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SAA Pilots vote to strike.

Last post by Capetonian « Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:45 pm
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by ian16th » Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:38 pm

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9 out of 10 SAA pilots think SAA standards suck.

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The root cause of SAA's current problems is this :
SAAPA claims the vast majority of recent appointments are in an acting capacity reminiscent of...

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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Sep 26, 2019 1:45 pm
CRM - Nationalities and feasibility

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:09 pm
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by Rwy in Sight » Thu Sep 05, 2019 8:56 am
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Under that title I like to launch a discussion about CRM and its local varieties

I understand (I can't locate the reference right now) that some...

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I was talking about RAF officer training; my experience of the infantry is similar to yours, though the army technical trades are far more...
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:09 pm
Flying Freight

Last post by ian16th « Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:11 pm
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by OFSO » Tue Sep 03, 2019 8:33 pm

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Among the twinkling fireflies heading out into the stillness of a calm Mediterranean night this evening I spotted a 747 CargoLux traveling from...

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One of their regular runs was trucking Nokia phones from Finland. 5* over night hotels NOT - they bunked in a cabin in the airfield.

I had to go...

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Last post by ian16th
Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:11 pm
United Airlines done good for once...

Last post by TheGreenGoblin « Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:32 pm

by TheGreenGoblin » Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:32 pm

I am not a big fan of United Airlines for a number of personal reasons and prejudices, so I am generally happy to dis them and I often get the...

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Last post by TheGreenGoblin
Wed Aug 28, 2019 8:32 pm
Ryanair closes Girona

Last post by Woody « Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:30 am
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by OFSO » Fri Aug 23, 2019 3:23 pm

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Ryanair has announced it is closing its base at Girona and sacking 164 staff including crew stationed there. Writing had been on the wall for years...

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Quite a few Harpair flights to REUS now, obviously getting a better deal there.

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Last post by Woody
Wed Aug 28, 2019 10:30 am
Iberia and Vueling on strike in August

Last post by ribrash « Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:22 pm
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by OFSO » Thu Aug 22, 2019 5:35 pm

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Says it all. Just been on TV news. Union leaders have been on a course in Paris, learning the French couldn't care less shoulder shrug.

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BA pilots standing up to the Spanish Bully ^:)^

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Last post by ribrash
Fri Aug 23, 2019 9:22 pm
Ryanair strikes in September...

Last post by 1DC « Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:10 pm
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by OFSO » Wed Aug 14, 2019 3:26 pm

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1. 2. 6. 8. 13. 15. 20. 22. 27. 28... October will continue if management don't give in.

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Read in the paper today that Ryanair said that most of their pilots earn £175k per year and are demanding it to be doubled...

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Last post by 1DC
Thu Aug 22, 2019 6:10 pm
Don't let the Icelandics near your airline. The Icelandic 'Saga'.

Last post by svhar « Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:38 am
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by Boac » Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:43 am

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Don't get me wrong - the Icelandic folk are great - working with them in Astraeus when we ran the 'Iceland Express' operation was most enjoyable (if...

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I am one of them, but I agree.

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Last post by svhar
Tue Aug 13, 2019 12:38 am
Pilots arrested at Glasgow airport

Last post by Pontius Navigator « Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:02 pm
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by ricardian » Sat Aug 03, 2019 9:39 pm

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2 pilots arrested after failing breath test

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Loftleider flight, Glasgow to Reykjavik was held for us at the ramp. Shacklebus trundles up next door, out comes pilot in immersion suit, life...

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Last post by Pontius Navigator
Thu Aug 08, 2019 6:02 pm
Nice one, KLM!

Last post by Ex-Ascot « Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:56 pm
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by Boac » Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:03 am

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Last post by Ex-Ascot
Fri Jul 19, 2019 3:56 pm
200 mile an hour tailwind!

Last post by Slasher « Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:10 am
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by Cacophonix » Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:47 pm
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Who needs the Concorde, anyway? On Monday, somewhere over norther Pennsylvania, a Virgin Atlantic-flown Boeing 787 Dreamliner traveling from Los...

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I was positiong an Aztec into Vagar (Faroes) from Glasgow to collect a pax.

Anyway, and positioned myself using the weather radar in the mouth of...
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Last post by Slasher
Thu Jul 18, 2019 11:10 am
Wonder if the green brigade contemplate this on their way to major conferences around the globe

Last post by Rwy in Sight « Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:03 pm
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by prospector » Tue Jul 16, 2019 1:15 am

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I am always jealous of all those nice places the eco agreements are signed and activists are too happy to fly there.

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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Tue Jul 16, 2019 9:03 pm
When the registration requires change?

Last post by G-CPTN « Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:52 pm
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by Rwy in Sight » Sun Jun 30, 2019 5:24 pm

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We were discussing with a friend yesterday when an aircraft must change registration when is is leased/hired to an airline. For instance Alitalia has...

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I once rebuilt a car retaining only the chassis registration plate.

Did you inform the insurers you had modified the vehicle? ;)))

It was done...

