Flybe In Trouble?

[mushroom25]

Part of Flybe's current difficulty relates to a large tax bill they're due to pay; the government are considering reducing Air Passenger Duty (APD) to give Flybe a breathing space
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-51100029

although primarily a revenue raiser, APD has the spin-off benefit of offsetting the carbon footprint of domestic air travel. given today's "flight-shaming" environmental climate, it's telling that the government would seek to bin a perceived environmental benefit in order to save a struggling bit-part airline, whose routes are paralleled by perfectly adequate road and rail services. Does saving 2000 jobs trump the environment?

[brainiac]

Well, NJ, if your one and only experience of Glasgow was at the end of the 1970s, I'll let you off saying you wouldn't want to return in a hurry. Like many other cities, it was pretty grim back then (and before that when I was growing up there), but - as with your example of Liverpool - huge changes have been made, and there is much to enjoy.

Find yourself walking round the city on a sunny day, and you'd be amazed at the great architecture, and not just Macintosh - I could recommend a route to check out the great architect of the previous generation (and a personal favourite) Alexander 'Greek' Thomson. Here's an interesting link, which also has great info on Thomson:

http://www.scotcities.com/central.htm

Great restaurants and bars, excellent uni, friendly natives, I could go on....