richard_smith237

55 minutes ago, Chelseafan said:

 

Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 261/2004

 

EU Regulation 261/2004 entitles you to monetary compensation for flight delays over three hours as long as the delay was not caused by what the EU261 classes as an 'extraordinary circumstance'. Compensation amounts under EU261 for flight delays range from £220 to £520 per passenger

 

Cancellation is not extrodinary circumstances. In this case they are entitled to the maximum of 600 euros as the flight was more than 3500km (assuming they were travelling to Thailand).

 

It only applies for flights that originate or arrive in the EU.

 

As an aside, I've used this many times to claim compensation. My latest involved Swiss air who cancelled my flight in Norway but did reroute me on Emirates. I arrived in Bangkok over 8 hours late so while they did everything to get me to my destination, my interpretation is that I am still able to claim for the delay.

 

Exactly as above... I've used this regulation to claim compensation - though the airlines drag their heels and with Turkish I had to use ADR https://www.aviationadr.org.uk/ 

As mentioned 

€600 is the compensation if.

- Ticketed distance is greater than 3500 km

- Delay is greater than 4 hours

- Airline is registered in Europe (and EU Airline)

- Travel is into or out of EU Territory

Also note: Airlines try to get you to sign a 'cheaper compensation'...  Airlines also lie and tell you the delay is less than 3500 km, using one part of the leg of your journey (of a two or multi-leg journey) - but delay is on the 'ticketed distance'... 

Thus: even if someone flys from Bangkok - Munich - Manchester (for example)... and the Bangkok - Munich leg is fine, but they are then delayed by more than 4 hours on the Munich - Manchester leg, they are still eligible for the full compensation as the 'ticketed distance' is Bangkok - Munich - Manchester.

Also note: there are many 'Airline Dispute Resolution Companies' out there online, who will take on your claim with the no win no fee policy, they take anywhere from 20 to 40% of your compensation... these companies are bottom feeders, all they do is use the same 'online resources' which are free and available to all of us (as per the ADR link posted above).

Also note: Airline Dispute Resolution Companies deal with different 'groups' of carriers, for example: ADR listed above deals with Turkish and some other EU based airlines, but not Emirates - so we have to search which Dispute Resolution Companies deal with which airlines.

https://www.caa.co.uk/passengers-and-public/resolving-travel-problems/how-the-caa-can-help/alternative-dispute-resolution/

55 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I remember one kid we used to call fatty boomsticks 

You're very lucky he didn't have a tactical pen !!! 

5 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

The incident has raised concerns over mob justice, with the police now focusing on identifying the individuals involved in the beating. CCTV footage will be reviewed to track down the participants.

Individuals involved / participants.... No.. Lets call a spade a spade...   Murderers who were carrying and discharging firearms in public and beating someone to death.

5 minutes ago, josephbloggs said:

Nah, our hardmen use pens, not lighters.

I quite agree...  they have no need for lighters...  They can start a fire with an ice cube !!!! 

9 minutes ago, NowNow said:

 

That doesn't mean that they will get the best package for their needs. It just means that they can apply A package.

The OP needs to state his intended usage/duration.

Which he can ask in 7-11... 

i.e. I want 30 days... with phone use and 10 GB of data lasting 30 days etc...  (or something similar).

the info is there on the Websites too...    the packages are extremely cheap.

https://www.true.th/prepaid/add-on-package

The average IQ of the truck driver here must be incredibly low (a Thai Bash ?.. perhaps, or just a Thai Truck Driver Bash)...

.... Just this week alone there has been 'traffic mayhem' at the entrance to the toll booth near the port in Bangkok... 

... Articulated trucks are not permitted on the expressways - yet twice this week we've been held at traffic Jams as a truck is stopped at the tollbooth, the driver clearly not knowing he's not permitted to use the expressway... the result is traffic backed up and it takes an age for the truck to be able to reverse out of the way and clear the traffic. 

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Authorities were left stunned after inspecting a ten-wheeler truck that overturned on a road, discovering only two tyres in good condition, while the remaining eight were severely worn, with exposed wires visible in most of them.