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Last post by G-CPTN
Mon Jul 15, 2019 9:52 pm
737 Max cancellation

Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana « Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:15 pm
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by OFSO » Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:54 am

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I see a Saudi loco has cancelled an order for the 737Max and switched to Airbus. Only 30 aircraft plus follow-ups, though. Probably FR will take the...

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I believe they are taking the orders from their parent company, Saudi Arabian Airlines. It will be interesting to see what SAA does now - is this...

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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Mon Jul 08, 2019 12:15 pm
Air France

Last post by Woody « Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:49 pm
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by OFSO » Mon May 07, 2018 10:27 am

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See the French government is suggesting that Air France may not survive if the unions keep up their demands and/or unless Macron gives in to their...

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Plan B then!

Air France’s subsidiary Joon has operated its last commercial flights under the Joon brand and will be merged into the Air France...

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Last post by Woody
Fri Jun 28, 2019 8:49 pm
7700 Alerts on EZY JER <-> BFS flights

Last post by Boac « Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:12 pm
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by Capetonian » Thu Jun 27, 2019 10:43 am

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Switched my phone on just after landing at BFS, and got amongst other stuff, a FlightRadar24 7700 alert. Looked at it and thought the flight number...

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It's you? :))

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Last post by Boac
Thu Jun 27, 2019 12:12 pm
Air New Zealand to allow staff to show tattoos.

Last post by FD2 « Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:37 am
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by John Hill » Mon Jun 10, 2019 6:18 am

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Air New Zealand says it will allow all staff, including those in uniform, to display their non-offensive tattoos at work.

From September 1 all new...

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It's an odd policy.

It's a cultural thing for Maori but not for Pakeha (apart from older ex-servicemen), and as prospector says, who decides if a...

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Last post by FD2
Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:37 am
797

Last post by llondel « Tue May 21, 2019 5:01 pm
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by OFSO » Mon May 20, 2019 3:08 pm

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So Boeing's new797 will be built for a single pilot to fly, with the second officer ground-based and assisting in flying several aircraft at a time...

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I read the above and wondered if I'd been in a time warp back to 1st April.

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Last post by llondel
Tue May 21, 2019 5:01 pm
Thomas Cook Airlines for sale

Last post by unifoxos « Fri May 17, 2019 11:05 am
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by Boac » Thu Feb 07, 2019 9:23 pm

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. I assume that is Condor as well.

...and so it goes on. Not good times.

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I imagine that, like the EU's artificial currency, the company is too big to fail, and money is going be pumped in to keep it operating, but for how...

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Last post by unifoxos
Fri May 17, 2019 11:05 am
Accross the Atlantic by A321

Last post by barkingmad « Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:57 pm
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by ian16th » Thu Apr 11, 2019 8:17 am

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All Cattle Class, but its cheep cheep!

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Maybe they'll try and copy WFA and operate LCY to BOS stopping in Dublin for fuel and passport stamps?

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Last post by barkingmad
Sun Apr 21, 2019 7:57 pm
Jet Airways in Trouble

Last post by Boac « Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:49 pm
Replies: 5
by barkingmad » Fri Apr 12, 2019 7:47 am

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Jet Airways cancels international flights as crisis deepens

Sadly another one possibly on the way out.

Apparently unpaid lessors looking for their...

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S'gone!

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Last post by Boac
Wed Apr 17, 2019 4:49 pm
To contenarised or not

Last post by Rwy in Sight « Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:36 pm
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by Rwy in Sight » Sun Apr 14, 2019 7:59 pm

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Ever since I saw a turn around of an A300B4 with a palletized load used back in1985, I am curious on the pro and cons of using pallets or containers...

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I think that this a recurring test. I remember a similar experience using a 747 some twenty years ago. It seems you can either reinforce the...

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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Mon Apr 15, 2019 4:36 pm
ADS-B Rolled out.

Last post by ExSp33db1rd « Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:59 am
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by barkingmad » Wed Apr 03, 2019 8:00 am

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Just announced, satellite tracking fully live and being trialled over N Atlantic .

Presume MH370 has accelerated this development?

Nothing like a...

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Ha! I'll match your student pilot and raise you a cadet who asked me yesterday how did you calculate (ROD needed to maintain a 3* slope which is 1/2...

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Last post by ExSp33db1rd
Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:59 am
Flybe listening to GPWS hard warning?

Last post by Ibbie « Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:36 am
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by barkingmad » Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:45 am
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Following the suspended pilot's e-mail to the management are we now watching the Flybe board sitting listening to the hard warnings and waiting for...

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Son needs to go back to MAN for a day next month and the month after. Looked at Flybe website this morning for flights.

Seems they have totally...
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Last post by Ibbie
Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:36 am
Having a bone to pick ...........

Last post by Woody « Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:13 am
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by barkingmad » Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:09 pm

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Brilliant rant over in T O P from retiring apparently genuine airline pilot who sums it all up very concisely.

Don't read if you're on...

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I’ve read this, without logging on, makes lots of good points, but I reckon most of his points have been made already by the Pilots and others in...

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Last post by Woody
Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:13 am

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