The Stealey-Wheelie, and those crosses...

[Plank Cap]

Now that the intro-to-service date has arrived, heard from more than one of our local colleagues that the crosses on the new bags have not been universally appreciated. Refusal to use the bags even suggested as a result - high treason surely?! Either way, another blinding success story from the 'procurement team'....

[Nearjet]

" The Stealey-Wheelie" - Love it !

[cerbus]

It is not a cross as in a crucifix. It a plus sign.
They need to get over themselves if they really think along those lines.

[BigGeordie]

It is neither, it is a Swiss Cross, as on the national flag of that rather hilly country. I suspect the local boys are just upset because they can no longer use their Porsche Design and Mont Blanc (isn't that Swiss as well?) cases. Maybe they could take the cross off and put a more suitable designer logo on instead?

Personally I think it is one of the worst designed flight cases I've ever used but I can't get too excited about it. I worry that our DSVPs should really have better things to concern themselves with than flight cases.:ugh:

[BLOGGSON]

I agree. Its a piece of crap. Doesn't fit well into the gap beside the seat and is a nightmare to find anything in as a result. The last vestige of individuality has been taken away apart from our body shapes. Maybe they'll legislate for that as well.

[theidler]

Words almost fail me. I've just extracted this piece of shyte from it's plastic wrapper and taken it for a test run round the house. Its half as wide again as my personal piece of luggage, half as heavy again and before I pull stuff out of it I'll need a course in braille because the top doesn't open properly.

It's not a pilot bag and it's not fit for purpose. And it resembles something my 80 year old Noo-Noo takes out shopping.

[whossorrynow]

It's that wide because it has 8 parallel compartments and dividers. It's got a tag on it with a picture of a young couple wearing jeans who seem to be going on a ski holiday. I think the suggestion is that they can get all their equipment into their trolley bags although they probably can't because half the available space is taken up with the dividers.

[gardenshed]

"Stealey wheelies" at the moment it is just a cross we have to bear. :E

[Tight Seat]

It is quite wide. Walking through the airport last night was like a scene out of Ben Hur!

[Schnowzer]

It's marvellous, I can get my entire family in it now that you can't get Cat C tickets. I even managed to spot a picture of it on-line:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38375000/jpg/_38375083_tardis300.jpg

[kotakota]

Can us mere mortals please see a photo of said offending article ?

[theidler]

Wasn't that Police-Box supposed to be small on the outside and big on the inside? What we've been handed is big on the outside and small on the inside. What a breakthrough in packaging and uselessness... I mean usefulness.

[missioncontrol]

Stealey's wheelies or stealer's wheel?

Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel - YouTube

:O

[ExpatBrat]

Five pages of whining about a flight bag wasn't enough for you people, you had to start another thread?

[Desert Driver]

The wheelie is about the same cost as a reasonable tablet or headset, which adds more value to the operation?
Every time I "struggle" with my wheelie I think of him.
My life is just a bit more crappier for this, not a big deal but a constant reminder of the over managed trivia to avoid the big issues.
DD

[GoreTex]

its actually hilarious that the company spends money to make our life crap, I guess the power of the weasel is just enough to get us a stupid bag

[ManaAdaSystem]

Five pages of whining about a flight bag wasn't enough for you people, you had to start another thread?


He was probably not able to find the original thread, so he created a new one with a proper title, one that is easy to search for.
And as usual, no indication of airline in the title.

[JAARule]

Time to kill so I looked up the swiss cross. It appears to be originally derived from the crucifix, as you'd expect.


It doesn't surprise me some of the xenophobes don't want to carry a bag with a cross on it.


Aug 01st at sign on and the spies from the lowest rungs of flight ops minions were observed hiding in the shadows making sure everyone was complying and taking names where they didn't. What a pathetic place this is sometimes.

[Desdihold]

:ugh:It also blocks access to the flashlight on the floor of the 777, the flashlight is part of the emergency equipment.

Try it next time you fly.

[TangoUniform]

Desdi, 100% spot on. Once again, the perfumed princes who dwell in the bouncy castle, who don't regularly fly, make decisions regarding their minions, that make no sense whatsoever and really have no concept of "line" flying. We are just their serfs.

