Hursty Apparently BA make fuck all from the MAN-LHR flights, it is mostly run as a feeder to Terminal 5 for easy onward journeys.

And for someone like me, I would definitely go KLM or Emirates and totally fuck BA off if they didn’t provide it.

    Hursty totally agree. Trains should be a public service that is affordable. It’s crazy the prices of trains these days, and they are often a poor service

        Smallman1 there did used to be British midland flights in the early 2000s

          Hursty The question is how did inter UK flights between major cities become a thing? If it was faster, cheaper, better by train then there would be no market for it to succeed

          There’s an answer to your question in here somewhere Hurety!

            I found out yesterday that the carbon cost of training an AI language model is the equivalent of 300 return flights from Paris to NYC. There’s your perspective now, lads. We’re doomed.

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              You would think they would build Datacentres close to the source of renewable energy to tap into excess generation more easily thus reducing their impact….but they don’t

              Same with battery storage facilities, what happened to Britvolt? Shit canned by the Uk gov

              Yet the individual will be blamed no doubt

              LT42 We’re doomed.

              But… AI is going to save us…

                RichM Trains should be a public service that is affordable. It’s crazy the prices of trains these days, and they are often a poor service

                6:55 to fancy London. Standing room only in 1st due to cancellation of previous services.

                Seat reservation out the window so I’m having to sit facing the wrong way. No space to do any work.

                The WiFi is so poor I can’t even stream @ScottBailey s latest mix. Never had to stream when I was on the promo list 😡

                Expected arrival time starting to creep and I STILL HAVEN’T HAD MY BACON SANDWICH.

                Tickets @ £550 return, standard was £370.

                Tempted to rejoin Twitter so I can FEWWWWWM

                    Mad_Cyril Seat reservation out the window so I’m having to sit facing the wrong way. No space to do any work.

                    The WiFi is so poor I can’t even stream @ScottBailey s latest mix

                    Kin ’ell!

                      Mad_Cyril Tell them to give Italy a buzz, they boxed off affordable national rail a few years back. Think just about all internal flights have now finished.

                          Amps Avanti West Coast are owned, or part owned, by Trenitalia 😂🤦‍♂️

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                              Along_the_Wire
                              Train’s sporadic shitness is only surpassed by flying’s consistent shitness.

                              T3 @ MCR and T5 @ LHR make me want to kill myself.

                                A return to London from Bournemouth is £140. What a bargain.

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                                  Mad_Cyril Avanti West Coast are owned, or part owned, by Trenitalia

                                  The infrastructure of our great sovereign nation, sold off to Johnny Foreigner? Which lot of unpatriotic, traitorous bar stewards did this? Enemies of the people the lot of them! Off with their heads!

                                    It’s an easy solve lads, just move to London.

                                    You’re welcome!

                                    Just wait for the food shortages to kick in.