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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3521 Post by om15 » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:54 am

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3522 Post by FD2 » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:00 pm

Oh! FFS!!


British Airways to drop 'ladies and gentlemen' announcements in drive to promote 'diversity'
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/20 ... ouncement/

Carrier to move to neutral greetings 'to ensure that all our customers feel welcome when travelling with us'
By Oliver Gill, Chief Business Correspondent 9 October 2021 • 2:04pm


British Airways has advised pilots and cabin crew not to refer to passengers as “ladies and gentlemen” in onboard announcements as the carrier celebrates the “diversity and inclusion” of its customers.

The Telegraph has learned that the UK flag carrier has told staff to modify their language in recent weeks, bringing announcements in line with those now made in airports.

BA is not the first airline to enforce such changes. German rival Lufthansa moved to a gender-neutral salutation earlier this year. EasyJet and Air Canada made a similar change in 2019.

The decision is believed to have been partly driven by a change in BA customers. A greater proportion of families are travelling since Covid restrictions have been eased, with business travel slower to recover. The airline is understood to have been keen to make children feel included in announcements as well as respect new social norms.

BA has traditionally encouraged its pilots to bring their own personalities into onboard announcements - though they must reference a number of safety points.

The airline has not always managed to reflect the diversity of its customer base, however. Last November it was forced to apologise after backing England’s rugby union team on social media ahead of a crunch match against Wales.


I wholeheartedly agree about the apology to the Welsh - it's not bloody English Airways! X(

'Ladies and Gentlemen' - how dare they? Are they living in the Stone Age?

Talking of diversity how will they tackle the issue of personal pronouns? Mine at present happens to be 'pish' at present and I'd need to scurry away to a safe space if someone called me 'sir'. I trust they have safe spaces in their aircraft? Is there a form I can fill in when I board to let them know? [-X

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3523 Post by FD2 » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:23 pm

Zut alors! The Froggies fire a few rubber bullets in a pretend attempt at policing a short stretch of coastline then 'honneur' satisfied they want their 50 million. =))

France accuses Britain of failing to pay £50m promised for border control efforts


Tensions over the situation in the English Channel are rising over both migrant crossings and fishing rights


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... fishermen/

But then business resumes as usual:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... surge.html

French police make a mockery of £54m patrol deal as they stand and watch as migrants leave Calais for Britain unchallenged - before more than 40 including a 16-day-old baby girl from Iraq are helped ashore by RNLI lifeboat in Kent

I wish there was a two fingered smilie for the traditional response to the Frogs. :ymdevil:

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3524 Post by PHXPhlyer » Sat Oct 09, 2021 7:55 pm

How does BA propose to open the announcement? :-?
Hey, the Lot of you Listen up!
Wait. They can't say you. :-o [-X

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3525 Post by Undried Plum » Sat Oct 09, 2021 8:00 pm

The ffrogs' claim that they were outnumbered is as deeply absurd as any claim that the Ggggermans were outnumbered on any day that we outnumbered them on any similar crossing.


Now, we are the losers. By any definition.

£50M? ****. You win.

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#3526 Post by prospector » Sun Oct 10, 2021 12:14 am

At least the U.K. has it's CO2 emissions under control, by using high tech science, or perhaps by not using any science.

https://www.rt.com/uk/537069-carbon-neu ... aign=Email

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mong Europe’s dirtiest: ‘Green’ biomass power plant in Yorkshire burning ‘renewable’ wood emits MORE CO2 than UK’s coal – report

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3527 Post by Ibbie » Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:28 am

How does BA propose to open the announcement? :-?
Hey, the Lot of you Listen up!
Wait. They can't say you. :-o [-X

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Nah!......the now over and misused "So"...will be used.

As for the La Manche dispute on looking out for rubber boat smugglers, it is noticable that neither Le rost beufs or el frogs have had their spotting drones up over The Channel for almost a week, according to FR24.

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3528 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Oct 10, 2021 7:35 am

No,

Ay up you guys listen in

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3529 Post by 1DC » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:03 am

The Humberside airsea rescue helicopter went all the way down to the channel to do searches off Dover and Deal yesterday.

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3530 Post by AtomKraft » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:41 am

I'm glad that I no longer have to follow the instructions of BA.
But, were I still piloting for them, I'd address the passengers exactly as I pleased.
I'm sure many will ignore this stupid diktat.

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3531 Post by G-CPTN » Sun Oct 10, 2021 11:32 pm

Has BA announced what form their greeting to passengers will take?

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3532 Post by Rossian » Mon Oct 11, 2021 1:16 pm

The Yorkshire Airlines video raises a smile.

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3533 Post by Undried Plum » Mon Oct 11, 2021 3:25 pm

Forty small boats with 1,115 migrants on board have crossed the Channel in two days, the Home Office has said.

On Saturday, Border Force picked up 491 migrants on 17 boats, while the French authorities prevented 114 people from making the crossing.

On Friday 624 people crossed on 23 boats, with 300 more being stopped by the French authorities.

In September, more migrants crossed than in any other previous month since the crisis began.

Some 3,879 migrants made the crossing in September.

More than 18,000 people have made the crossing from France to England in small boats so far this year, compared to just over 8,460 in 2020, according to Home Office figures.


Where's the bloody navy? China?

What of the "coast guard"?

What does the slogan "Border Force" actually mean? Is it anything other than an aquatic Uber?

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3534 Post by G-CPTN » Mon Oct 11, 2021 4:01 pm

Is it not 'Border Farce'?

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3535 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:21 pm

It is neither Border Force or Border Farce. Please do try and keep up.

As for the Coast Guard, they too are now an Agency. Their role is to save lives not to control our borders.

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3536 Post by Woody » Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:07 pm

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3537 Post by TheGreenGoblin » Tue Oct 12, 2021 12:22 pm

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3538 Post by om15 » Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:08 pm

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I bet that he sometimes wishes he had joined in on an Indian vasectomy fest, it might have saved him some problems.

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3539 Post by Boac » Tue Oct 12, 2021 2:10 pm

...or an Indian funeral pyre, likewise - saving US some problems?

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Re: WTF is happening in the UK?

#3540 Post by Boac » Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:53 pm

It appears that Tony Hancock has a new job.

"Matt Hancock appointed UN special envoy to help Covid recovery in Africa"

Poor Africa.

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