Would you risk it?

[Fandango 1,439]

Virgin grassed BA

Converse...add me to the 'send him back early' vote....and CONGRATS on the upcoming interview!

[featherB 1]

I'm worried about getting there on time and I live SIX whole miles away......

Am I paranoid or what?!?

Nope -- we're less than five miles away and we were on our way to the Embassy 2 hours before the interview. It must have been the fastest Archway-Selfridges bus journey I had ever taken -- 40 minutes at 6.30am. Never seen Oxford Street that empty!

Haha, I was the same - I lived all of three miles away, and was panicking because I'd only allowed myself an hour to get there - and even that wasn't remotely necessary at 7am, but never mind. The bus journey took 10 minutes - I think that was the first (and last) time a bus journey from home to Marble Arch ever took me less than an hour!

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Oh yeah, sorry... forgot to answer the question. Duh.

SEND HIM HOME A DAY EARLY!! Definitely... even if all went according to the plan with the flight the day before, there's no way the poor boy would be in any fit state for endless hanging around outside and inside the embassy. He'd be a gibbering wreck by the time the CO was ready for him!

Edited August 3, 2007 by featherB

[Boiler 45,418]

I wouldn't chance it... it'd be just bad luck, the one time you need everything to be on time, to get a delay somewhere along the line. You would also want to be refreshed before such an important interview, not worn out from a long plane journey and stressed out through immigration etc.

Most people find the interview to be a non event.

I have had delays with United, but not on Internatonal flights.

Ditto BA.

Probably because the planes are not on such a short turnaround.

Edited August 3, 2007 by Boiler

[Mary Lou 681]

I agree with the others, have him go home a day early.

[Dan&Tiffany 0]

Yeah...see we've had awful luck with BA on international flights, and they're always non-stop so can't use the short-turnaround excuse. It's very rare that they are on time, and Dan actually had one flight canceled due to weather, but luckily AA took on as many of the BA passengers as they could accommodate as they were still operating their Gatwick - DFW route. Once I had them charge my credit card double the fare...they did back it out about 3 days after the fact, but thank God it wasn't my debit card. I don't generally keep that sort of spare change in that account! The service seems to be pretty good - friendly and all. They just give the impression of being severely disorganized from our experiences.

[Disco 0]

Has anyone else tryed this on a Mac in Safari. I place the pin, click it to add my name, click the blue x box. Then I hit save. Nothing. Sorry too fustrating

[Disco 0]

sorry wrong thread going back and forth between two windows. Can a mod save confusion and delete my post from here.

Edited August 3, 2007 by Disco

[kins 0]

Depends on the airline -- some are very reliable.

Which one's that then?

United, never had a problem.

Ditto BA.

Last time I flew Manchester to New York on BA they didn't load enough fuel to get us there so we had to stop and refuel in Connecticut. Made us two hours late which meant we missed our connecting flight.

On our flight home we had to take a BA shuttle from Heathrow to Manchester. Should've been a 35 minute flight... it arrived three hours late because of a malfunctioning warning light, followed by a passenger collapsing due to the air conditioning not working.

Never flown United but I'd be deeply impressed if they've never had a plane arrive late somewhere?

[Converse34 1]

Never flown United but I'd be deeply impressed if they've never had a plane arrive late somewhere?

I wish this were true, but sadly not.

OK. So I gave in to peer pressure and sent him back yesterday. I have confirmed Conrad is in London and managed to find the hotel I booked. Interview tomorrow!!