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Air Traffic Controllers 24 hour strike
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ricardian » Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:24 am
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Strike announced over Inverness air traffic control plans
Air traffic controllers at Highlands and Islands Airports (Hial) are set to strike over...
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I think that the Italian ATC is on a go slow as BA have nine canx flights today and they’re all to Italy X(
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Fri Nov 29, 2024 11:53 am
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Winter forecasts from the Daily Express
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CharlieOneSix » Tue Oct 09, 2018 6:24 pm
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I'm eagerly awaiting the 2018 prediction from Nathan Rao (Daily Express columnist) for the UK winter weather. He normally trots them out about this...
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Whoever has got the franchise for sick bags at LHR today is going to make a fortune :D
Storm Bert has brought Met Office amber weather warnings and...
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Sat Nov 23, 2024 2:56 pm
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Dubai Airport Underwater After Torrential Rains
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PHXPhlyer » Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:15 pm
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A year’s worth of rain plunges normally dry Dubai underwater
A year’s worth of rain unleashed immense flash flooding in Dubai Tuesday as roads...
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It's Raining Again
Dubai flights canceled, schools and offices shut as rain pelts UAE just weeks after deadly floods
Abu Dhabi, United Arab...
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Thu May 02, 2024 2:46 pm
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Fri Apr 19, 2024 5:41 pm
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Software I first wrote in 1992 (ish) is still demonstrated on the 'Net!
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John Hill » Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:23 pm
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This is the terminal information system which broadcasts current weather conditions and air traffic control information to arriving and departing...
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It sounds like they are still using my VOLMET software to broadcast weather information on HF frequencies to aircraft in the Auckland Flight...
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Last post by John Hill
Thu Nov 09, 2023 11:45 pm
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FAA ATC Training to Reduce 'Close Calls'
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PHXPhlyer » Mon Jul 03, 2023 3:35 pm
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FAA launches new training for air traffic controllers to reduce ‘close calls’
The Federal Aviation Administration is stepping up air traffic...
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Either way, there have been too many 'Close Calls' recently! [-X
We had one here last week where a medivac flight had priority and instructions to...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Mon Jul 03, 2023 5:15 pm
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ATC - Pissed off
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Cacophonix » Thu Aug 30, 2018 4:32 pm
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The only rollicking rows with any ATC personnel I have ever had were both with military types, one in St, Pertersburg in Fl when I simply couldn't...
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These American air traffic RT conversations are rarely amusing but this one is quite good. Especially the China Air (2.20 mins). But given all this...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Tue May 09, 2023 8:39 am
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Airfield superintendent - job vacancy in Orkney
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ricardian » Sat Apr 15, 2023 12:02 pm
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Job opportunity in Orkney
Airfield Superintendent
35 hours per week
Permanent
£44,295 - £46,850 (including Distant Islands Allowance)
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Nope, but you'd get it anyway, as BOAC pointed out, because you're female and your application would have a return address in Botswana ;)))...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Tue Apr 18, 2023 11:19 am
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Space Weather Alert
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PHXPhlyer » Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:12 am
Space weather alert: G3 storm could cause northern lights as low as Iowa
Calling all northerners and Midwesterners! There’s a potential for a...
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Last post by PHXPhlyer
Wed Aug 17, 2022 1:12 am
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Hurricanes, or not. A DIY predictor
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Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Aug 04, 2022 12:08 pm
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In keeping with the Project Fear theme of the media, this year was widely advertised as being likely to be an above average hurricane season....
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Saharah?
Look at the green glow in your mistress's nail varnish and then look at the Sahara dust!
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Thu Aug 04, 2022 7:36 pm
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ATC major error CDG
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Ex-Ascot » Wed Jul 13, 2022 6:53 am
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This was very close to being a serious accident.
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The operating aircraft was an Airhub Airlines ( me neither) A320 , a subsidiary of Getjet on behalf of Air Sweden/ Norwegian, possibly the first hole...
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Wed Jul 13, 2022 1:14 pm
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JFK hit and run
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Woody » Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:30 pm
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Surprisingly no one has posted about this, no I’ve not seen the METAR :-o
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Incredible. Continuing without even an inspection it seems. The captain should be charged with endangering the lives of everyone on board.
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Jun 29, 2022 7:08 am
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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Sat Jul 03, 2021 6:45 am
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In the days before air traffic control..
