Archive for the ‘Business Management Consultant’ Category

Mulay – violent nutcase

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LV described Mulay best, back in late-2004: Well, let’s see – you accuse me of being a Nazi, and I say no I’m not.  Next, you can accuse me of belonging to NAMBLA, and I get to deny *that*.  And so it goes.  Who gives a shit? I’m not here to [...]

NYTimes: For Frequent Fliers, Awards Seem Scarce

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>Doesn’t Southwest have a reputation of generous award seat availability, >perhaps due to its quick expiration of frequent flyer credits which >limits the "inflation" of its frequent flyer credit "currency"?
If Southwest goes where you want to go (domestic only), they clearly have the best program. If a seat is available, [...]

NCL (Norwegian Cruise Line) is a Waste of $$$

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> sound like your just a whiner sir. >  I just came back from a cruise on NCL norwegian sea and got the best > treadment of many a cruiseline I sailed. >  yes twice we were notefied that during the day a [...]

Own a Cruiseshare !!!

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Looks like the old Taras Shevchenko??

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Why would you expect them to?  Which TA do you know that sells timeshares? And maybe they don’t because of the overall feeling about timeshares in general.  Some are excellent, but the whole market has had more than its share of con artists. [...]

Southwest Sets Standard on Costs for Airlines

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 (snipped. absolute hogwash) Three factors amaze me… 1.  That anyone could have read the diuscussion of WN’s business plan and the problems facing the majors and have drawn from it the conclusion you did. 2.  That anyone had as dismally deficient comprehension of the US economy as you’ve [...]

Welll done Ray!

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Congratulations to Ray He found a way to post his URL and phone number 4 times in less than 30 minutes responding to Ernie’s post concerning the FTC allowing Carnival to bid for RCL And poor old George Leppla only got one in. It must be awful having no clients [...]

SK to drop intra-Scandinavia business class- who else in Europe is next?

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Barred from offering frequent flyer miles for flights within Sweden (and in Denmark a few months/years ago IIRC), SAS is dropping business class for flights within Sweden, Denmark and Norway to face the discount carriers. One wonders if this portends the future for Europe.

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If this means lower economy fares, Great! [...]

French Authorities sabotage of Comores Airlines

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I am concerned at the actions of the French DGAC and their harassment, dirty tricks and  mis-information spread concerning Continental Wings Comores Airlines. This airline is wholly owned by a small, peaceful, friendly, Islamic Government in Comores. The aircraft, a Boeing 747SP manufacturers serial number 22302 and now registered in [...]

40 years ago: Raising the the mighty warship Vasa!

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>The Vasa is written up somewhere on the web (I don’t have the location >to hand right now) as a case study in the management of innovation. >There are remarkably strong parallels between the problems which >affected the design and implementation of the Vasa, and those which >are seen in [...]

FS: BMW cell phone

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Hi Doug, I have a 2000 328Ci and may be interested in the Star-Tac and the car kit.  Is the Star-Tac phone a Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint model.  I currently have Sprint (Samsung 3500)  and would like to keep my number and service.  Ironic that you’re going to the Kyocera QCP-6035 [...]