They keep insulting the intelligence and opinions of anyone who dares to disagree with them. That is not debate that is ignorance.

Surely it is not too much to ask that they act a little less like juvenile delinquents and more like adults?

Both on here and elsewhere they lower any topic to the only level they know, so perhaps the way forward is to follow the lead of the
edinburgh trade and ignore their worthless input which is normally irrelevant to any topic being discussed anyway.

I await their response to this which will no doubt prove my point.

Nope bright boy. You've just proved our point.

You only ever crawl out of the woodwork when you're hurting.

popcorn and Coke

Nope bright boy. You've just proved our point.

You only ever crawl out of the woodwork when you're hurting. And you're hurting now.

Cos you KNOW we're right.

BTW The leads in the trade only disagree with us becuase we're working to take away their vested interest and the privilege it brings them. Your shame is that you agree with them.

BTW2 Is it any coincidence that longshanks, Swannee only crawl out of their stone to do the committees' bidding. You guys hve to be committee men. Therefore working the biggest vested interest possib le.

I'll say it again, please merge the companies. Such a "monopoly" will guarantee de-restriction. It would be a travesty of the market for the council to hold out any longer. Your dominant position will be game over.

I've got the popcorn and Coke in!!

They keep insulting the intelligence and opinions of anyone who dares to disagree with them. That is not debate that is ignorance.

Surely it is not too much to ask that they act a little less like juvenile delinquents and more like adults?

Both on here and elsewhere they lower any topic to the only level they know, so perhaps the way forward is to follow the lead of the
edinburgh trade and ignore their worthless input which is normally irrelevant to any topic being discussed anyway.

I await their response to this which will no doubt prove my point.

C'mon great BALD one give us your evidence claiming a monopoly!!!

There i'snt a case to answer

It's a MERGER not a buy out of the competition and hey competition remains out with a merged company's control feck it a double

It proves my point of clutching at straws, triple

A merger is about protecting our trade FOR the individuals who operate within our trade, sadly two of those individuals is "cough" you and skull!!!

A merger is about CLOSING the door to our trade too those who DO
want to monopolise and control our trade, the net is closing in on the infiltrators hell bent on destroying our trade TRUST ME, NUDGE NUDGE

They keep insulting the intelligence and opinions of anyone who dares to disagree with them. That is not debate that is ignorance.

Surely it is not too much to ask that they act a little less like juvenile delinquents and more like adults?

Both on here and elsewhere they lower any topic to the only level they know, so perhaps the way forward is to follow the lead of the
edinburgh trade and ignore their worthless input which is normally irrelevant to any topic being discussed anyway.

I await their response to this which will no doubt prove my point.

Opinion you say:

A restricted practice operates by herding people together and selling them on like cattle. In our case, to dumb, feckwitted Taxi Drivers that don't know their ar*e from their elbow.

Instead of allowing people to leave the airport concourse unabated. British Airport Authorities (BAA) create a restriction, or bottleneck to slow their progress. They then restrict or limit their choice to the service they require, in this case, a taxi service. This effectively turns the passenger into a commodity, to be sold on to some complete plank that already pays to provide a licensed service to the customer. Enter, Forward Travel.


In response to Toots:

No, customers are customers. They have a choice. Not a fettered choice or a restricted choice, but a free choice, and they are not supposed to be turned into commodities, to be sold as a consequence of being denied their right to exercise that choice.

A restricted practice is about restricting services to the customer, with the sole purpose of selling the customer to the service provider.

If the free drop of point where any further away from the main terminal at Edinburgh Airport, the punters would have to buy camels to get to there.

In response to Toots:

Restricting customer access to services and thereby restricting the service providers' access to the customer, is exactly why BAA, can charge for providing a service. If both the customer and the service provider had unfettered access to each other, there would be nothing to charge for. The customer would cease to be a commodity to be sold on.


Not my definition but fact, none the less:

Restrictive Business Practices (RBP)

Abuse of dominant market position by private or public sector producers in preventing or restricting entry of new suppliers, or otherwise restraining fair and open competition. RBP include apportioning of customers or markets among themselves, collusion to fix prices, and/or discriminatory pricing. Also called restrictive trade practices.


The trouble is Swannee, you could not recognise REAL opinion if it jumped up and bit you on the a*se

It won't be half as good as Downton Abbey though!!!

Why, because you say so Dougie? You couldn't be more wrong. The operation of a restricted practice holds people on the airport concourse, creating a target for a terrorist attack. If any terrorist ever targeted the Taxi Rank at the right time and blew himself up in the Perspex tunnel, he would wipe out half the business fraternity of Europe.

You don't restrict the access of people leaving the airport terminal, herd them into a plastic pipe, and force them to queue for their own good. You do it for money. BAA, are putting customers at RISK.