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Walsh quick on air
SNAPPED
BA boss Willie Walsh
put in a sterling
performance as a
panellist on last
week’s Question
Time on the BBC.
Facing the
night’s first question, he stoutly defended that
day’s decision to approve a third runway at
Heathrow against criticism about its impact on
the environment.
But he soon found himself being grilled by
host David Dimbleby after a member of the
audience suggested people should fly less,
making airport expansion unnecessary.
Do people fly unnecessarily, Dimbleby asked.
Rather surprisingly, this prompted Walsh to
answer that, yes, he thought they did.
He was then asked to explain his comments
by the host who clearly thought he’d got the
boss of a major international airline to admit
people should use its services less. RHODES TO THE WHITEHOUSE: When someone claiming to be from Sandals rang TTG
However, the quick-thinking Walsh said Towers to say that Rhodes was in Jamaica, the phone was swiftly hung up and the call written off as a
there was clear evidence of people flying prank. But it turns out the call wasn’t from a madman and a photograph was emailed in to prove it. As
unnecessarily as evidenced by those who you can see, Gary Rhodes was in Jamaica, in the Sandals Whitehouse European Village Resort, filming
choose carriers other than BA. a celebration of the best of regional cuisine. The show airs in April on the UKTV Food channel.
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