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As was Man Utd during the same period Evil referrred to. It's only about 25 years since Cap'n Bob, the bouncing Czech, was offering a round 10m quid for the club. I'm sure you could make the Yankees, or Pattaya United for that matter, the most "profitable" simply by determining your own definition of profitable to fit. To show Manu in a good light, folk normally quote it's EBIT figures.

What's different from Man Utd's broadcast rights compared to the Yankees that diminishes them over the long term? They certainly have a much larger potential worldwide audience and like the Yankees they have their own TV channel, own their stadium, merchandise stores etc. After all, I'm not sure that a Yankees bar or shop would be a big draw in either Bangkok or Jakarta, nor could I see the locals queuing up to buy tickets to watch a Yankees game live. Obviously China is a huge potential market but potential and actual are two different things.

I posted this in another thread but thought I'd highlight it in its own thread. Folk should be aware that the 380 on the DXB-BKK-DXB route changes to EK384/5 on 1 Oct (the flight that continues to HKG). The schedule is all over the place during OCT due to the time change in UK at the end of the month but then settles down. The good news for MAN guys is that the entire trip BKK-DXB-MAN-DXB-BKK will be able to be completed on A380s with minimal connection times in DXB.

I agree. Those Italian wankers. It must be something in their genes.

Folk should be aware that the 380 on the BKK route changes to EK384/5 on 1 Oct (the flight that continues to HKG). The schedule is all over the place during OCT due to the time change in UK at the end of the month but then settles down. The good news for MAN guys is that the entire trip BKK-DXB-MAN-DXB-BKK will be able to be completed on A380s with minimal connection times in DXB.

As Custer would have said, "Blame it on the injuns" .... Rolls-Royce Says 787 Engine Failed During Testing By Howard Mustoe - Aug 18, 2010 Rolls-Royce Group Plc said a Trent 1000 engine built for Boeing Co.’s 787 Dreamliner failed during testing and that a probe into the incident has begun. Rolls doesn’t anticipate that the failure on a test bed at its main manufacturing site in Derby, England, will have any impact on the development of the engine or the 787’s entry into service, company spokesman Craig Taylor said in an e-mail. “We are now investigating in detail and have made good progress in understanding the issue,” Taylor said. He declined to comment on the nature of the incident. The engine failure hasn’t affected the Dreamliner flight- test program “to date,” Lori Gunter, a spokeswoman for Chicago-based Boeing, said today in an e-mail. The company is “actively participating” in the investigation, she said.

If you say so.

LOL. I wouldn't put it quite as strong as that. I bet Lance Armstrong is having nightmares these days though.

I'm confused here. I thought Boeing had sorted the problem out more than two years ago. The Curse of Denny Strikes Again.

They're Spanish.

From Leeham News ... More 787 problems; 2Q delivery delay coming? August 13, 2010 The news that Boeing has yet more industrial partner problems with the 787 doesn’t come as a surprise. Pre-Farnborough Air Show, the company revealed that there were shim issues from its Italian partner, Alenia. Two weeks ago we learned that there were additional issues with the Alenia-produced horizontal stabilizers, where additional gaps were discovered and the need for more shims to be manufactured to fill additional gaps. While we were trying to confirm this with Boeing, Boeing Commercial CEO Jim Albaugh generally revealed the issue at an investors’ conference, noting that additional inspections were necessary. Albaugh didn’t go into detail. Guy Norris of Aviation Week has a more thorough description in this report, but Boeing didn’t provide details to him, either. A Boeing corporate communications official could not verify that our information that some 50 shims per ship set were involved to fix the issue. We’ve been told that all airplanes produced to date are affected; Boeing told us only one, airplane 22, was affected and a fix was done overnight. Boeing added that spot checks would be done on other airplanes; Albaugh’s statement to the investor’s conference and Norris’ report the inspections indeed appear to involve all airplanes, and our original source sticks to the assertion that all airplanes are involved. The source anticipates that an additional delay beyond January 2011 for first delivery is likely. Our source tells us that gaps were discovered between the stabilizers and the adjoining structure and that shims must be added to fix it. This is different than the June discovery that shims were installed incorrectly by Alenia. “When we inspect one problem, we find another. We when inspect another problem, we find another,” this source says. “None of these are show-stoppers by themselves, but the cumulative effect” is almost certain to further delay deliveries, this source believes. “It is unknown to what extent the latest inspections are affecting flight tests of the first five flyable 787s, two of which are currently down for maintenance,” Boeing said in a communication to employees.

