Pooks Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 The 16 jobs were probably those that were contracted to do the work, Balfour Beatty and Colas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Stop Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 The extension is expected to allow more than 3000 extra passengers a year to use the airport by 2008 and to create 16 new jobs. Perhaps I'm jumping the gun a bit. It's not 2008 yet, maybe next year... Full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Stop Posted May 1, 2007 Report Share Posted May 1, 2007 From the same edition as the previous article^^^ Another interesting read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unst_Uzi Posted May 14, 2007 Report Share Posted May 14, 2007 Just thought I would post as I'm an offshore worker. When I tell guys on the rig that I'm from Unst they tend to say very little about the airport but more about the two hotels they had to stay in when they got bumped due to fog. The normal comment is that it was a s***hole but what a night we had! Unst Airport will probably never open again but as an offshore worker the nearer the rig the better. Tiger Helicopters are not the most comfortable things to travel in and the less time spent in one the better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewMagnie Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Nostalgic for the S-61's Unst_Uzi? Right enough though - on early morning runs to the Ninian after a Balty towers nightstop the cabin smelt like an airborne distillery. Happy Days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 First time I was at Unst the fire engine was an old land rover towing a fire extinguisher and the other equipment was sonny's asbestos gloves. and there were trislanders!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Stop Posted May 25, 2007 Report Share Posted May 25, 2007 Mr Mitchells letter in the times today made me chuckle, he basically said that the reporter didn't know what he was talking about whilst in the very same letter either made errors or delibrately stated mistruths to support his rather biased opinion. What's his problem? Sumburgh isn't closing, the scottish exec quietly (in secret) took the decision to ignore the plans for scatsta and invest a lot of money at sumburgh - so, no harm, no foul. The shetland times piece was a report about a report which had been written and paid for, then ignore and buried by the scottish exec. End of story really, why is it necessary to jump up and down and say the reporter was wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pooks Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 When I read Gordon Mitchell's letter, the first thought that came into my head was why hadn't he expressed these feelings before the election? Had he done so, he would probably have gained a few extra votes from 'da ness'. He is now saying that it is terrible and it is too late because he can't do anything about it. Why did he not do anything about it at the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 The fact that he didn't raise it on the doorsteps of voters in the run-up to the election may have something to do with the fact that he was away on a council jaunt to Portugal only two weeks before the election. In fairness to him he's been an excellent councillor for Dunrossness. He has experience in the airline industry and held important transport roles in the last council and managed to make sure that the Scottish Executive's call for a debate on the best long-term location for Shetland's main airport (Scaststa, Tingwall or Sumburgh) was stifled at an early stage. As you say, though, he's clearly biased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted May 26, 2007 Report Share Posted May 26, 2007 ^^^ Mitchell maybe was a good Councillor as regards his aviation input, that much I'm not about to debate, but there's a great deal more to the Ness than the airport, and in that rest is where he seemed, to me at least, conspicious by his absence and/or lack of knowledge/interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sudden Stop Posted May 27, 2007 Report Share Posted May 27, 2007 ^^^ I think anybody that was as fiercely pro-sumburgh as him could have done just as good a job as councillor. His aviation expertise, seems to just be assumed. That letter in the paper this week made me wonder if he does actually know what he is talking about? I get the impression, nobody challenges what he says because he sounds like he's correct, but he certainly isn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 ^^^ It's difficult for people who only have minimal knowledge/experience of aviation, which makes up the vast majority of Shetlanders, to challenge someone like Mitchell who's had an entire career in the industry, in both military and civil fields, including a lengthy period as chief pilot and search and rescue pilot locally. He states it as he sees it, and there are certainly people with knowledge in aviation who disagree with him, although maybe not often publically. Whether one has greater "expertise" than the other, or whether it is simply a matter of opinion, of which there are as many varying ones on aviation matters as there are on other subjects, is very much open to debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasmie Posted May 28, 2007 Report Share Posted May 28, 2007 As has been said before in this thread, people in the know quite often can't speak due to fear of losing jobs etc. This also applies to councillors who speak out of turn -lose the support of other councillors and perhaps lose every other cause they fight for... If Mr Mitchell had published this letter before the election he undoubtedly would have had more votes - but I presume he was unable to do so due to parhaps perceived constraints of office.The civil servants who run our airports at Inverness and Edinburgh are neither experts nor in my humble opinion playing fair and never have. Probably better if the highlands airports were in the hands of private business then at least market forces might help sense prevail instead of the childish reactions we have witnessed in the last 20 or so years. The real truth seems beyond the grasp of a humble newspaper hack, as they have never been close to the truth. The whole aviation business has been full of compromise and concession. I have yet to meet an aviation expert of any consequence who can figure it all out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igorsikorsky1 Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Where are Bristows going to keep their new S92? are they going to keep it with the sixth AS332L at Sumburgh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
low_approach Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Where are Bristows going to keep their new S92? are they going to keep it with the sixth AS332L at Sumburgh? I would of thought dat yuns aa sumburgh is wort fir noo adays !! Afteraa, its no lik dere is muckle else doon yunder t keep da place gain!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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