Birmingham Airport - General Thread

[Ash]

Sad state of affairs passing through the terminal this morning. Only a hand-full of people and many concessions closed down. Virtually no movement on the apron, on the plus side the fastest I've ever been through security...View attachment 16309

 

[Brum X]

And what's even worse even if Covid-19 hadn't happened and all those flights were operating the flight boards were already looking sad with all those Flybe flights missing.

From 6am until nearly 5.30pm, all we need are 2 boards.

 

[Seasider]

The flights will come back. May take a while to get to "pre-coronavirus days" but they will do. People have got a taste for flying (travelling) and they will want to continue when society is a little more settled.

 

[Ianbutty]

Iceland and volcanic ash, what happened? We recovered and moved on. I believe in the resilience of the British and likeminded countries , difficulties mean new challenges and new thinking. Let us please be positive, enjoy the downtime and be ready to recover to be stronger and better as a nation, but do stay safe and well.

The good carriers stay with us, the rest fall away. Time to enjoy the good scotch me thinks!

Glad to have you back Jenny. I hope you are keeping well.

I also hope that everything will bounce back as quick as it did after the Big E went bang.

Keep smiling

 

[JENNYJET]

Back for now but medical issues beyond my control dictates life for me now. Best of etc. to everyone in the forums.

 

[BHXsupporter]

Take care Jenny.

 

[ROC10]

Mortuary being built at BHX

Coronavirus: Temporary mortuary for up to 12,000 bodies being built at Birmingham Airport

The site will initially be able to accommodate 1,500 deaths before expanding to hold up to 12,000 bodies in a worst-case scenario.

news.sky.com

 

[Creguk]

Who would have thought this a month ago. Just shocking.

 

[Brum X]

Who would have thought this a month ago. Just shocking.

Truly shocking, really sad

 

[Creguk]

I feel like I'm waiting to get it. That's the mad thing for me, that everyone will be infected at some point soon.

 

[hay677]

I feel like I'm waiting to get it. That's the mad thing for me, that everyone will be infected at some point soon.

I think we all feel that way. Just remember for the vast majority it's like waiting to get a cold.

 

[Ianbutty]

I think we all feel that way. Just remember for the vast majority it's like waiting to get a cold.

Coronavirus is a similar virus as a cold (rhinovirus) hence the fear that so many will get it. If we are all sensible and use common sense we should be okay. No one wants even a common cold and it is amazing that we are so careless to let them spread.

Much much good will come from this: health, society, less greed (for most of us), environmentally....is it just me or does the air smell and taste clean? Bob Ross has become more popular than ever on You Tube. The public sector will be properly funded again. BTS world tour cancelled...and much more.

In the meantime stop the spread and help where you can.

 

[JENNYJET]

Speaking personally and not generally, I already am aware of my demise and am simply awaiting the day, so if Covid19 has my name, so be it.

I have been confined for well over a year for reasons very few trusted people know about so I am not particularly bothered, I have little to lose except a bit of weight, and thanks to the panic buyers, this too shall become easy.

Others manage their affairs according to circumstances and I wish them well.

The empty skies bother me because it is my interest in life to observe aircraft, and that is now denied me though young Greta should be happy! Even my Netflix is disrupted due to demand on Broadband so I fall back on my dense law books or sleep in daylight hours.

Keep well and if possible, keep smiling.

 

[Scottie Dog]

Thank you JJ for sharing your very honest thoughts. All that I can say is that you appear to have come to terms with whatever illness you have and I can only wish you peace and hopefully the chance to see a few more aircraft during your lifetime.

I am just re-reading the James Clavell novel "Shogun" and there is so much mention of Karma meaning "what is to be is to be." We can not change what is ordained for us.

God Bless

 

[JENNYJET]

"Such is life" is my go to response to most people, even my doctors much to their annoyance and my pleasure!

 

[hay677]

Speaking personally and not generally, I already am aware of my demise and am simply awaiting the day, so if Covid19 has my name, so be it.

I have been confined for well over a year for reasons very few trusted people know about so I am not particularly bothered, I have little to lose except a bit of weight, and thanks to the panic buyers, this too shall become easy.

Others manage their affairs according to circumstances and I wish them well.

The empty skies bother me because it is my interest in life to observe aircraft, and that is now denied me though young Greta should be happy! Even my Netflix is disrupted due to demand on Broadband so I fall back on my dense law books or sleep in daylight hours.

Keep well and if possible, keep smiling.

A splendid attitude. Bear in mind that even for the elderly or unwell amongst us there's a MUCH greater likelihood of surviving COVID than not.

They tend to display the number of confirmed cases and number of deaths together, giving a far more frightening picture than reality. The experts consider each death corresponds to around 1000 infected individuals, whether showing symptoms or not. So the current 1000 deaths in the UK is from roughly 1000000 infections, not just the quoted 17000 confirmed cases. Much less dramatic death rate (though there is a delay in reporting a death).

May you still be entertaining us with your knowledge and wit next March.

If you get bored counting sheep to nod off, try counting Sunwing 737s - the (I think) 5th is on its way from Canada to BHX!

 

[JENNYJET]

More Sunwing's? Oh goody, something for the skeleton staff to do! As for the virus, heck there are greater risks of mortality than a variant of a Influenza bug, a microbe from tending the garden can easily finish you. It is the risk that comes from living, warming up cooked rice from cold can be deadly but I digress, I personally believe media coverage has been overdone, it is scaring people without the help from UK Government!

 

[Ianbutty]

More Sunwing's? Oh goody, something for the skeleton staff to do! As for the virus, heck there are greater risks of mortality than a variant of a Influenza bug, a microbe from tending the garden can easily finish you. It is the risk that comes from living, warming up cooked rice from cold can be deadly but I digress, I personally believe media coverage has been overdone, it is scaring people without the help from UK Government!

Dare I say it, but the media have been far worse than the government. They have been truly awful. The measured response from virology and health experts (who know what they are doing, as experts do) has been met with sensationalism and factually incorrect reporting across the board.

Common sense kills viruses as much as anything else: Stop the spread by using common sense in following the health sectors advice.

Everyone keep safe and use your brain and not facebeebmorganinstatoktwit

 

[IanFarquharson]

As things are quiet I have added hundreds of additional movements thanks to old logs supplied by Tim Newman – loads more to do !

https://bhxovertheyears.blogspot.com/

 

[RichL]

The RAF were having fun in their C17 yesterday.