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Offline mercury

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Thomas Cooke Sharm
« on: November 09, 2015, 22:18:51 PM »
Just been on TC website wanting to book a quick week in the sun before Xmas.. It has come up with Sharm El Sheik. going 14th November for one week.??? surely not...???



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Re: Thomas Cooke Sharm
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2015, 22:49:32 PM »
Unbelievable but true mercury. Heard this the other day, don't think they are  the only ones either, I"m pretty sure there was another tour operator offering cut price deals to Sharm but can't remember who.  :(

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Re: Thomas Cooke Sharm
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2015, 22:57:56 PM »
Thomas Cook released a statement saying that due to the FCO advice against travel to Sharm, they have cancelled all their flights there.

Till Thursday

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Re: Thomas Cooke Sharm
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2015, 23:30:07 PM »
Ah.. thats why we can go next week.. yeah right..

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Re: Thomas Cooke Sharm
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2015, 23:32:22 PM »
Yep, appears this huge security problem will be all sorted out by Wednesday latest :o

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« Reply #5 on: November 10, 2015, 09:28:06 AM »
I think the ongoing worry here would be some of the staff at the Airport, even after all the recent events, are still willing to take bribes.   Until the Egyptian authorities get a grip of this, (if they ever could) I cannot see many people travelling to Egypt in the near future.

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« Reply #6 on: November 10, 2015, 09:59:38 AM »

  A friend of mine, an Egyptian surgeon, says the country is run on bribes. You can expect to pay two or three bribes

  to get medication or hospital treatment, pay many bribes to get a job and it's at all levels. He goes home for eight weeks

  a year to visit family and friends and spends a lot of time treating poor people in a hospital for free. He says what he see's

  going on around him in the hospital makes him ashamed of his profession. The only way I can see of making Egyptian Airports

  safe would be Airlines and Holiday companies using their own staff to man the Airports but I can't see Egypt allowing that.

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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2015, 12:35:27 PM »
The only way I can see of making Egyptian Airports safe would be Airlines and Holiday companies using their own staff to man the Airports but I can't see Egypt allowing that.

So, you think that, because the airlines and holiday companies in the UK employ their own staff there aren't any security breaches at UK airports ?

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Re: Thomas Cooke Sharm
« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2015, 14:08:29 PM »

 Nothing is perfect in this world but I know for sure which option I prefer for my safety.

 

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Re: Thomas Cooke Sharm
« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2015, 14:30:14 PM »
Monarch are also offering flights 11/11 and 26th /11 and they say that 9 people have booked the later  flight in the last hour !!!!!




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