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Tetchytyke's latest activity
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Severe Alert from the UK Government.Why? Recent events show that people aren’t paying attention to more gentle reminders not to be absolute morons. Given the destruction... -
Tetchytyke replied to the thread Reform UK discussion.And that's the fundamental issue with our electoral system. My opinion is that you simply cannot have a stable government where the...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Reform UK discussion.We already have it in certain circumstances, though, including where an MP is convicted of an offence and is sentenced to 12 months or...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Does Northern Use Dynamic Pricing for Advances?.It's not dynamic pricing as such, but I would expect availability to reflect anticipated demand. Commuter demand is noticeably weaker...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Things which cause bus boarding/alighting to be slower now than 40 years ago..I wouldn't say it was happy but that's subjective. Perhaps it was prepared to tolerate it but then the financial (and also the...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Disparity in Oyster vs Contactless inspections.Yes. It is also meant to be value-loaded to represent the reality of the majority of people who still use Oyster. That doesn't mean...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Things which cause bus boarding/alighting to be slower now than 40 years ago..The conductors guarding the open rear platform didn't technically have revenue duties and they went long before Covid anyway. Even...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Disparity in Oyster vs Contactless inspections.I completely agree. Metrolink's policy makes me reluctant to use Contactless- and where I do, I use a credit card and not a debit...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Things which cause bus boarding/alighting to be slower now than 40 years ago..London had multi-door boarding on the New Routemaster and on the Red Arrows routes, even on the rigid Citaro. TfL abolished it and the...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Things which cause bus boarding/alighting to be slower now than 40 years ago..It goes without saying that a bus is not a tram and a tram is not a bus. Trams are very different vehicles which behave in very...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Disparity in Oyster vs Contactless inspections.Or- and I suspect this is what will happen- make the failed revenue charge significantly higher than it currently is. They're already...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread “Buy before you board” - policy where ticket buying facilities are a long way away from the train.It isn't. And, even where online purchase is available, it doesn't always mean that online fulfilment of the order is available. Any...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Easyjet news.Avios only cover the fare element: they don’t cover the airport fees, APD, fuel surcharges or the GreenSkies surcharge. You can get...
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Ryanair passenger 'sucked out of smashed cabin window up to his shoulders’.Several oxygen masks “detached.” Is that normal? Sounds bad.
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Tetchytyke replied to the thread Loganair.They’re shutting the base at Southampton, even though they only opened it a year ago. Not sure what routes will still serve Southampton...