Perhaps they'd have been 'less stunned' if laws were enforced and owners of such trucks were held accountable for their vehicles being unroadworthy...    they can check the brakes too !!! 

2 minutes ago, ArcticFox said:

If you buy a SIM what do you need to do to apply the package and activate the SIM.  Are the instructions in English?  A 7/11 True Sim would be fine. 

When a friend visitied - he went to 7-11... told them what he wanted the SIM for.. 

(Local Calls and data)...  purchased the SIM and a pre-paid package...  

The 7-11 staff loaded everything up for him and he was set (the staff in places like 7-11 are usually extremely helpful if they are not busy and over-run with customers and have a spare few moments).

This has to be one of the hardmen on this thread.. .

On 9/7/2024 at 8:30 AM, BangkokReady said:

"My job is to build the road, not worry about utility poles."

Reminds me of an oldie....  

'walking down the road I see one guy digging a trench, I ask him what he's doing...  "Its my job to dig the trench"....   I walk further down the line and see another guy filling in the trench, I ask him what he's doing...  "Its my job to fill in the trench".....   I ask... "and you do this every day ?"... and the guy answers, yes, but usually theres also a third guy who lays the cables'.... 

This fits perfectly in the 'not my job' section of workers... 

2 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

 

The Thai woman absconded to Ireland with her family.  There is a court case waiting for her. 

 

She attacked my condo. 

She attacked your condo ??... Did the condo not have a tactical pen with which it could fight back ?

1 minute ago, Gobbler said:

 

Just in case? It came in handy when the American showed off for his wife. 

 

You bore me.  You are not educated.  I don't talk to people who aren't at my level. I'll ignore you now. 

I think your comments highlight quite clearly where we both sit in the 'educated pecking order' !!!

I agree - we aren't at the same level...      you are scary...  have you given 'death a near Gobbler experience' yet ?

8 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

And I can show you 30,000b worth of damage to my x wife when she was attacked. 

Attacked by whom ? where ??  - in a pool without a tactical pen ?

Was it a situation that could otherwise have been avoided ?

For example: I wouldn't be walking down Pattaya Beach Road a night etc though one ex was on the receiving end of a glass getting thrown across the room when a fight broke out...    its a shame she didn't have her tactical umbrella with her... 

3 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

Your need to be smarmy is not necessary. 

You are getting confused between ridicule and smarm.

I'm not being smarmy with you, I am ridiculing the idea of taking a 'tactical pen' swimming... just in case...   I never once, for a second thought someone would seriously suggest such an idea... 

....  I bet you don't do push-ups...  you just push the earth down !... 

Just now, Gobbler said:

6 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

You go swimming with 'tactical pens' just in case ????  

 

You put insurance on your car "just in case." The same goes for health insurance. Yes, I carry them just in case.  

I carry a 'rescue tool / knife' in the car - its to cut the seatbelts and smash the window if necessary etc... 

I think I'm going to start carrying a machete when I next go for a swim...  just incase !   

... Apologies for being facetious - but the idea of carrying a 'tactical pen' on my when I go for a dip in the pool seems utterly ridiculous.. 

2 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

Concealed.  They also come in handy if you need to write something. 

Indeed.... the last time I went for a swim I had the urge to rewrite the ending of Wuthering heights !

... Damn lucky I had a tactical pen with me...   

2 minutes ago, Gobbler said:

In a split second, he jumped into the pool and approached me.  I was holding two tactical pens under the water line. 

You go swimming with 'tactical pens' just in case ????  

21 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

Only cowards use weapons, and a knuckle duster is a weapon.

I'm a natural born weapon....      I don't even have to flush my own toilet, I just scare the s#!£ out of it....

...  they named a street after me in my home town... but they had to revert back to the original name because no one crosses me and lives !!...    

20 hours ago, Captain Monday said:

A bonding strap is always attached , to ground to earth. Why do petrol stations not use them?

