General strike to hit Spanish air traffic Thursday strike.skynetblogs.be Train, bus and air traffic will be severely limited in Spain on Thursday during a general strike called by unions to protest at high unemployment and changes to labour laws that will make it cheaper for companies to lay off employees. The unions, which represent one […]
This march I visited London and Brussels via Jet Airways Toronto-Brussels, then via Eurostar Brussels-London. Jet Airways had fantastic inflight entertainment for all ages and variety of movies/music/music videos/games/etc. The meals were very good in economy class, and the seats were very comfortable. In the end this 8 hour flight did not seem tiring at […]
Strike.skynetblogs.be Stansted baggage handlers threaten Easter holiday chaos Baggage handlers are threatening to disrupt thousands of family holidays by going out on strike over the Easter weekend after management announced changes to their shift patterns. The GMB union is balloting 150 members who are employed by Swissport as baggage handlers at Stansted Airport to see […]
My recent African safari was overall a wonderful action packed vacation. Africa is a special place and my dreams came true. The people were so generous and charming, so much so that the 5am wake-up calls and 5:30am drives did not even bother me in the slightest. I was able to stay in three camps […]
Challenging weekend for Air Canada after multiple pilots reportedly call in sick http://strike.skynetblogs.be/ Air Canada was dealing with “a number of operational challenges” Saturday, amid unconfirmed reports that many pilots had called in sick, citing stress and fatigue. CTV News reported early Saturday that about a dozen Air Canada pilots called in sick just as […]