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Infractions: 0/1 (5) | ![]() Damn!!! This is exactly what happened to me on saturday. But it was my in-laws. And the deccan flight, which was supposed to arrive from madurai, has not left bangalore at 9:30!! So I just looked around the airport a little and returned back home. Quote:
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| ![]() Is not the parking fee a bit steep? |
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| ![]() I think I heard that airport photography rule had been relaxed a year or two back. I love the giant suitcase. One of the 28,000 that got stuck at Heathrow Terminal 5 perhaps? ![]() |
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Baggage weight affects stability and dynamics of the plane. Since they have tolerance limits, 2kgs by itself may not make difference, but think of what difference 2 KG multiplied by a mere 100 passengers will make to an object floating in thin air. ;-) And I have noticed that if a large number of passengers have lesser un accompanied baggage by weight, some premium services close their eyes to excess baggage up to 3 - 5 KG. That is the situation at COK As to the issue of emigration clearance, it serves two purposes - one is ensuring your health, by ensuring that you have taken proper vaccination. Educated people would have taken the vaccinations as part of requirements of the respective educational institutions, (and generally, speaking, may know how to take care of themselves) Second is protecting the government's financial safety - if you are stuck up in the foreign county (the sponsor cheating you, etc) the foreign govt is supposed to contact the Indian embassy / high commission in the country, and the Indian govt. has to bear costs of bringing you back, and one of requirements of "ECR" stamp is that you make a small deposit to cover the possible costs. Again, in case of educated / experienced people (people who have spent 10 years in a foreign country do not require emigraion clearance), the assessment seems to be that they are less likely to be cheated and if at all stuck up, the govt will have better chances of recovering the amount spent on bringing you back to India. According to info on some papers, travel agents / touts charge up to 18K for obtaining emigration clearance (CLEARANCE, NOT fthe stamp). BTW, the educational qualification is a graduation, not matriculation, as mentioned in some posts. If have a ECR required stamp on you passport, it possible that you got it befroe your graduated, or did not provide a copy of the degree certificate along with the passport applicaion. | |
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This is no longer true. The rules have changed now. A Matriculation is sufficient. Please check the official site of the Ministry - :: Welcome to Passport Office Mumbai :: From their FAQ section: Quote:
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| ![]() hey guys is liquor allowed in checked in baggage for flights to america. Btw i am flying continental airlines |
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| ![]() But why would anyone take liquor TO America. Im not a drinker but isnt it normaly the other way around ? i guess it could be brand/blend preference ? Very intriguing. |
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| ![]() My latest experence It was ATR and flight for Mumbai on 31st of May,Pilot perhaps was in too much of hurry as he pulled full throttle during take off and flight tookoff before the middle of runway. Everything was good untill we started to decrease the height,I could able to hear some sound comming out fm cockpit(though it was closed but I could hear that sound) like pee pee pee,face of airhostess looked rather tense but we landed safely.That sound must be comming out from control panel because pilot must have switched off auto pilot and perhaps comming down faster than normal. Next day same flight came but could not go back due to some technical issue!! ![]() Recently I read one article in cnn money that U.S. commercial airlines have grounded over 2,000 flights since late March in response to failed FAA inspections. If anyone interested I can paste that article here.My question is do we here take such care for passengers? I doubt. |
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