27 Mar 2012 11:17 PM:

Sorry that I earlier took the posts off thread topic- just felt a bit miffed. Though I do understand when you loose money due to someone elses action its very difficult.

Regards the general strike- we were considering a brief  visit to Spain next Monday, planned a very late booking for flights. As this is a frivilous mini break visit I can be disappointed but it wont affect my income if Thursdays strikes have knock on repercussions all weekend.

I expect people feel they just have to do something to make their feelings heard.

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26 Mar 2012 11:35 PM:

Westport- whilst I mainly agree with your sentiments, especially as you loose pay when someone else strikes- it is their right and they have paid into something expecting a certain pension. Can I just add that whilst it appears to us normal mortals that teachers only work 189 odd days a year most work numerous evenings - on  parents evening, open evenings and just showing new people about their schools evenings, Summer and Christmas fayres and plays, plus residential trips. They also work endlessly on marking and planning and I know no-one ever wants to hear this but in general they work hard in much of their own time. Many are on annual contracts at the whim of Local Authority funding.

Many Colleges observe the same annual leave restriction as other organisations and so staff are in throughout all the holidays unless they use their annual leave quota. They also have to deal with the youth of the nation- I rest my case!.

My ex partner taught A Levels part time at a College and then moved to a comprehensive's 6th form and I genuinely thought 'I don't want that job'. Planning , marking, dealing with the confrontational and difficult youth of today and being required for evening after evening and loosing weekends to marking work (all of which is standardised so they can't fluke it).

In the School the holidays at least made up for having to do evenings, fete's, residentials and all the lost weekends and all for an annual contract. Some are on termly contracts. Then there's Ofsted.

It's only those who have worked full time under these restriction for many many years that are due these 'big' pensions and thats not everyone by any means..

(Can I add that Colleges seem to expect even more 'unpaid' hours- there's no flexi time for evenings and covering for absent staff can't go on your teaching quota until the they are absent for at least 3 days)

So sorry if I sound sympathetic but I saw it all first hand.

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16 Apr 2011 9:38 AM:

I use Ryanair a lot because they are generally cheaper than any other company. I find only the sense of potential problems in the queue an issue. I always think  it could all go wrong and have seen some unseemly scrambles to board the plane. There's a general sense of anxiety amongst the queue that seems to filter into the calmest of people. What difference would it make to be able to book seat numbers instead of priority boarding tickets I cannot fathom? Naturally people who travel together want to sit together- especially, though not exclusively,  families with young children. I suppose they reckon people finding seats will slow down the process but I would argue that most people do not just 'take up the next available seat' anyway.

On the plane I find little to complain about. Usually a few hours in a slightly cramped space- not much different than travelling by train.

On the occasion in question it seems Ryanair will appeal as they believe the problem exisited with the airport and not with them. Why they then offered to settle out of court I do not know. To keep bad publicity out of the new's? But, if they are correct that it was an issue with the airport then why the concern? I know few details but is it that they did not attempt to get the problem solved by chasing up the boarding equipment that appears to put them into the frame for 'discrimination'

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06 Apr 2011 9:58 PM:

Corvera is opening in 2012- low cost airlines will be offered attractive terms it's debatable if they'll need San Javier (Murcia) and if they'll need to have so many routes to Alicante. If Paramount actually happens and everything (at the moment) points to it becoming a reality Corvera will be an airport of choice for airlines at that side of the country. I'm not suggesting they wont use Alicante but I predict a shift.

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27 Mar 2011 1:18 PM:

Hi dartboy and mike, I also think they will have 'done the math' for this project. Its too important to let the chance slip away even though some parties think its all to do with elections etc. Its bound to reflect that, but they have gone to a lot of trouble and cost if its all lights and mirrors just for votes.

I wasn't keen initially as the rumour was that it would actually be on Condado de Alhama land immediately next to the present resort- in fact many people thought the access would be through our main outer link road. Have to confess I didnt really want it there despite the benefits it will bring, a bit 'nimby' of me I know. But it has already seen a growth in sales on that resort and on others in the locality and thats got to be good.

But the actual location is still majorily beneficial to Condado de Alhama and also to the surrounding area. Condado owners are seriously hoping Polaris World will now buy back land or another company will buy into Condado and develop the resort in ways similar to the original 15,000 properties, 3 golf course and shopping mall expectation 

They seem to have come up with a new concept and I like the sound of the open air concert area too- that must be were the Nashville connection rumour developed from a few weeks back. But what an extra bonus for pulling in the punters by getting big bands, opera stars and solo artists

Bring it on, say I.

 

This message was last edited by TheQuietMan on 27/03/2011.
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