If the purpose of the proposed sell-off of Glasgow Airport (August 21) is to increase competition for passengers then I am all in favour of it.
I often fly from Glasgow to Fuerteventura, in the Canary Islands. Thomas Cook is the only company to fly direct. I was quoted £1400 for a flight from Glasgow over Christmas and New Year for two adults and a child.
I have since booked a flight from Liverpool. Why? It saved me almost £1000 on the Glasgow price!
The flight, with Ryanair, for the three of us, cost £450. So roll on the sell-off.
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Where's the money?
LET me get this straight: Park's of Hamilton makes £153,000 in commission on mis-selling insurance to hundreds of customers (August 22), yet the court fines it only £61,600?
By my reckoning that means the car firm has made £91,400 from the scam.
What is even more insulting to consumers is the original fine of £88,000 - still too low - was cut to £60,000 because the company admitted the offence early.
Is it any wonder big businesses get a bad name when this is the way one of the country's top car dealerships treats customers?
Heads should have rolled.
COLIN IRVINE Via e-mail
Strikers hit back
WE want to reply to the letters published on Thursday about the council strike.
A parent thought council workers should have gone on strike during the school holidays because it caused her inconvenience. Is this not the purpose of the strike, to cause disruption?
As for being grateful to accept the 2.5% offered, that is not a pay rise, but a pay cut.
The same goes for the reader who says we should be grateful we are not in the private sector. We do not get Christmas, monthly or annual bonuses, have very little motivation to do our jobs with enthusiasm and get no thanks from management or the public if we have done well.
So to all those who think the private sector are hard done to, just remember that when you have your all-expenses paid Christmas night out and big fat bonuses.
HARD WORKING COUNCIL STAFF Glasgow
Gala day thanks
Queens Cross Housing Association held its annual Gala Day on Saturday at the Firhill sports complex. As chairwoman of the Garscube Community Foundation, sponsors of the day, I would like to thank everyone
who made it such a great occasion.
This includes the local businesses and contractors who donated prizes, all the groups who provided entertainment during the day, Lord Provost Bob Winter, and River City actress Libby McArthur, who opened the show, and the residents who came and supported us.
Housing associations do not just put up houses, they build and support real community values.
BRIDGET McGEECHAN Chairwoman, Garscube Community Foundation
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HOT TOPIC: Curfew on neds should be extended
The curfew is a good idea and should be extended to more areas - but this is not the long-term solution.
KUDOS, Glasgow
Worry on policing
I am glad that crime figures are down as a result of this initiative, but the impact that these curfew orders have on the local police office are huge.
Visiting each home at least once a night has a huge impact on the general policing of that area.
As the curfew orders appear to be succeeding at reducing crime, it begs the question: what impact do they have on the overall policing of an area?
HUGO, South Side
Streets are safer
Well done to the London Road Police for tackling these neds head-on.
Instead of criticising their methods, people should be helping them. Any new agenda always has teething problems and others should share their views on how to improve this system.
It's a great idea and one which makes the streets safer for all decent people.
Again, well done!
JAH1873, Glasgow
Parents must act
CURFEWS are nothing new. Growing up in Pollok in the early 1970s my dad used to impose a curfew on me. But why are the police having to deal with this? Perhaps it's time parents took some control of their feral kids!
MALCY, Craigton
Send them to frontline
IF you're a ned and you think you are tough, then you and your wee mates should be rounded up and sent to the frontline in Afghanistan. Let's see how tough you really are!
And let's see how long the baseball cap, and trackies tucked into your socks, last in that heat.
JAYM, Glasgow
Fat cat lawyers
Can anyone not see the bigger picture here? Glasgow ghettos are a breeding ground for serial criminals, and fat cat legal aid lawyers hang onto their coat-tails.
For every wee ned there's a well-groomed lawyer, funded by the public, making a killing out of their crimes.
HEAVY, Glasgow
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