Actually... that sounds far too familiar...
I have visited Colombia a fair amount, as I have family there...
I normally fly London to Bogota with British Airways... never had one problem with immigration.
The only time I have is once when I flew from London to Miami to transit to Bogota on American Airlines... Same questions, hassle etc. both going and return.
All I can say is God help me next tiem I go... British Airways are suspending services directly on commercial grounds from Feburary I believe, and that means flying American on transit...
Anyone know if Delta is a possibility?
But I can still rent a DVD... copy it on my home PC and return it...
Maybe they should put GPS trackers in DVDs to make sure they go in players, and not PCs.
Which is better losing a $1,000,000 or losing a close friend or relative...
People know guns can kill, but we do not feel attached as more often than not the people affected are non-relations.
If one of these exectutives had to choose between a close relative being killed by someone abusing a gun, or losing some stocks because of someone abusing P2P software... What would they choose...
Why do I get the feeling they would choose stocks?
Oh yeah...
Sorry I stand corrected...
He forgot to take into account the frequencies generated by people walking or something wasn't it?
That's why it swayed...
The biggest problem America faced in the demise of Boeing Market leadership was inertia. Airbus tried to be cost effective from the start, it started in a business environment where aerospace could not charge what it wanted, but was being forced to cut prices by the airlines. Aircraft manufacturers are doing the same. Working for a supplier for both major players I see this with each month further cost reduction targets are put in place.
Boeing was slow to react to this, having lots of money it could afford to place engineers to pontificate problems. Where-as Airbus in it's early days put lots of computing power into models, then had a few engineers analyse the output from the computer models. It's costs were lower, as the computers were a fixed cost, and not salaried like Engineers.
I think Boeing was just caught on the hop and didn't see the speed at which Airbus was making progress within the market.
The other thing to note was at the Farnborough Airshow last year, Airbus were boasting a near cross product cockpit compatibility, in terms of the layout, this reduced crew transfer costs when they need to switch crew between aircraft types. They were also boasting two (well three including the A380) fuselauge ring shapes, less costs on manufacture and tooling.
Whereas Boeing have a different cockpit layout per aircraft (although I do believe the 757 and 767 are the same) and they have a different fuselauge layout per aircraft model; totalling at least 6. The fact is Boeings costs were too high, and it has not been able to change direction and drive down costs quick enough due to its size.
Boeing will settle into a good position within the market place, but I think it has been a victim of its own earlier success.
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Actually... that sounds far too familiar... I have visited Colombia a fair amount, as I have family there... I normally fly London to Bogota with British Airways... never had one problem with immigration. The only time I have is once when I flew from London to Miami to transit to Bogota on American Airlines... Same questions, hassle etc. both going and return. All I can say is God help me next tiem I go... British Airways are suspending services directly on commercial grounds from Feburary I believe, and that means flying American on transit... Anyone know if Delta is a possibility?
But I can still rent a DVD... copy it on my home PC and return it... Maybe they should put GPS trackers in DVDs to make sure they go in players, and not PCs.
Which is better losing a $1,000,000 or losing a close friend or relative... People know guns can kill, but we do not feel attached as more often than not the people affected are non-relations. If one of these exectutives had to choose between a close relative being killed by someone abusing a gun, or losing some stocks because of someone abusing P2P software... What would they choose... Why do I get the feeling they would choose stocks?
Oh yeah... Sorry I stand corrected... He forgot to take into account the frequencies generated by people walking or something wasn't it? That's why it swayed...
They tried to extend the top in the 747-500 and -600 but no airline showed an interest so it was shelved.
The biggest problem America faced in the demise of Boeing Market leadership was inertia. Airbus tried to be cost effective from the start, it started in a business environment where aerospace could not charge what it wanted, but was being forced to cut prices by the airlines. Aircraft manufacturers are doing the same. Working for a supplier for both major players I see this with each month further cost reduction targets are put in place. Boeing was slow to react to this, having lots of money it could afford to place engineers to pontificate problems. Where-as Airbus in it's early days put lots of computing power into models, then had a few engineers analyse the output from the computer models. It's costs were lower, as the computers were a fixed cost, and not salaried like Engineers. I think Boeing was just caught on the hop and didn't see the speed at which Airbus was making progress within the market. The other thing to note was at the Farnborough Airshow last year, Airbus were boasting a near cross product cockpit compatibility, in terms of the layout, this reduced crew transfer costs when they need to switch crew between aircraft types. They were also boasting two (well three including the A380) fuselauge ring shapes, less costs on manufacture and tooling. Whereas Boeing have a different cockpit layout per aircraft (although I do believe the 757 and 767 are the same) and they have a different fuselauge layout per aircraft model; totalling at least 6. The fact is Boeings costs were too high, and it has not been able to change direction and drive down costs quick enough due to its size. Boeing will settle into a good position within the market place, but I think it has been a victim of its own earlier success.
The "No-Frills" sector would get 1000 easily... you only get a bench and a piece of rope to hold anyway.
er... the Engineer who designed it was English...
If it came bundled with an AOL subscription... then it would really be for idiots... 'AOL - So easy to use: No wonder the Internet is full of Morons!'
Thanks Fuzzums... insightful... Do not forget to leave about 50 years before your relatives are born...
Earth, that size... Think of the Air Miles to visit your relatives on the other side... Actually how long would that take to fly!