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John Hill » Fri Jan 22, 2016 2:05 am
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In the days before air traffic control people used to climb in their aeroplanes and fly where their fancy took them then they started to fly a bit...
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Woody, I must resolve never to look at a DM link. First it was continual repetition with identical text and captions and then random crap.
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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Fri Apr 30, 2021 3:09 pm
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Storm Darcy
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ian16th » Mon Feb 08, 2021 2:40 pm
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Not a night to be on late shift on any airfield on the East Coast of UK.
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I pity anyone on shift at Marham tonight.
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I'll be glad when it's gone. Almost constant snow for days now but it's mixed with rain so my snowblower just clogs up within a few seconds of use....
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Last post by CharlieOneSix
Mon Feb 08, 2021 3:50 pm
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Another runway somewhere in England?
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Mon Feb 15, 2016 10:53 am
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I know that this topic has been rumbling on for decades and has become a political hot potato. Will anything ever happen? The last I read in the...
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See RAF Aldergrove has closed. Where do the University Air Squadron operate out of now? Found the answer, Leuchars. OK. Had a mate who was the Sqn...
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Wed Dec 16, 2020 4:16 pm
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Blowing dust - Lossiemouth
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CharlieOneSix » Sat Apr 18, 2020 3:29 pm
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Unusual to get this kind of report in the UK - just shows how little rain we've had up north during the last month....
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Posts 4 & 5 by Rossian and Plum have got it exactly.
During my time at Stalag Luft 8 this happened during a couple of Spring and Summer seasons....
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Last post by barkingmad
Tue May 05, 2020 11:31 am
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Cyclone Calvinia
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ian16th » Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:10 pm
Cyclone Calvinia is clobbering Mauritius right now.
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Reunion next.
It is early in the cyclone season.
SAA adjusted...
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Last post by ian16th
Mon Dec 30, 2019 4:10 pm
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Which airports in the UK have Met personnel?
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QSI583 » Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:07 pm
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Hi. A simple question, could someone let me know, either here, or via pm, which airports in the UK actually have Met Office personnel? Thanks!
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I think that civilian airports have automatic observation posts probably fed to the Met office and they do the TAFs from there. MetO people just get...
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Last post by Spitoon
Mon Oct 21, 2019 7:31 pm
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AOPA Safety Series
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Cacophonix » Mon Dec 17, 2018 9:22 pm
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I was a member of US AOPA for a number of years and rate their series of safety related videos which are well worth watching.
This case was...
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Caco
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Last post by Cacophonix
Sat Dec 29, 2018 6:36 pm
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Recent Incident in Las Vegas
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fin » Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:26 am
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On another aviation forum there is a current thread concerning a controller who basically became incapacitated while working solo in the wee hours at...
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I absolutely agree Caco. My point was that SO much effort seemed to have been made 'over there' NOT to mention what seemed obvious from listening to...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:30 pm
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Flight Tracker
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Ex-Ascot » Sat Aug 25, 2018 7:16 am
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I know that a number of folk here watch quite often. I rarely do. But perhaps the more knowledgeable could explain why our daily JNB-MUB-JNB SAA (Air...
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my application hasn't been accepted yet. I have filed their detailed application form now.
Did you hear back from them?
Sorry UP missed this....
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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Oct 05, 2018 7:24 am
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Chemtrails in southern UK?
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Aug 24, 2018 10:13 pm
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The chemtrailers must be having a meltdown over this.....
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'Cloud Streets' over southern UK
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I might find some excuse to pop in there but I don't wear a watch so I certainly don't need to get one serviced. I will make a point of telling her...
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Last post by Capetonian
Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:57 pm
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Wet Microbursts
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CharlieOneSix » Fri Nov 24, 2017 1:39 pm
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No, not the kind that afflicts the elderly.
FD2 sent me this link by email but it's so impressive I thought it worth posting here. I wouldn't want...
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Thanks for those. It brought back a few memories too !
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Last post by Beef Raiser
Thu Jul 26, 2018 9:15 am
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Not the best location for a new airport. .........
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Sep 21, 2016 4:33 pm
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Oops! seems that someone is going to be in the poo! :O3
Expensive mistake too. [-(
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The UK Government will subsidise the operation up to £1.9m in the first year of operation, representing over £36,000 per return flight – or nearly...
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Tue Jul 25, 2017 4:37 pm
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