NanLaew

Your quoted cancer survival rates are based on what?

Do you feel safer, less persecuted, now that you're here in Thailand among all these non-whites?

Dictionary Time for @Nick Carter icp

If things "usually" change for the better, why are their increased global conflicts. Why is there more flooding, more wildfires, more weather extremes. Why is there more political extremism? Back on topic, unless you blindly believe everything you read and see in the mainstream and social media, I don't see how 25 years of self-imposed 'exile' on Samui allows you to comment on the "here and now" in your homeland. I agree while there are towns and regions in the UK where there are chronic issues, for the greater part of the UK, it is the opposite. Like the stories of drunk British people in Pattaya are grabbing the headlines here and, for some here, paints an inaccurate picture of both the Brits and Pattaya, the truth, the good news, is that most British visitors aren't drunken hooligans.

I don't see how a personal sickness or disease and a country's socio-political change can in any way be considered analogous. I can seek treatment or a cure for my cancer or sickness, or not. I have that choice. I can do absolutely nothing to effect change in a) my birth country where I no longer live and can no longer vote, or b) my present country of domicile where I don't have a vote. I have no choice.

We also had the best of Thailand when we came here in the 70's and 80's. Things change and so do people. Deal with it.

Whatever.

'bout right. And some here reckon a vote for Reform UK will fix things.

Were the kings of England back then more English than the current one? You know, the chap with a Greek dad?

Yes! Now we can force ourselves on brown women. Proper winning.

Well, @CharlieH started it.

Condescending conjecture aside, perhaps you have no real clue about the people you are speaking about? No offense.

Of course your better educated Thai friends may just be being polite and don't want to cause offense and are just parroting your thoughts and opinions? Maybe they don't like the idea of a non-Thai banging on about the need to change but prefer to be non-confrontational as that in itself is quintessentially Thai behaviour. As for suggesting that the ones you don't know are ignorant, that's not very nice.

Of course they'd like it, but probably not as much as farangs think they should.

Or cocaine?

Good points, well made. Some of my long non-stops have been better of late. On my way to get one now. Managed to find some money down the back of the sofa for window seat Eco+ upgrade, so with two large glasses of house red before i left the hotel, I'll enjoy the legroom and the snooze. Safe flying out there.

And once upon a time, I was FL-class diamond-encrusted Rhodium with KLM before they climbed into bed with Air France. Now I've got a two-dozen points on ThaiVietjet that their website doesn't recognise, but good to know my Priority Pass allows me to rub shoulders with the more entitled at the satellite Miracle Lounge at BKK.

Comparing non-stop to one-stop. Pick your own fruit then.

Who died and made you placeholder?

I also like the seasoned front-of-the-bus flyers that post their apples to oranges comparisons. Airlines make the bulk of their profits on those who 'turn-left' at the door when boarding. Since they have maxed-out their profits with the limited variations allowed in Coach, ie. economy, economy plus, economy lite, 3-4-3, 3-5-3 seating and other nuances beyond a few more inches of legroom, 'premium' meals, paying for checked baggage and the like, the focus is on the business (or better-off personal) traveler. At the front of the airplane, there are increasingly more variations and price banding options, but that depends on the fleet size, destinations served, length of non-stop sectors, etc.. Not all airlines can afford to offer the individual suites and cabins that SQ pioneered and Qatar have tweaked. Thai learned that they cannot compete, as have most who bought less than half-a-dozen A380's, with the higher-end, longer-haul airlines. Good luck to them in staying flexible enough to work profitably and safely in an industry where the dynamics are rapidly changing. To me, it's a bus that flies and airports are bus stations. Disclaimer: I have never worked, or pretended to work, in the airline or travel business. Just a tired old frequent flier who misses the Constellation and the stopovers in Constantinople, Delhi and Rangoon.

Excellent post.Thai Airways is now out of rehabilitation but as far as i can see, the many management and financial structural issues have not been properly addressed. I like it when the former-executives and management of international airlines retire to Thailand and post insightful and informative comments on these forum pages.

Maybe he knows where the door plugs are when he's selecting his seat?

Oh... Right... Me neither.

Right about what ? Make your point. Is he right when he claims there's absolutely nothing essential to daily life in the USA that needs to be imported?

Well he's right, isn't he?