Not many things seem to be working in Hungary these days. With a right wing government that seems to make a sport of creating enemies all around it, from the European Union to the IMF, the small Central-European country has now reached a point where the economy has nowhere to go but down. This of… Continue reading Ferihegy Airport – the beginning of the end?
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Painful regrets… The Transformation of Ferihegy in Words and Pictures.
Very possibly I am risking my job by broadcasting my pain, but I am unable to keep myself from doing it. I guess any reader would do the same thing if he were to be stripped of his home but still forced to continue living there. This complicated frame of mind is exactly what I… Continue reading Painful regrets… The Transformation of Ferihegy in Words and Pictures.
In Memoriam – Budapest Ferihegy Airport Terminal 1
The current Hungarian government can claim credit for a series of mistakes but allowing the national airline to go bust without a successor, when in fact the previous government had left a detailed blueprint for setting up a new airline, is certainly among the most painful. An absolute first is also the fact that Terminal… Continue reading In Memoriam – Budapest Ferihegy Airport Terminal 1
In Place of Praise
The end of 2011 is in fact the end of an epoch in the history of Hungarian air traffic control. I do not want to qualify this epoch, future generations might do that in the fullness of time. The fact remains, an important generation of controllers have retired. I call them the “beat-generation”. About 40… Continue reading In Place of Praise
BUD Welcomes the EU Presidency
If, based on my earlier writings, my esteemed readers have come to the conclusion that I am a grumpy old man, I am afraid I will have to largely agree with them. But believe me I would love to talk also about the nice things in the life of Ferihegy Tower, except that there are… Continue reading BUD Welcomes the EU Presidency
Winter season survived at Ferihegy
It would appear that we have survived the 2011 winter season without major hiccups. Events arose only when a bored office-bug decided to fabricate an elephant from a flea… Luckily either they were not bored enough or there was a lack of fleas but the number of overblown events were also thankfully low. What was… Continue reading Winter season survived at Ferihegy
Budapest-Ferihegy SkyCourt, viewed from the tower
Our esteemed readers had the occasion to read my friend, Steve’s account of SkyCourt, Budapest Ferihegy Airport’s new pride. Now I would also like to add a few words about this wonder, as seen from the control tower. Of course I need to go back a bit further in time since this story started much… Continue reading Budapest-Ferihegy SkyCourt, viewed from the tower