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Enjoy the disappointment of your cancelled holiday from your home with the UK Flights edition of the Flight Simulator series. Building on the thrill of not being able to take off or land due to incomplete pilot skills, you can experience the flight simulation from the perspective of simulated passengers - or passengers as most airlines refer to them these days.


You will experience the accurately modelled hours of tedium and frustration felt by thousands as all of your flights are cancelled after a six hour wait, unless you are still using a Pentium in which case you will have this experience on any version of flight simulation.


But wait... even more... buy the expansion pack and experience the excruciating joy of days on hold waiting to make your compensation claim while your simulated baggage is directed on to several other cancelled simulated flights before being crushed by simulated baggage trolleys and sent to a simulated destination you will never see.




First published 23 Jun 2022


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Saturday 27th September 2025 represents the 200th anniversary of the opening of the first public steam railway - and the first complaints about the railway - between Stockton & Darlington.


The first train ran 15 minutes late and generated a tsunami of complaints from travellers demanding refunds, some of which are still outstanding. Additional complaints were made about soot entering the carriages and settling on the stale bread used to make sandwiches.


Problems continued on day 2, with Stephenson forced to offer a replacement horse and carriage service. Complaints continued to dog the service, even after British Rail took over its running after the Second World War. The long standing issues were only resolved when British Rail closed the line in 1967.


Author: bobski (H/T deskpilot)

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