Dublin Airport

murphaph · 24-12-2005 4:25pm #1

Check out the 3rd last flight........

Arrivals

Chong · 24-12-2005 4:26pm

Hmmm aren't they the funny ones.

johnnyrotten · 24-12-2005 4:31pm

V Good

jellie · 24-12-2005 4:33pm

hehe, aw that actually amused me

murphaph · 24-12-2005 4:55pm

WDK wrote:

Hmmm aren't they the funny ones.

Awh, WDK, you need a few WKD's into ya to get that wonderful xmas spirit going

Snow is fallin, all around me, merry xmas, everyone!

A Dub in Glasgo · 24-12-2005 7:29pm

Excellent stuff

faceman · 24-12-2005 7:34pm

cool!

Dub13 · 24-12-2005 7:39pm

they do that every year.

Random · 24-12-2005 10:14pm

Roffles :d

RuggieBear · 24-12-2005 10:19pm

I would really love to see that up on the huge new information board they have in Dublin airport...:D

Dub13 · 24-12-2005 10:20pm

RuggieBear wrote:

I would really love to see that up on the huge new information board they have in Dublin airport...:D

They do have it on the TVs in the arrival's lounge.

Also the new information board is in departure's so the kids would be freaked out if they seen it there.:)

kensutz · 25-12-2005 1:05am

Saw it last year flying over to England

dowlingm · 25-12-2005 5:39am

It's disappeared by now (into the 25th) presume St Nicholas Airlines? Speed-deer 001?

murphaph · 25-12-2005 11:58am

dowlingm wrote:

It's disappeared by now (into the 25th) presume St Nicholas Airlines? Speed-deer 001?

It was unknown for the airline with a flight designation of santa1

jlang · 25-12-2005 1:09pm

Reports from around the country would indicate that the flight from the North Pole arrived on time and with all freight intact. (some batteries missed the departure time, but will follow ASAP)

Our man in Havana · 25-12-2005 1:28pm

jlang wrote:

Reports from around the country would indicate that the flight from the North Pole arrived on time and with all freight intact. (some batteries missed the departure time, but will follow ASAP)

Roffle!:D

faceman · 25-12-2005 1:51pm

I heard santy flew aer lingus and arrived half an hour late!

Our man in Havana · 25-12-2005 2:04pm

I heard he used Ryanair and he was fined €millions for excess baggage!

RuggieBear · 25-12-2005 2:32pm

Bond-007 wrote:

I heard he used Ryanair and he was fined €millions for excess baggage!

Actually there was a poor old dear checking in beside me on a Ryanair Liverpool flight last Wednesday, who got stung for 200 euro in excess bagage charges:eek:

murphaph · 25-12-2005 2:44pm

faceman wrote:

I heard santy flew aer lingus and arrived half an hour late!

Well I arived into DUB with AL on Monday and was trapped on the damn plane for ages cos the Auxilliary Power Unit in the tailplane was OOO. The captain said the doors couldn't be opened because we'd have to shut down engine #1 in order to do that (safety reasons obviously!) but in order to keep on board lighting alive we had to keep engine #1 running! In the end we were waiting so long for a Ground Power Unit that the captain just turned the engine off and we exited in semi-darkness. Welcome to Ireland eh!

faceman · 25-12-2005 2:48pm

murphaph wrote:

Well I arived into DUB with AL on Monday and was trapped on the damn plane for ages cos the Auxilliary Power Unit in the tailplane was OOO.

I gave up flying aer lingus about a year ago. I fly other airlines where possible. Im a fan of ryanair now and i also think BA are best in the world. (not as pricey as u think)

Aer lingus are constantly late at weekends, either dont answer complaints or give crap responses. Plus the cabin crew think the airplane aisle is a catwalk.

murphaph · 25-12-2005 3:10pm

faceman wrote:

I gave up flying aer lingus about a year ago. I fly other airlines where possible. Im a fan of ryanair now and i also think BA are best in the world. (not as pricey as u think)

Aer lingus are constantly late at weekends, either dont answer complaints or give crap responses. Plus the cabin crew think the airplane aisle is a catwalk.

I think the cabin crew have lost their 'up theirown arses' attitude tbh. They now have a few foreign staff as well, like most airlines, especially Ryanair and that has helped eliminate that awful attitude some AerLingus cabin crew had (though I always thought the male staff members :eek: were sound on AL). I too am a fairly big fan of Ryanair, having never been let down by them in any serious way (never more than a few minutes late). AL have been good to me too though, this was the worst thing that has ever happened when flying with them (apart from a 12 hour wait in Logan International one time but that was an ATC strike).

Anyway, santa clearly chartered Monarch or something

MrPudding · 25-12-2005 6:30pm

Bond-007 wrote:

I heard he used Ryanair and he was fined €millions for excess baggage!

Not only that but apparently he booked flight to deliver present to certain kids but when he left the airport he discovered he wasn't even in the right country! Go figure.

