colly0410 1,181 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Flying is where a private hire taxi picks up punters off the street without being pr-booked, highly illegal.... When I worked as a cabbie in the mid/late 80's/early 90/s I would fly on a Friday/Saturday/Wednesday nights outside the Astoria, New york New york etc nightclubs (there'd be dozens of PH cabs there flying) I made so much money flying it was daft. We'd ignore the board operator shouting over the radio for "cars Bulwell/Rise Park/Hucknall etc." He'd get irate & try & order us to take radio jobs. We'd only take the Bulwell/Hucknall etc jobs if our flying jobs were dropping off that way. Don't think any PH cabby fly's nowadays as the authority's have clamped down on PH's flying. I never got caught & don't know of anyone else who did back then.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Back in the early 70s when I ran for Starline, Canning Circus my favourite spot was the Victoria club, Friday and Saturday nights there were very lucrative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mercurydancer 1,104 Posted May 15, 2016 Report Share Posted May 15, 2016 Reminds me of a Harry Chapin song Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NewBasfordlad 3,599 Posted May 16, 2016 Report Share Posted May 16, 2016 I ended up driving the Merc they bought, George like a nice motor to ride in.................. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radfordred 6,284 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Taxi for Red ABC to Radford how much youth? 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_big_fact_hunt 9 Posted January 20, 2018 Report Share Posted January 20, 2018 the predecessor to the nissan bluebird Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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