There wasn’t much sympathy for this family’s cancelled private jet to Cannes – 12 favourite reactions
Two days after a technical glitch threw the U.K.’s air traffic control system into chaos, leaving thousands of flights cancelled and travellers stranded, airlines are still struggling to get everybody to where they are meant to be.
Perhaps UK air traffic control was running on Excel 97?
That's one way to explain why a single erroneous flight plan could bring the entire system down.https://t.co/6zxOLTBc2P pic.twitter.com/4KkZ96uO3G
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) August 29, 2023
UK flight chaos leaves Rishi Sunak stranded at Gatwick with no way of getting back to central London.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) August 29, 2023
I have NO SYMPATHY for those stuck in EU countries because the French fouled up #airtrafficcontrol
I SUPPORTED the UK economy & holidayed in Scotland,an English country.
I had a great time!
Also most who are stranded are teachers meaning pupils will miss vital lessons yet again😡 pic.twitter.com/7Y2T9Bg7U2— Sir Michael Take CBE (@MichaelTakeMP) August 30, 2023
News channels interviewed families stuck in other countries, and thwarted holiday-makers waiting for news as their available vacation hours dwindled.
The Daily Mail shared this modern tragedy –
It’s unfortunate that an eight-year-old was disappointed, but here’s a thought …a trip to the cinema, followed by pizza and ice-cream doesn’t require a working air-traffic control system.
As you can probably imagine, there wasn’t an overwhelming amount of sympathy for their plight.
1.
We don’t do the Daily Mail, unless it’s to laugh at the Daily Mail, and LOL. pic.twitter.com/nISxIr5UrZ
— Angry People in Local Newspapers (@angrypiln) August 29, 2023
2.
EXCLUSIVE My golden toilet won’t flush so now my butler is having to bury my poos in the orchard pic.twitter.com/k1iaqapVQi
— Fancy Brenda 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ (they/she) (@SpillerOfTea) August 29, 2023
3.
EXCLUSIVE my diamond shoes are too tight pic.twitter.com/bWGwqwLP1Q
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) August 29, 2023
4.
While we've been busy looking the other way… an actual tragedy… unseen and unnoticed has been playing out in real time pic.twitter.com/acK8O6jUxT
— Otto English (@Otto_English) August 28, 2023
5.
Of all the current UK air traffic control crisis stories, this one is possibly the most heartbreaking 💔 😉 pic.twitter.com/RRHRqSymOj
— Amy 🐈⬛ (@AmyL_IoM) August 28, 2023
6.
The Daily Mail leads with this.
Because it is all about the 'working man'.
Time to wake up and put this billionaire's toilet paper down. It's covered in ****.#airtrafficcontrol pic.twitter.com/tks9rsxjZH
— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) August 28, 2023
7.
There really are people living in a completely different world.
Even setting aside the environmental impact, £27k on a birthday present?
That's more than the entire annual net income of a great many families. pic.twitter.com/2M3r3MR0yr— Humanist Quaker (@HumanistQuaker) August 29, 2023
8.
Are you for real. Scuse me I need to go find my tiny tiny violin pic.twitter.com/sZAbRxKnu7
— Emma-just about done She/Her 🇮🇪✊🇵🇸🇺🇦 (@branfan91) August 28, 2023
9.
What's worse is Waitrose ran out of caviar! *Monocle drops out of eye into cocktail in shock* https://t.co/PKfjj1HXsO
— Altamont498 (@altamont498) August 29, 2023
10.
“for our daughter’s 8th birthday we are going to set the planet on fire to warm it up faster” https://t.co/HYSdPuUKX0
— Flori Robin 🏳️⚧️ (@fr_flori) August 29, 2023
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Man, the Daily Mail knows how to make a story about the common man. Instead let's hear from Milo and his Magic Private Jet. https://t.co/LSBFcRYMLD
— TonyCross (@Lokster71) August 29, 2023
12.
Cry me a fucking river pic.twitter.com/r3H6f53gbq
— Rob Incognito (@MrPostsGood) August 29, 2023
To sum up.
The struggle is real. pic.twitter.com/LvsVo5Wkp6
— Stephen Laughton 🇺🇦 (@StevoLaughton) August 28, 2023
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