MrP

Thomond Pk · 30-12-2005 3:42pm

faceman wrote:

i also think BA are best in the world. (not as pricey as u think)

Heathrow is about the only major airport I can think of that makes DUB look favourable, BA also have one of the lowest standard legroom allocations of any of the longhaul carriers. If BA are cheap it is for a reason like AA they pack em high and sell em cheap.

KLM via Amsterdam on EI is recommended as the first flight out leaves early enough to avoid the security backlogue farce that is Dublin; which incidently has easily assembled the most ignorant and overblown security checks I have encountered yet. It makes late 2001 America look heavy handed

Thomond Pk · 30-12-2005 4:56pm

I forgot to say that in the US they have the decency to say 'were sorry Sir' in DUB you get 'Is that alright Bud?'

corktina · 30-12-2005 5:13pm

faceman wrote:

I gave up flying aer lingus about a year ago. I fly other airlines where possible. Im a fan of ryanair now and i also think BA are best in the world. (not as pricey as u think)

Aer lingus are constantly late at weekends, either dont answer complaints or give crap responses. Plus the cabin crew think the airplane aisle is a catwalk.

not my experiance flying out from Cork......very good service I find

Sarsfield · 30-12-2005 6:01pm

Thomond Pk wrote:

the security backlogue farce that is Dublin

My experience over the last few months is that the backlog is gone. Haven't queued for more than a minute or 2 on any recent flight.

murphaph · 30-12-2005 6:57pm

Sarsfield wrote:

My experience over the last few months is that the backlog is gone. Haven't queued for more than a minute or 2 on any recent flight.

Same here, maybe a 3 min delay max on any flight this year, all at different times of the day/week. I'm more than happy for a 3 min delay to properly screen would be passengers for contraband. The germans have been making you take your shoes off for years. I think when they originally got the blame for letting the bomb on flight 108 they got seriously tough on airport security. Of course it was later established that it wasn't the germans' 'fault' afterall!

darkman2 · 31-12-2005 2:44am

On the question of Dublin Airport. It is a national disgrace and a source of much embarrasment. Of course the terminal capacity is the major issue at the moment but we have to wait three years for that to be addressed and even then, the following year it will be at capacity again! Typical Irish attitude :whats the least we can get away with:mad: So many problems, the internal road network is awful, Dublin bus monopolises transport (guess who will be the first to object to a metro!):mad: Leading on from that of course is we have no rail link, the only capital in the world probrably without a rail link to its airport. Also the attitude of DB drivers at the airport is disgraceful and does not portray the image to visitors we would like. For example, I took the 16A to the airport a couple of months back when the privitisation of DB was on the agenda (which I support btw) and the Bus driver was listening to the radio. Once the news came on he said in a loud, ignorant voice in front of tourists: that f***er wants to privitise us!!!! I was so embarrased:mad: The attitude of some Airport Authority workers needs addressing as when ever im going through the airport they seem to be doin f*** all to help anyone. There are so many issues I couldnt list them all.

P.S What is with the f***ing pig at the entrance! It looks so stupid, could they not have thought of anything better than a pig with wings on wheels!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

A Dub in Glasgo · 31-12-2005 10:59am

darkman2 wrote:

P.S What is with the f***ing pig at the entrance! It looks so stupid, could they not have thought of anything better than a pig with wings on wheels!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

That symbol is very apt for the airport rail link and other improvements at DA - they will happen when pigs fly

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pig1.htm

Litcagral · 31-12-2005 11:37am

darkman2 wrote:

On the question of Dublin Airport. It is a national disgrace and a source of much embarrasment. Of course the terminal capacity is the major issue at the moment but we have to wait three years for that to be addressed and even then, the following year it will be at capacity again! Typical Irish attitude :whats the least we can get away with:mad: So many problems, the internal road network is awful, Dublin bus monopolises transport (guess who will be the first to object to a metro!):mad: Leading on from that of course is we have no rail link, the only capital in the world probrably without a rail link to its airport. Also the attitude of DB drivers at the airport is disgraceful and does not portray the image to visitors we would like. For example, I took the 16A to the airport a couple of months back when the privitisation of DB was on the agenda (which I support btw) and the Bus driver was listening to the radio. Once the news came on he said in a loud, ignorant voice in front of tourists: that f***er wants to privitise us!!!! I was so embarrased:mad: The attitude of some Airport Authority workers needs addressing as when ever im going through the airport they seem to be doin f*** all to help anyone. There are so many issues I couldnt list them all.

P.S What is with the f***ing pig at the entrance! It looks so stupid, could they not have thought of anything better than a pig with wings on wheels!!!!:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

The pig at the entrance to the short term car-park is a charity collection point. AFAIK 'Muc' being the Irish word for pig - "muck in for charity". Like all good advertising it caught your attention - that's why it's there.

You're obviously not very familiar with transport at Dublin Airport. Aircoach, Bus Eireann, Ulsterbus, Citylink, Bus Nestor, Rapid Express and Pro Bus all provide bus services from there

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