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If you all huddle together, link pinkies, and really really really wish hard.....

Of note, watching the 'debate' lol on the report how many on the opposition bench are wearing masks, compared to the number on the labour benches. This is of course important since mask wearing was being cited by Ryanair to be enforced on aircraft for 'years to come' which will be unthinkable.

Congratulations to the poster who had the link to the Sue Gray report removed. An issue that could remove a sitting PM, resulting in a significant change in government makeup, indeed lead to a quick election and change of party in office, must be regarded and followed as the impact on regulation on airlines and air travel might be significant for peoples shares.

Right, right --- RIGHT --- I said right....

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ooppsss.
https://eturbonews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Rwandair-Plane-Crash-420x0.jpg

... and with the modern parking assist with ground crew, there are no issues at the ramp...

http://www.cargolaw.com/images/disaster2000.NW.brake1.GIF

https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2022/01/easyjet-to-recruit-1000-new-pilots-as-ryanair-struggles-with-passenger-numbers/

By a sheer coincidence, Easy J says they are recruiting loads of wimin pilots and the share price drops 1.6%. mmm...

All depends how long you want to wait ed1. Personally, waiting 2 years for enough profit to buy a KFC bargain bucket is toooooooo long. I need a bargain bucket hit at least once a month so need speedier returns.

Has Ryanair's rather gloomy outlook for short haul recovery dragged down the sector today. By Ryanair's usual shiny bum press releases this was a bit depressing. What with BA's eye dabbing revelation of letting down the entire traveling public and now Ryanair's standing on the cliff edge musings, it ain't lookin' too bright out there.

Cheer up char!

I think fordm the market has circa 160 for the price and expected results so increases to 160 can be expected this month, sometimes going a little over, sometimes going a little under [assuming the aliens do not show themselves - last thing BA needs is a light speed transatlantic competitor with zero gravity executive lounges!]

https://www.thedubrovniktimes.com/news/croatia/item/12971-british-airways-cancels-all-flights-between-zagreb-and-london-in-february

A lot of the EU carriers are reporting poor EU recovery from omicron. There has been a lot of cutting back of services. The effect of the travel lockdown seems to have had more of a lingering impact than perhaps realised. I picked up some cheapo tickets to Tenerife end of March. Too many countries cowering to their respective media gods with hysterical reporting of numbers of cases rather than real world illness. Imagine if the common cold was reported in the same way!!! The extent of using the scaremongering stories strongly indicates this is organised pan-global. Big pharma? Well, who has the most to gain in keeping this going and getting it institutionalised?

We must also factor in other variables that may affect the share price.

https://www.indy100.com/science-tech/uri-geller-aliens-landing-earth

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/31/bank-of-england-poised-to-raise-interest-rates-as-high-inflation-takes-toll
Note boe Thursday.

For higher probability opportunities for a rise in sp, the next milestone is the US removing all testing and quarantine rules for UK and EU travelers. Remember a fair few EU travelers will use Heathrow as a hub to the US.

BUT, results and pre-results speculation is going to dominate this month and could of course completely dilute to homeopathic levels any gain from the US removing testing.

"Isn't it a certainty that the SP will be +30% sometime in the next year or two if the pandemic ends?"

Maybe, maybe not. As seen over the last week or so, other factors such as fed discussions and speculation were having a far bigger impact than any apparently logical good news. People saying the sector is 30% less recovered than xyz other sector, THEREFORE it must, by default, rise 30% no questions asked are grasping at straws. Markets just do not work like that. Money sloshes from one sector to another in slow motion over the years, it sloshes around preference shares that go in and out of favour over months and then there are those that receive intense speculation and romantic attention and can spike and crash in a days. How many times has it been a cast iron logical default slam dunk that this or that share MUST rise because of sunlight or darkness? And then in the cold hard world or real markets, what happens? No, there is nothing guaranteed. If you get a margin, cash in. Buy again, get a margin, cash in. Buy again, get a margin, cash in.

That's a long time to wait for a return to cash in. Of course if you are looking for dividends then 2 or 3 years would be suitable. But to be worthwhile and deliver a suitable return you'll need rather a large holding. And if you had that much invested, would you not be better off with an invest fund with a wealth management company?

I'm hearing a lot of wishful thinking again. A lot of hope and romancing the share. A lot of glossing over this weird statement - although I don't know the source of it. Watch out for those burned fingers!

Oh dear, that sounded so defeatist. To summarize, "We've gone so far down hill we need to start again and try and at least get the basics right. We will continue wasting time and money on new useless apps to track luggage and continue to think we know best how the website should work and just ignore the avalanche of website complaints. We'll continue to hand of ten pence worth of freebies and charge you at least a tenner a head...."
I'm sorry but this is a truly awful bit of PR. BA admits it offers a crap service. Promises to try and make it better by the summer. Was Doyle drunk when he wrote that? I have to disagree fordm, markets should react negatively to that. Just how bad are things behind the scenes to warrant such a long drawn out apology. Sounds like some significant staffing issues that are going to lead to serious problems as the recovery continues. And BA has barely extended operations and has to produce this mai culpa? It is almost as if the tone is being set ready for some very much worse than expected results.

From the mobile, supermarkets about 50% wearing. It's like pre WHO embracing mask wearing. Lot of socially superior stares from mask weavers at non wearers.
Spell checked to hell and back in my native English on my mobile. :)

https://www.indy100.com/news/washington-police-officer-covid

'nuff said.

"I second hand cringe that a grown up would do this."

Can anybody decipher this? This is a classic Benji boy statement. Are you still crayoning on your charts Benji biy?

Well members of the jury, you have heard the case for the prosecution. How find you?