Empty flights create more news

BMed Business Proposal: There has been a late uprising in Tashkent protesting the food poisoning of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Hence, its not safe to fly to Tashkent any more and we need to play a game called "Blocking the gate" at Heathrow. We will lose millions of £s but it will be balanced out against the millions of £s that our competition will not earn. The plan is called Plan-C. We re-call the pilot who was suspended for excess alcohol in his blood stream, give him an empty flight and we fly to Cardiff instead of Tashkent. Technically, its an international flight! In summary,
Cost of A320: £20 million
Cost of Plan-C: £2 million
Blocking the gate: Priceless

I have exaggerated, ofcourse. For the real details, click here.

Spaced Out

I have had atleast 2 protests for the lack of activity on this blog. I am very touched! No, I was not eaten by anybody on the Tube. I am just a spaced out blogger for the past 2 weeks!
Talking of space, P wanted to go the Science Museum last weekend and during the usual "Bye. Have a good weekend" talk with her colleague, she mentioned that and said "They have a simulation of Virgin Galactic there. Virgin Galactic will make space travel a reality. Initially, it will be just for the wealthy as each flight will cost in excess of £200k (or $200k)" to which her colleague instantly quipped "Oh well! I will just wait for easyJet to launch their service"!! Instant and witty!
Good luck to all those people who are waiting for Air Deccan to launch such a service! If you just take into the account the typical delay between Chennai and Bangalore, and extrapolate that for space travel based on distance, you might as well buy the ticket and write it in your will to be passed on to your grand kids

Cannibal Lecture

The latest ad from Transport for London reads in big font PLEASE CONSIDER OTHERS WHEN EATING. At first glance, this seems to me like an encouragement for Cannibalism. The last thing I want is some stranger in the tube contemplating between his burger and me. Somebody's skeletons in the closet seems to me will be somebody else's skeleton in the tube. At second glance, it seems like a subtle ad for Hannibal Rising or a clever ploy for population control. Beware of the London Tube - its a man-eat-man world out here! You may never have time for a third glance.