All Aboard Air Fisk
Thankfully, the star columnist of The Independent speaks out at last:
…Poor British Airways. They can’t even ship off a crying man to Nigeria with the boys in blue to keep him quiet without passengers objecting and disrupting and disturbing their lovely aeroplanes. No wonder all the economy-class passengers were chucked off flight BA075 to Lagos on 27 March rather than have them object to the deportation of a crying man…
…Of course, it’s easy to be snotty with an airline that can be so haughty that it regards its own customers as an inconvenience. I won’t recount the episode some years ago when I was asked at Heathrow if I had any sharp implements in my hand baggage. I do not have any sharp implements in my hand baggage, I replied. That was not good enough. “Answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’, Sir,” I was admonished…
…I don’t mean to be rude, but – after the catastrophe of Terminal Five – don’t you realise that the most disruptive institution at Heathrow is called British Airways?…
Ah, but there is an escape, we are told:
…I fly Air France – everywhere – and say this in all innocence. Other than a frequent-flyer card I have no financial interest in this excellent airline, and I urge British Airways passengers to transfer their affections to Air France next time they have to travel long distance…
It is saddening to discover that all of us regular BA customers will not as a result ever enjoy his scintillating on board conversation. Yet we do understand why. We had simply had had no idea how, in contrast to the appalling BA . . .
“Thousands stranded on day five of Air France strike“
. . . traveling on Air France is toujours le bliss.
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UPDATE: Then again, perhaps Mr Fisk is just a bit put out . . .
“I feel very proud to be part of something so professional and good-looking.”
John Simpson, columnist and BBC world affairs editor
. . . over not being a headlining, regular contributor to BA’s “High Life” magazine, when a certain someone else is?
