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it's clear that there are UK citizens with serious medical problems who're stuck abroad and are getting little or no help
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Cuts both ways, that, I heard about a lady stranded here who can't get drugs at the pharmacy and was told to go to A&E, which isn't exactly going to help much.
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"PLANES cant fly lower too far as they use more FUEL and would possible they could run out before destination on transatlantic flights"
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Fly low level, brim the tanks at Shannon, fly low until clear of the cloud then up and away, diverting to Gander if you start to run short. Problem is insurance, expense of the extra fuel and that you can't get that many planes through.
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In the end the police who had been called by the Ferryport immigration control decided that everyone holding up their passports in the air was sufficient for them to pass through.
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I believe that's called 'common sense'. Well done.
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Where has the entrepreneurial spirit of our various travel industries gone?
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Simple - the profit margins are so thin due to competition that they literally don't have spare vehicles, so they can effectively max out their capacity without having to go out of their way. The French railways, notably, being state owned and inefficient, do have scads of spare trains lying around, so can do things a bit better.