Flying Uncertainties

Flying- Small Moments of Uncertainty

I’m reasonably content to fly with Easyjet. On balance, one is given a friendly and efficient service on the plane. The EJ Airbuses land fairly gracefully – unlike the Ryanair Boeings, which, in my experience, thump down hard. Perhaps the notoriously disgruntled workforce are on a mission to wreck undercarriages (and now there are more sobering reasons to prefer Airbus to Boeing, for the time being).

Nerja: costa dystopia or hillwalking utopia?

I have never been on a flight to or from Malaga, Costa del Sol, which hasn’t been full or nearly so – and I travel mostly mid-week and avoid peak holiday periods. The departure gate waiting areas are interesting for the amateur sociologist.

Just after the Easter school holidays, the hobby was easy enough to indulge. At Gatwick there was a scattering of families with pre-school infants. Almost all the rest of the 180 or so passengers were what the Americans call “snowbirds” – the grey or white haired folk who migrate, either temporarily or permanently, from the frozen or wet northern parts to The Sun.