Airports re open

[shakerator]

Eastern Europeans to be flown in to pick fruit and veg

A charter plane bringing Romanians to harvest British crops will arrive in the UK on Thursday.

www.bbc.co.uk

For pickers ...

 

[David.]

How much is this development down to pressure from supermarkets?
I expect Govt will claim to have listened to farmers though.

 

[Thick Farmer]

That’s ridiculous.

 

[Tomr10]

I see the military doing flybyes againg tonight

 

[einstein]

That’s ridiculous.

What is?

 

[Muddyroads]

I see the military doing flybyes againg tonight

They’ve been over me at least 3 times tonight.

 

[Tomr10]

They’ve been over me at least 3 times tonight.

I had 3 also

 

[Muddyroads]

I had 3 also

Which airport?

 

[Tomr10]

Which airport?

Manchester

 

[David.]

Is Covid big in Romania I suppose is first question.

 

[Muddyroads]

Manchester

Can’t be the same one then!

 

[Thick Farmer]

What is?

Flying people in when almost the entire population is isolating and out of work. If I was stuck in my house I’d pick fruit for free just so I could do something.

 

[Tomr10]

Can’t be the same one then!

It was about 7pm here

 

[Steevo]

Is Covid big in Romania I suppose is first question.

It might be in about 3 months once they have all flown back.

 

[fieldfarmer]

I see the military doing flybyes againg tonight

We were under the last turn it made before heading back to Exeter., was at least 3 loops maybe more, I got it up on the radar tpye app, and it followed the same route each time.

 

[Muddyroads]

Demand for Riverford boxes have more than tripled in the last month or so and they want to source as much as possible from the UK. These people are going to have to be very carefully managed.

 

[David.]

Anyone flying shearers in from NZ or Aus?

 

[glow worm]

Flying people in when almost the entire population is isolating and out of work. If I was stuck in my house I’d pick fruit for free just so I could do something.

I'm sure you know, like the rest of us on here, WHY they have to fly in outside help and just how eager the younger UK population is, in non Covid 19 times, to do hard labour picking fruit & veg!!!

 

[Thick Farmer]

I'm sure you know, like the rest of us on here, WHY they have to fly in outside help and just how eager the younger UK population is, in non Covid 19 times, to do hard labour picking fruit & veg!!!

They don’t HAVE to fly anyone in.

 

[Muddyroads]

We were under the last turn it made before heading back to Exeter., was at least 3 loops maybe more, I got it up on the radar tpye app, and it followed the same route each time.

They were flying between Exeter and Birmingham last week. Fuel must be cheap!