LindsayBKK

Not sure, but rest assured there will be a 7-11 at the bottom of it.

More deaths than last year and he calls it a success?????????????????
I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nope sorry, you crashed, burned and failed miserably.

What a crock of crap! How the hell can you call 320+ fatalities a success?

shunima, on 2012-04-07 11:53:17, said:

Airport tax.how many more taxes do you want to add ???  Let AOT subsidize that---or rip off overcharging monopoly King Power.  the simple fact is as my previous post said---this is a new modern airport to give at least 10 years of passenger scope without problems---sorry did I say without problems----if its busy call in the extra immigration--no leave at holiday periods.  Is that difficult,  you dont have 1 check out in a very busy shop---you open up more to relieve the pressure---but Thailand cannot do that --or won't because they are asked to man up.  They have enough immigration ---sod to all those that are spending their holiday money-----MAN up then the check in time needn't be altered .

In Pattaya you jump...In Phuket you get pushed.

LindsayBKK, on 2012-04-07 09:42:35, said:

Come on Lindsay, lighten up. What they really want you to do is spend the day there. After all there's lots of restaurants, shopping and loads of comfortable seating to relax when you get tired.

LindsayBKK, on 2012-04-07 09:42:35, said:

Agreed, This airport from day one--AT WHAT COST--has been a complete disaster, all these events are not hick-ups it is just simple not knowing how to run an airport.  from day 1, taxi mafia-scams-king power monopoly, scanners scam-ground preparations to carry heavy weights-RUNWAYS.... mega money changed hands and cheap charlie construction,  air con problems at immigration-lack of staff- no direct transport to connect Don-M.airport. overcapacity now ??? in how many years, in all departments a sorry state of planning.  THEY WANT tourists here   ___it is a JOKE.  they do not deserve them, TAT......AOT.....THAI Airways.  Now this ridiculous set up at immigration, it's about correct numbers of staff-that are properly trained for the job. All these smiles excuses--and it's ok are not on.  When you go through imigation you want it as quick as possible, as you are paying for the job being done swiftly, when that is accomplished THEN you can smile and say thanks.  Do not forget impressions that are good will make you return again.

Interesting that some posters feel that foreign reporters brave enough to report on Thai news and not tow the Government line of spin and propaganda who have received death threats as a result is worthy of mockery.

It is also telling that people seem to castigate CNN and BBC while relying on The Nation, a media outlet that frequently prints total gibberish, and apparently does not have a competent English proof-reader on staff, even though their periodical is in the English language.

I have several friends who own small businesses in the Rajaprasong area and their trade was lively. Certainly there was no shortage of shoppers, in particular students around the Siam Square area when I visited during the peak of the protests.
The local vendors were doing a roaring trade.

Of course, if you weren't there at all during the protests and don't have any first hand experience of the situation on the ground at the time, and don't converse with or know any Thais that own businesses in that area, it would be easy to get completely the wrong impression.

BKKjohan, on 2010-09-14 10:08:44, said:

All the small business traders in that area were doing a roaring trade during the protests.

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What a lot of utter nonsense.