 pilot (also 737) with 18000+ hours this report just typifies the Airlines cut corner attitude, and reflects the arrogance and driving force of the CEO. If there is ever a major crash which is survivable, similar to the BMA 737 crash on the M1 at Kegworth in 1989, by any of the low cost carriers that carry the bulk of the passengers baggage in the overhead bins nobody will survive. In the BMA crash every overhead bin except the front right one attached to the front bulkhead detached and fell on the passengers. The reason the survivors were able to get out, was that most of the bins were lightly loaded and the aircraft wasn't full. Another thing to note, is that all the seats of the fuselage that was sitting the right way up, that weren't over the wing, detached from the floor. So the scenario of heaps of seats, attached to passengers, covered in heaps of overhead bins full of luggage on top, doesn't need a lot of imagination to visualise the result. All the passengers in these seats had multiple fractures and skull injuries. This is the best reason to avoid airlines that cut corners and carry the baggage in the cabin. The Captain should have had her licence revoked. What she did was criminal. A friend of mine died in the 1976 Dan Air 707 freighter crash at Lusaka when the stabiliser failed due to fatigue when the final landing flap was selected at about 600ft. That is what could have happened to the 767.

I went to the game. The first 30 mins looked like us absorbing pressure. Next 15 mins made some chances. In the first half Clyne was impressive and teamed up well with Guly. Centre backs coped and Fox was decent. Rodriguez worked hard but wouldn't be my choice as a midfielder. Lambert better for final 15 mins. Schneiderlin and W-P linked well in the centre whilst Lallana was more effective in the final 15 mins. Second half, Richardson was hopeless, positioning and timing was woeful. Davis was better in the first half and made some poor decisions in the second. Fonte messing up opened us up for the goal. Guly was anonymous for most of the second half which I put down to losing Clyne. His two careless back passes were rediculous. Lallana, W-P, Lallana, Lambert, and Rodriguez caused Ajax problems and overall we should have scored several goals. Gazzaniga looked the part apart from a poor clearance. Shaw looks a good prospect, Chambers was lively, Chaplow anonymous. Sharp looks lively and strong, God only knows what he was trying to do with the open goal. Chambers was lively whilst DeRidder did everything right playing a wall pass to Puncheon but although trying hard his touch was atrocious and instead of playing DeRidder in he belted the ball behind. Early days but Richardson isn't good enough. I think we need another CB to play with Jos who really didn't put a foot wrong. A dominant goalkeeper would be a great asset. We definitely lacked pace out of midfield and up front. Lambert still looks a good player against a top team. We are going to have to come to terms quickly with the scenario that chances have to be put away. Ajax one chance one goal. We are going to face that every week in the Premier.

11 year old flies to Rome on his own with no ticket or boarding card. I rest my case.

There was an incident after the BR game that led to the suspensions of Pardew and Downes the next morning. No conspiracy theory.

Jesus H Christ how far have they fallen? A poxy equaliser that didn't either save them from relegation or stop our promotion. Anybody would think it was the only goal ever scored in games between the teams, still with a bit of luck it will be the last one. Boy did they take some hammerings from Saints in the past I bet folklore forgot them.

As an ex airline captain (18000+hrs) regularly positioning on other airlines including charter flights, flying is the least of your worries. Get tickets that get you, priority check in, boarding and access to lounges in the airports that you use.

More like Rag Tag.

Security brought in in the late seventies is probably the biggest scam of all time. Totally ineffective unless it's run by El Al. How many people have had their bags searched by idiots who find nothing in the first four compartments or don't go to the bottom of the bag and don't bother searching the rest? I've lost count of the number I've reamed out over not doing the search thoroughly after starting to search my bags. The looks on their colleagues faces is worth the extra few minutes wasted. Even better if you have to demonstrate that they have missed something at the end. I used to carry a hefty bag of small change in the bottom of my briefcase to pay the crew their exact expenses. It showed up on the scanner as a black lump but it was hardly ever picked up in a hand search.

Yes, packed special trains, best team available. The FA Cup was a special competition then. It's hardly worth watching now with all the reserve players drafted in.

Fred Kiernan, Tony Godfrey, Black, Stevens.

Romsey is quite short but tight and features blind shots and dog legs. The front nine is hilly.

I agree with THEVMAN. Pearce seems to have no idea how to blend a team. He makes the same old mistake of picking names and sticking them where he wants. We showed nothing up front and the back four were poor. Butland looked a class act.

They will be fitting out the night clubs next. Can't see all that attention to detail, then players out until the early hours drinking.

Deferring their wages was a good idea at the time. Now PFC want the players to leave they rightly want their guaranteed deferred wages before they go. PFC aren't going to get the PPs due to football debt. The players can see that if they hold on, the liquidation will free up the Football Creditors rule, backing the deferred payments so they will get their money sooner by holding out.

Top class all round keeper who can command the box, direct the defence and play quickly from the back. This is the Premier, £40m a year minimum, Cortese won't be sentimental. Big money signing every bit as important as an expensive striker. KD would be a decent back up and potential coach but too many weaknesses for No1.

NMBY I don't live near any of them. I think the existing power stations are the place to put them. A bit of a monstrosity at the bottom of Foundry Lane. I do think we should dump so called green taxes unless they are ring fenced not just grabbed by the treasury.

Been a member at Stoneham for years, mates with Richard Bland.

The problem that Save Our Saints had was the the same problem PST will have. The money was running out, Pinnacle wasted everybody's time as preferred bidder and the only thing that saved us was a buyer able to write out a cheque immediately. Any group that has to wait until the clock is run down cannot react quickly enough. Chanrai will have to pull out which would leave PST the only show around and Birch will have to fund the club until money is raised. Providing of course the expensive players walk. Liquidation and using the money raised to form a phoenix club seems a more reasonable solution.

No, put it beside either of the existing power stations at Fawley or Marchwood.

It really depends on a number of things. At the moment a lot of saturated courses, so the chalk based courses like Hockley, Royal Winchester, The Hampshire, Test Valley are pretty dry. The pay and play courses like Paultons, Cams Hall, Southampton Municipal etc are good. Most of the members/proprietary courses are pretty good. It really depends also on timings and the cost of the green fees you want to pay. I don't think there is anywhere around I would avoid except to find out if there were societies/competitions (especially Ladies ) on, adjacent to the time you want to book.

Wonder who is going to win the SPL for the next few years.

I've played most of the courses in South Hampshire. Was a member at Stoneham but knees were finding it hard going so gave it up. I was also a member at Wellow and play there now. Lots of decent courses but price is an issue at some but 2 for 1 can reduce prices. Get Tee Times free magazine in golf clubs show special offer adverts.

7000+ off back tees, bring a good sand wedge because some of the bunkers are quite deep.

Try Test Valley, just off the A303 north of Micheldever.