Holy, Jesus! You're another one who sends PMs asking for a whole host of advice and information and then tries to stick the knife in on the open board. Did you pick up that particular skill during your bible-bashing sessions, or what? You can mutter all the Hail Mary's you want but you'll end up stoking the fires at this rate! If you get there before me, be sure to keep my seat warm though. Anyway, I thought you were fucking off to another board, or something

Finally, someone's worked out the attraction ....

Is that meant to be a SEVERE dig?

One of my favourite TV programmes. Best of luck. Nice to see that someone has spotted a gap in the market. Are you connected to "The Office" in Suk 33 in BKK?

Unless Judy trashes their aircraft. Again. Anyway, if you DO get it from me, rest assured it's on good authority.

But then you realised that you needed someone to help you.

Glyn, If you're in Bangkok, the Calypso at the Asia Hotel is a better option IMHO. Rather than a typical large theatre layout, it is in a cabaret club type setting. Good value and a piece of piss to get there on the skytrain and a couple of the "girls" are disturbingly good looking. The other alternative is just to catch the Ladyboys of Bangkok during their annual UK tour - they're at the Edinburgh Festival for the next month or so but I think tickets are pretty scarce for that particular venue. http://www.ladyboysofbangkok.co.uk/default.asp

It provides relief from flatulance. A dollop up each nostril to those around you will do the trick.

You mean there is no rice cooker.

I think the same Dubai-based mob cancelled a load of Airbus aircraft as well. However, on a brighter note ...

Perhaps, but there's only one of us who's having to threaten to burn down a travel agent's office and continually getting pulled up by hotel staff for joiner fees.

Gabor, Your understanding of hotel contracts is, at best, naive. There are two things to consider. Firstly, if you make your booking through an agent then your contract is with the agent, not the hotel - the agent then has a contract with the hotel and is limited to the people named on the agent's booking. No different from booking a flight ticket. Try turning up for a flight with someone who is not named on the booking and see how far you get. If you then have contractual issues, they should be directed to the agent, not the hotel. Secondly, if you make a booking direct with the hotel it is limited to the number of registered (named) guests that you agree at the time of booking. Should you then have additional guests in addition to the one registered (assuming you've made a booking for two persons), the hotel is entirely within its rights to charge you for those additional guests. If you wish to change your guest on a daily basis then it is entirely at the discretion of the hotel. The "no-joiner fee" is a bonus for the punter, not a right. The so-called "scheming hotels" were doing business in Pattaya long before the PISSERS arrived on the scene and they'll no doubt be doing business long after they've gone. As it is, they've not felt the need to be damn glad and waive their charges for the last thirty years so I don't think they'll be doing so any time soon. As it is, there are plenty of hotels in Pattaya catering specifically for PISSERS in Pattaya so I can't understand why anyone would be worried about what goes on in hotels that they wouldn't stay in anyway. You can be sure that the folk staying in those hotels aren't in the least bit worried what goes on in other hotels.

There is also the small problem that they seem unable to find anyone with a decent command of English to look after their marketing. Thai Air Asia does appear to operate under some sort of restrictions e.g. they don't have flights to Vientiane, Siem Reap or Clark (amongst others), yet all those destinations are well served from KL. Not a big deal for me as previously I could fly Alor Star to KL and will be able to fly direct from Had Yai from the end of this month. I'm not a big fan of LCC subsidiaries of major airlines - the majority seem to make a proper hash of things.

Agreed. There seems to be a huge amount of wasted space which makes the place inviable as a 2-bedroom booking and a bit expensive for a 1-bedroom booking. A bit of a shame as everything else about the place appears to be good.