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M4matthew

M4matthew

Member Since 20 Feb 2012
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In Topic: Summer Olympics 2020!!!!!!!!

07 September 2013 - 07:44 PM

Plus Tokyo's only 149 miles from Fukushima.
Nothing to worry about with that....

 

Erm you do know that Tokyo has recorded levels of Radiation lower than that of New York, Paris, Berlin, London, Singapore, Beijing and Seoul to name a few?....

 

That said, I'd watch where your food and water are coming from - although if you're only in Tokyo for 2 weeks I find it highly unlikely you'd take in enough radiation through low level radioactive food to cause any serious long term impacts.


In Topic: Summer Olympics 2020!!!!!!!!

07 September 2013 - 07:21 PM

Tokyo have this one in the bag;

After the problems that have plagued the Rio and Sochi games, the Olympic Committee is wanting a safe and reliable city to host the games.

 

Turkey have dashed any hopes after the recent treatment of protesters, also Turkey has political issues with some of its neighbors and there just happens to be the oh so small conflict in Syria which no one really knows how it will pan out.

 

Madrid is going for the cheap and cheerful approach to Olympic hosting, sounds great at first until you realise Olympic budgets nearly always balloon from the projections... Does Spain have the financial will to continue investing huge amounts in infrastructure and construction even after the budget is exceeded or will they end up doing a half-assed job?

 

I'd be wrong to say Japan didn't have political issues and problems of its own, radioactive water leaks being one of them, but it is the safest Olympic choice.


In Topic: First non-white/grey engined 787

26 April 2013 - 03:43 PM

I know to beggin with some of you were saying it was photoshopped as a joke. But just to avoid any confusion arising from Ross's 2 week old web link. Here's a more recent article from the same source.
http://www.flightglo...acelles-385222/

In Topic: 747 Being Phased out?

24 April 2013 - 05:00 PM

increasing capacity although reducing frequency

 

Since when has frequency been important on any ultra long-haul route? Frequency is only important to business and connecting passengers, but the first thing you do when you get off the plane after an 11 hour flight is go straight to your hotel to let your body clock recover. If you have a meeting in LA, you'll probably arrive 1-2 days in advance just so you're well rested; by which time whether you arrived in the afternoon or evening is irrelevant. And with regard to connecting passengers, I doubt LAX is a hub for connections from Europe - they all transit on the East Coast. For instance my mum's been to America twice this year, once to Las Vegas (via Charlotte) and once to San Diego (via Newark).

 

So, bearing that in mind. It makes sense to replace 3 747s with 2 A380s. You keep the same number of seats, the passengers don't mind the loss in frequency but you save a hell of a lot of fuel. And as a cheeky bonus you've also freed up a slot at LHR to be used for another route  :D


In Topic: American Airlines New Look

22 April 2013 - 05:23 PM

as US Airways is buying American

 

As I said previously, US Airways are not buying out American. The two companies are simply merging, with 72% of the new company's shares going to AA creditors (in other words, AA is worth 72% of the combined airline). There is no way US Air could afford to buy AA outright.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk...siness-21454925