[pilotday]

I do think its funny that the Stealey Wheelie threads have been the most popular lately.

Look deeper into the issue. Maybe some local didn't get a "cut" into this big purchase (3000+ cases).

Not saying anything smells bad about this deal, but i've seen countless managers at my other previous employers making side income in less than ethical ways.

ie.

Creating their own 3rd party shell company to sell parts and supplies back to their employer at exorbitant prices.

Or getting a nice payout from a supplier from a big contract being awarded….

If you think of things in that way (like a crook), a lot of stuff makes sense. If EK is on this big cost cutting kick, why wouldn't they let us buy our own flight case and make a rule that its black and conservative?

[Emma Royds]

Uniforms, bags and probably EK branded smalls next. Is this a sign of his departure at some point as he tries to 'leave his mark'?

pilotday - I think there is a lot more of that going on within the company that we perhaps first think!

[harry the cod]

pilotday/Emma Royds

How very perceptive of you both. Next time you get on board, take a sneaky look at the duty free magazine. There are a few of our senior management out there with their names on rather a lot of merchandise. Fancy a pendant by Ted Green? Course not, but change the name to a fancy Spanish sounding designer and hey presto, 'Eduardo Verde' becomes a top seller. Robin Paget not sexy enough then let's make way for Italian designer 'Roberto Paggio'. Amanda Suarez....and so it goes on..... :hmm:

You couldn't make it up if you tried!

Harry

[Schnowzer]

They've already started the company:

Emirates Lingerie | Middle-East (http://www.emirateslingerie.ae)

Choice of logos: Fly Emirates, Hello Tomorrow or for the adventurous Keep Discovering!

Come in red or fluorescent so that you can do the walkround or use the crew steps. Wibble!

[MasterYodaEK]

This "pilot" case is just a juke!
Just like the new uniform!
It is just a nice business agreement between gentlemen, everyone's happy and making money!
Al... is that the way you set up your pension plan? I mean your provident fund?

[pilotday]

you don't get rich working for the man.

[Outatowner]

I'm surprised you don't get this image when you click on the lingerie site:


https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/UAEApp4-1.gif


I guess morals can be flexible when there's money to be made - as always around here. Those ads would qualify as porn in this place. The locals must be spanking themselves silly over it.

[pilotday]

i wonder what would happen to Dubai's economy if they outlawed alcohol and enforced illegal prostitution.

[Panther 88]

PD, Enforced illegal prostitution? :\ But I get what you are saying.

[Gulfstreamaviator]

truee but so sad......
glf

[puff m'call]

Just don't use the stupid thing!!!

[CaptainChipotle]

My thoughts exactly. I was thinking about it when I loaded up on duty free booze and my bag was looking quite oval.

Seriously though, what if it breaks?

[pilotday]

payroll deduction for a new bag

[Emma Royds]

It's all part of his retirement plan after EK. This will be the sole supplier of replacement Stealey-Wheelies.

http://i59.tinypic.com/eqa2q.jpg

Note: 50% sale is not applicable to Emirates Airline pilots.

[olster]

A bag mix up / crisis in the sim today. Only a matter of time before passports / docs etc go flying off in different directions globally. You couldn't make it up...

[harry the cod]

olster

A Crisis you say? Definition of crisis; 'a time of acute difficulty or danger'. Isn't that every simulator session anyway? Regarding mixing the bags, just do what my recent F/O did and stick a couple of brightly coloured dangly things given to him by his kids. Looks very professional. Our DSVP would be suitably impressed! :rolleyes:

Harry

[montencee]

I saw it at EGHQ sign-in the other day. One fella picked up a random trolley - not his - and made off for security. Sadly after 10 minutes of arm flapping outside the flight docs office trolleys and owners were reunited.

[Old King Coal]

Not sure anybody would ever want to inadvertently wander off with my flight bag... what with contents predominantly consisting of truly 'exotic' jazz mags, prophylactics, litres of Scotch, and copious packets Bongo Bill's banjo pills... but, there again, maybe they would?! :}