Valid point, as theory has it we (humans) have a build up of static electricity and when we get out of the car, theoretically we are supposed to touch the car to allow that to disperse before handling the fuel nozzle - this is of course infinitesimal, though, higher for some tightly wound posters in their nylon & corduroy, so they may want to take caution, though I wonder how scared they get when they 'turn their car back on after refuelling.

Decades ago owners used to have 'strips' dragging at the back to disperse the static build up from the car itself.

IF any of these were genuine issues, I think petrol stations would have something in place to deal with it.

As for Air-craft fuel, its higher octane, far more easy to ignite than regular gasoline etc and as you pointed out in an industry with the highest levels of safety - they can refuel with the APU running etc, but we must keep our seatbelts unfastened while refuelling just incase we need to make a hasty exit.. which always struck me as odd.

I had fuel leaking all over my engine the other day... engine was hot (usually running temp) and fuel pump developed a leak...  I rode straight to the dealership and was naturally concerned about ignition of all the vapour from the fuel evaporating off the engine - nothing happened. 

1 hour ago, georgegeorgia said:

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Come round, get in my face.... and find out.

Oh don't be disgusting 

27 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

59 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

For some reason walf thinks this thread is about bukkakae  !!!! 

 

I have no issue with cutting someone.

& no issue getting spaffed on either, it would seem…

or is this you ??

On 9/5/2024 at 4:42 PM, Lacessit said:

On 9/5/2024 at 4:03 PM, richard_smith237 said:

I wanted to deal with this point separately: 

 

 

Do these heavier than air gasoline vapours miraculously miraculously disperse the moment refuelling is complete and we re-start the car / turn the ignition ?

 

Or would you suggest that all petrol station forecourts have massive fan (bug blower) to disperse any 'heavier than air' gasoline fumes that have pooled around the vehicle ?

 

 

 

 

IF the risk of ignition exists during the process of refuelling itself, surely the same risk exists seconds after refuelling is complete and the car is re-started ??....  

 

 

I want to approach this debate from a scientific aspect rather than an emotional perspective - If parking attendants ask me to turn off the car, I'm happy to do so... The reason I don't usually bother is because I dont consider keeping the engine running to present any additional risk.

 

Also consider - If there were additional risk.. then the methods we use to refuel our vehicles are quite flawed...  of course, they are not, otherwise we'd see fires all the time.

 

 

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It's quite probable the rules were evolved in a time when there was more risk. For example, cars had generators, not alternators.

 

It's a given attendants sometimes overfill vehicles. Most of the time, the vapor dissipates harmlessly.

 

The culture here seems to be one of not following some rules. Which makes the sight of Thais dutifully wearing masks, on scooters without helmets, quite comical. It took me three months of nagging to persuade my GF to wear a helmet. Now she does it automatically.

 

I am probably much more risk averse than you. That comes from working in a profession for many years, with chemicals that were so dangerous a single moment of carelessness could result in serious injury or death. I'm still here, i know several who are not.

Thanks for keeping the discussion intelligent... 

I agree - the rules are a legacy of when cars were less intrinsically safe.

I also agree, there is an element of risk with keeping the engine running, but on the balance of risks there is greater risk of another car driving into me while I'm parked at the pump.

I also agree, the culture here is not following rules - the mask rule highlighted what an enigma Thailand is - can't get folk to wear helmets, they face mask wearing was nearly at 100%... 

My profession too has a load of safety legislation and policy - much of it is based around he lowest common denominator... the 1 in a million chance and is driven my insurance and management ensuring anything that happens cannot come back on them.

I took have worked in environments where the risks are high (H2S) and carelessness can cause death - in situations where IF I take of a BA set, I'm dead within minutes... 

So, I'm well versed in risk analysis and aware of necessary precautions etc -  I don't see the 'leaving the engine running' a risk (not even a slight risk) and thats because I understand what is and can happen.

2 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

6 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Come round, get in my face.... and find out.

Oh don't be disgusting 

For some reason walf thinks this thread is about bukkakae  !!!!