Summer chaos at UK airports

[turkeyfoot]

Hi

It is reported that at a recent meeting in Birminham ,  Just Stop Oil co-founder Indigo Rumbelow was greeted by cheers as she told the audience: 'We are going to continue to resist. We're going to ratchet it up.

Outlining a blueprint for causing travel chaos, she advocated:

● Cutting through fences and gluing themselves to runway tarmac;

● Cycling in circles on runways;

● Climbing on to planes to prevent them from taking off;

● Staging sit-ins at terminals 'day after day' to stop passengers getting inside airports.

Miss Rumbelow told the crowd: 'We're going to be saying to the Government: 'If you're not going to stop the oil, we're going to be doing it for you.''

She cited similar protests to use as inspiration for their action, including Hong Kong students 'gathering in sit-ins in the entrances to airports, closing and disrupting them, day after day' during their protests against Chinese rule in 2019.

The article was discussed in my local, over a pint or two, whilst putting the world to right issues were  deliberated in general. Somebody mentioned all they had to do was to purchase some cheap one way tickets to get past security and get close to the runway and planes etc

Geoff

[Truth]

On the bright side Geoff , if they stop me flying it will stop us falling from the sky in my Ryanair  Boeing 737 🤣

[Erja]

Many arrests on the horizon! Good luck with trying to breach airport airside security and if they are getting all that is coming to them 😂😂😂

[Eggy]

Hi

It is reported that at a recent meeting in Birminham ,  Just Stop Oil co-founder Indigo Rumbelow was greeted by cheers as she told the audience: 'We are going to continue to resist. We're going to ratchet it up.

Outlining a blueprint for causing travel chaos, she advocated:

● Cycling in circles on runways;

Geoff

I like the above!! - I can imagine the pilot saying to all his passengers......
....." Sorry about the turbulence and bumpy take off, but there was a cylist on the runway"
"He cut across the field but we got him in the end !!!

Cheers
Negg

[angiem]

Talking about airport security reminded me of my first ever visit to Corfu (1972?).
Back then, as you can imagine, it was a fraction of the size it is now.
We were sat on a wall outside, waiting in 'departure' and watching the plane's, when suddenly a chap came running past us, carrying a holdall, onto the tarmac , waving his arms, and ran towards a plane that was heading for the runway.
The plane stopped.
Some lads went running after him - with steps.
The plane door opened, and he got on.

Can't see that happening today somehow lol. 

[Truth]

Brilliant !  Those were the days !