Comments on: Man Machine Failures Plague Heathrow Terminal Opening http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/ Jeff Nolan's take on investment, innovation, entrepreneurship and the technology industry Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-246512 Jeff Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:30:52 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/#comment-246512 Jackie, Can you imagine what Heathrow would be like with yet anther terminal and, if Willie gets his way, more runways? The perpetual chaos could well be severe enough to warrant inventing a new word to describe it. Jackie,
Can you imagine what Heathrow would be like with yet anther terminal and, if Willie gets his way, more runways? The perpetual chaos could well be severe enough to warrant inventing a new word to describe it.

]]> By: Jackie Danicki http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-246429 Jackie Danicki Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:01:14 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/#comment-246429 BAA is a Spanish-owned company with a monopoly it should never have been allowed to have. Total bollocks. My London base is a 20 minute drive from Heathrow. Often, I'll just fly into Gatwick, get the Gatwick Express to Victoria, and cab it from there. It's saying something that I'd rather lug my bags and have all that hassle than get picked up at Heathrow. The passport control lines are insane at both airports, sadly, even for people like me with permanent residents' visas. BAA is a Spanish-owned company with a monopoly it should never have been allowed to have. Total bollocks.

My London base is a 20 minute drive from Heathrow. Often, I’ll just fly into Gatwick, get the Gatwick Express to Victoria, and cab it from there. It’s saying something that I’d rather lug my bags and have all that hassle than get picked up at Heathrow. The passport control lines are insane at both airports, sadly, even for people like me with permanent residents’ visas.

]]> By: kathleen mazzocco http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/comment-page-1/#comment-246379 kathleen mazzocco Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:26:31 +0000 http://jeffnolan.com/wp/2008/03/28/man-machine-failures-plague-heathrow-terminal-opening/#comment-246379 The last time we flew through Heathrow, July 2007, was the last straw. There was nothing new in the experience as it was the same old state of near total breakdown, presenting the last kind of challenge I want while traveling, namely of wading through the glitches and make your plane. (On a 2002 flight the check-in counter didn't open until a half hour before departure time. How's that for anxiety?) I'd rather fly into Ireland and ferry over. The last time we flew through Heathrow, July 2007, was the last straw. There was nothing new in the experience as it was the same old state of near total breakdown, presenting the last kind of challenge I want while traveling, namely of wading through the glitches and make your plane. (On a 2002 flight the check-in counter didn’t open until a half hour before departure time. How’s that for anxiety?) I’d rather fly into Ireland and ferry over.

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