Flybe considered filling airplane seats with actors
Airlines have gotten called out for flying with too few passengers, and now they're getting the same treatment for flying with too many. Sort of... Flybe, a budget airline, put out an ad looking for actors to be used as extras on flights from Norwich to Dublin, citing airport regulations as the reason. It seems that the airline was 172 passengers short on a requirement to fly at least 15,000 passengers a year between their starting point in England to their destination in Ireland. They were running a bit short, so they were looking to fill those seats with either actors or their own employees, who were reportedly on standy-by -- just in case.
Both Flybe and Norwich Airport are placing the blame on the other, with Flybe suggesting that it was cheaper to pay extras than it was to pay the airport's fines and the airport suggesting that Flybe's tactic was unnecessarily damaging to the environment. Flybe says that it never actually had to add any of these extras to their flights; still, no matter how you slice it, this is one odd story.
[Source: Marie Claire via Ecorazzi]
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stevefazek 9:38PM (3/31/2008)
while it doesn't sound environmental friendly a plane needs to be at its location. While they dont like Ghost flights if it must then they will
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Mike Z 9:47PM (3/31/2008)
I'm sorry but last I checked the title of this blog is 'AutoBlogGreen' Which I take to relate to automobiles and other forms of personal transport---how this story relates to that is beyond me.
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stevefazek 10:35PM (3/31/2008)
because its evolved into greentransportation
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Jason 1:41AM (4/01/2008)
So you mean that guy sneezing beside me and the kid kicking my seat are really paid actors? hahahah
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Scatter 4:54AM (4/01/2008)
Why does this blog only have to deal with cars? Lighten up!
This is an insane story and I had to check the date to make sure it wasn't an April fool. The airline industry is becoming more and more farcical by the day!
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Tormod Henne 7:42AM (4/01/2008)
Speaking of April fools, here in Norway the Th!nk BEV (a pecial edition) was presented as the new super-police car, claimed to be capable of 0-60 mph in 3.9 secs and a top speed of 220 km/h.
http://www.adressa.no/nyheter/trondheim/article1056978.ece
Wish it was true :-)))
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Kevin Nugent 7:06PM (4/01/2008)
Are people just not realizing this??? It has been evident through out aviation history that sometimes a EMPTY plane has to fly hundreds of miles to a certain destination to pick up its profit. I though alot of people knew this??? Hey you learn something new everyday .
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