oh, crap!

[winterbadger]

I'd kind of missed this news from last week

Actually, I think I hadn't as much missed it as heard that they had voted for two days of strike action and assumed that this meant there would be a two day strike...in late December.

Instead, one of the strike days is the day before we're leaving. Ugh.

At least there's one bright spot: we're flying into Manchester on BMI, so maybe this won't affect us too badly, since BAA doesn't run Manchester Airport. They do run Edinburgh, but if it's totally impossible to get through, we can always take a train. Trains do NOT run across the Atlantic.

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[wolfette]

did you have any luck with the Hearts tickets?

And did you see the news about the Motherwell player?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/m/motherwell/7164150.stm

[winterbadger]

And did you see the news about the Motherwell player?

I had not. That's very sad. :-(

[gr-c17.livejournal.com]

Thus far my distaste for unions has been an intellectual exercise, but now the rank bastards may effects me personally!

o.k. that said, the only problem is my return flight, 9am from Edinburgh on the 19th. That should be just after their 48 hour strike on the 17th.

[winterbadger]

9am? Oh! We're leaving at 1 pm on the 19th!

Maybe our flights will be delayed and we can all have lunch together. :-)

[silme.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'm a union member, albeit not of that union. I'm with UCU. :)

We fly home to Heathrow from Arlanda (Stockholm) on the sixth, which is fortunate; however, as it turns out that first strike has been cancelled.

[pisica.livejournal.com]

I'd strongly suggest carrying on any really important items, if at all possible. But hopefully you'll be okay.

Any chance of us seeing you outwith the wedding itself? :)

[winterbadger]

Well, our itinerary at this point is :

arrive in Edinburgh (hopefully) on Wednesday morning. Wednesday or Thursday we have to get to the registrar and get the marriage license schedule. Friday her folks arrive and we have to collect them and entertain them Friday and a good part of Saturday. Sunday wedding and celebration. Monday we're driving to Stirling and staying in Bridge of Allan and doing local sight seeing Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday we spend in Aberdeen. Friday we drive back south and spend the night in Linlithgow and fly out Saturday. So if you guys would like to get together while we're in town, or if there's a day after the wedding (like maybe even evening we're in Stirling or the day we're driving north) that we could stop in Wee Fife Village and hang out for a while/have a meal/somesuch, that would be cool! I know weekends are easier than weekdays; it's just fate that we're mostly traveling on weekends.

[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

I bring good news ... looks like the strike has just been called off, according to Radio 4!

[winterbadger]

W00t! That is SUPER news. One less thing to worry Neta's parents with...

[maureenkspeller.livejournal.com]

Radio 4 is covering it as I speak, and it's definite that the first strike is off. In fact, the other two are technically still 'on' until the deal is settled, but the union seem to have brokered a remarkably sensible way forward which it seems unlikely will be rejected, so I think you're okay.

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Beat me to it!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7165196.stm

[silme.livejournal.com]

There's still hope of settling it without a strike. I have to admit that I'm supporting the union. It may seem silly that they're striking to protect future employees' pensions, but it's more the fact that the union wasn't even consulted. *sigh* I'm just a big old union member and supporter, I suppose. That said, it's annoying (and I'm glad we fly back from Sweden on the sixth), but Manchester should be strike-free anyhow. At least you will be able to get a train from there, and I wonder if BMI would give you a voucher?

Never mind -- that first strike is definitely cancelled! And your return flight is between possible strikes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7165196.stm

[cmlc.livejournal.com]

All the strikes are now off... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7169738.stm

[winterbadger]

Oh huzzah!