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So it was a hypocritical pubicity stunt .....W&K take and empty jet to SCOTLAND and everyones gone quiet. Interesting

111 replies

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 26/08/2019 09:28

After days and days of threads about harrys stance on having more than two chidren. Which btw william has preached about the effect population growth has on the enviroment days after announcing he was adding to that population for the third time, and mass outrage about H&M taking a plane paid for by Elton on hoiliday and how wonderful Wills and kate were for their flybe.

Which i didn't hugely get because if the protests about tje sussexes were on ecological grounds then surely a fucking massive flybe plane has bigger engines and produces more admissions but oh look the cambridges fly economy .

So is no one actually going to mention that in fact no no they didnt fly economy at all what they did was use a massive poluting flybe plane as a private jet. Ahhh really ecological and abusolutely nothing like ecoonomy.

Did everyone really think they'd flown with everyone else? Two future kings of england flying economy? Pull the other one.

It was desogned to humilate tje little brother

metro.co.uk/2019/08/24/flybe-sent-empty-plane-william-kate-travel-economy-10625866/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

OP posts:
Crimebustersofthesea · 26/08/2019 09:57

Your reading comprehension skills aren't up to much are they op?! I'm sure you won't understand this but... Flybe operate that flight but usually usual a non flybe branded flight. They realised the Cambridges were booked on the flight so sent an empty flybe branded plane to the airport for the Cambridges and everyone else booked on that flight to get on. The Cambridges weren't on an empty plane, its really quite clear

Lulualla · 26/08/2019 10:10

@NaughtToThreeSadOnions

You have completely misunderstood. Calm down for a minute and read.

They booked a normal flight. The plane that should have been on that route was bit branded with flybe logos. Flybe then found out that they had booked to be on the flight and decided to be greedy for the publicity. The airline then flew an empty plane with flybe branding to the airport so that it would be used for the flight instead of the original plane. All the passengers boarded. William, Kate and children boarded. The full plane then took off for the journey.

William, Kate and their people have nothing to do with how the airlines operate. They just booked a normal flight like everyone else. They got on the plane with everyone else. It was flybe and their affiliate who swapped the planes over because they wanted the branded plane to get the publicity. No one in the royal household made that decision, nor were they part of the decision.
Flybe should be hauled over hot coals for flying empty planes around just to have their branded plane in the right place for a photo OP with Kate and William.

mrscampbellblackagain · 26/08/2019 10:12

W&K couldn't win for some people. If they'd flown by private jet they would have been criticised but if they flew commercial (as they apparently do quite often) then it is all to get at Prince Harry.

Rock and hard place.

LucilleBluth · 26/08/2019 10:12

Oh no OP......you've made yourself look like a bit of a twat.

TSSDNCOP · 26/08/2019 10:13

Is that you Harry?

Lulualla · 26/08/2019 10:15

I really hope you read the article again and read what has been explained to you here. You are wrong. You've misunderstood. If you go about in real life spouting this then you will make yourself look like a fool.

ChildminderMum · 26/08/2019 10:16

FlyBe moved a plane from one airport to another. When they moved it, it was empty.

FlyBe then used that plane for a scheduled flight. W&K were on that flight along with all the other passengers. It wasn't empty when it flew from Norfolk to Scotland.

BertsFriend · 26/08/2019 10:20

You have misunderstood op.

AlunWynsKnee · 26/08/2019 10:23

Two empty planes were involved. W&K were not on either of those flights.

Laniakea · 26/08/2019 10:23

they booked a scheduled flight, they flew on a scheduled flight - with real life actual plebs & miraculously there was no threat to 'civilian' life nor were they plagued by selfie hunters.

amymel2016 · 26/08/2019 10:24

Grin chill out OP! Surely you have more to occupy your mind rather than the Royals?!

TonTonMacoute · 26/08/2019 10:30

Oh no OP......you've made yourself look like a bit of a twat

^^

This.

Belgravian · 26/08/2019 10:47

You don’t know them, you have no control over what they do.

Step away from the news/internet and enjoy your life as it’s far too short to be frothing over some people who have absolutely nothing to do with you, getting on an airplane.

Mummy195 · 26/08/2019 13:45

Why were W&K flying to Scotland for. They were not going overseas.

Armi · 26/08/2019 13:51

Er.....because it’s about 500 miles from Norwich to Aberdeen, which is further than lots of ‘overseas’ places, in case you are unfamiliar with basic geography.

sackrifice · 26/08/2019 13:56

If you are going to rant can you sort out your spelling so it flows like a rant and not like a twat as re-reading each sentence to try and work out what the fuck you are banging on about is so fucking tedious.

minniemoll · 26/08/2019 13:59

OP's reading skills seem to be on a par with their spelling skills....

RedDogsBeg · 26/08/2019 14:00

The OP certainly proves the old adage that a lie is half way round the world before the truth has got its boots on.

I despair at the lack of reading comprehension and simple understanding these days.

OtraCosaMariposa · 26/08/2019 14:03

Let's put this in words of one syllable so OP can understand.

  1. The Cambridges booked a flight through the Flybe website from Norwich to Aberdeen.
  1. Someone at Flybe noticed they were having famous passengers.
  1. Flybe decided that although that flight is usually operated by Eastern Airways, they'd do some plane shuffling and get them a plane branded with Flybe logos.
  1. The plane ARRIVED at Norwich empty.
  1. The Cambridges - AND LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE - then boarded the flight.

The plane was not empty apart from the Royals.

Positioning flights are not unusual in the industry. More common when schedules change at the end of summer/winter though.

Quite frightening that some people lack such basic comprehension skills.

Lulualla · 26/08/2019 14:05

Oh. I just realise that OP said that surely the private jet wasn't as bad as a commercial her because it must produce less emissions.

OP, a private jet will produce a lot more emissions per person than a commercial flight. Both planes provide fumes, but it is 2 people using a plane all to themselves, even if it's a smaller jet, still means they are responsible for much more pollution than if they'd got onto a regular flight. On The regular flight the pollution is shared out amongst The passengers. The regular flights are also already flying there. There are less emissions per person.

ChicCroissant · 26/08/2019 14:05

Unintentional, but this is a really funny thread!

The OP seems to have gone quiet, so perhaps they have realised that they were wrong. You're not the one who was convinced Meghan had invited her family to the wedding because a blogger thought she recognised them on the TV are you?

Walnutwhipster · 26/08/2019 14:07

How did you manage to completely misunderstand what happened?

Lulualla · 26/08/2019 14:07

So many typos!! Hopefully you still u understand the gist of it.

Tojigornot · 26/08/2019 14:07

Time for a tactical name change OP

Justmuddlingalong · 26/08/2019 14:09

Is this a press release from the M&H PR department? FuckingUselessRU.

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