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Forum: Rumours & News
11th May 2024, 16:57
Replies: 32
Views: 9,167
Posted By pax britanica

Not reported what the crew did but if I were on...

Not reported what the crew did but if I were on that plane I would have some concerns,
Rejected take off , albeit fairly low speed
Taxi to dark corner of airport and...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th May 2024, 21:17
Replies: 32
Views: 9,167
Posted By pax britanica

Bermuda- L F Wade international airport is not...

Bermuda- L F Wade international airport is not that small on island standards> In fact for an island with a population of about 58,000 is is quite big and takes up a significant proportion of the...
Forum: ATC Issues
9th May 2024, 18:04
Replies: 2
Views: 790
Posted By pax britanica

Well thats la belle France for you, it has its...

Well thats la belle France for you, it has its problems but most things there seem to work a lot better than here, trains, motorways , cost of power and water , health service, Airbus, is there any...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2024, 10:34
Replies: 32
Views: 9,167
Posted By pax britanica

Altho I have an interest in Bermuda side of...

Altho I have an interest in Bermuda side of things this was mostly about the challenges a very small airport faces when confronted by an issue like this.. Do they have anti terror troops/police do...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2024, 17:43
Replies: 32
Views: 9,167
Posted By pax britanica

P icked it up from the Bermuda newspap[er which...

P icked it up from the Bermuda newspap[er which having lived there I read from time to time.

and yes it seems BA is a bit of a coincidence except that its British and Turks and Caicos was kind of...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2024, 12:54
Replies: 32
Views: 9,167
Posted By pax britanica

BA Bomb threats

Seems BA had a series of Bomb threats aimed at Island destinations, Bermuda , Turks Island and BVI (not sure BA go there)

Not terribly well handled at Bermuda and exposes the problems of widebody...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th Apr 2024, 12:25
Replies: 36
Views: 4,207
Posted By pax britanica

Rear airstairs A few times on 727s ,...

Rear airstairs

A few times on 727s , Eastern Air Canada and several time son extremely loud 1-11s . Living in Stockholm and flying round the Nordics on innumerable DC9-MD80s , the latter I...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2024, 16:00
Replies: 162
Views: 57,882
Posted By pax britanica

MBA s and management 'Consultants' are at the...

MBA s and management 'Consultants' are at the heart of this fatal corruption in the corporate world. Of course not every aspect of an MBA course nor every consultancy is flawed but overall they...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 19:07
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

More Boeing woes now they have got proof that...

More Boeing woes now they have got proof that the soon to leave CEo cheated on his taxes by using a private jet ofr personal travel, and not declaring it as taxable. I mean do you really have to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 12:41
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

ATC i missed the beginning and the end so that...

ATC
i missed the beginning and the end so that explains that
I assume she meant the outrigger without going into all the details to the journo in the other seat.

Ive been inside a B52 a few...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 10:50
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

Thread drift While Boeing is rightly getting a...

Thread drift
While Boeing is rightly getting a lot of scrutiny over its Profits before People policy Netflix has another interesting docudrama on the same theme . this time big Pharma is the one in...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 10:42
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

ATC watcher, I saw the CNN B52 item , didn't...

ATC watcher, I saw the CNN B52 item , didn't notice the lady commander tho i must admit.

I thought they didn't make it very clear than losing an engine on B52 is less of an issue than a Triple 7...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2024, 16:12
Replies: 36
Views: 5,316
Posted By pax britanica

Does anyone publish what percentage of GDP is...

Does anyone publish what percentage of GDP is spent on other big ticket items in Government - 3%can sound alot or a little without other references

For example what percentage do we spend on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2024, 20:37
Replies: 13
Views: 5,399
Posted By pax britanica

A bit of thread drift, the Mars was an amazing...

A bit of thread drift, the Mars was an amazing plane for its time, truly gigantic but compared to a triple7-200. What will . What i wonder might peopel 50 years hence have to comapre witha jum today...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2024, 10:14
Replies: 23
Views: 4,853
Posted By pax britanica

If we now do everything ourselves of this nature...

If we now do everything ourselves of this nature how many more civil servants have we had to employ on transport, food, shipping, technology transfer etc etc etc because of the B word


Of course...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2024, 15:41
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

RobinS49 You are right on target with what...

RobinS49

You are right on target with what you say . what has happened to Boeing exists right across much of America and the UK, complex companies/entities run largely by peopel who understand...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2024, 11:31
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

I woudl agree with that- CFO is a ahrd one to...

I woudl agree with that- CFO is a ahrd one to find if hes got the guts to hold his ground against pack of rabid Wall Steer Analysts who re mostly looking for unrealistic returns in an unrealistic...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2024, 16:40
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

Claybird, when you say super savvy CFO do you...

Claybird, when you say super savvy CFO do you mean one who is smart enough to know that Boeing will only fully recover if accounting and financial management issues are focussed on supporting the...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2024, 16:49
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

these guys are good bsuienss men but to run a...

these guys are good bsuienss men but to run a company like boeing which has overriding issues compared to shareholder value like SAFETY which mostly doesnt come into busiens in the way aviation does....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Mar 2024, 16:32
Replies: 29
Views: 2,689
Posted By pax britanica

I lived near Bovingdon , near not close and...

I lived near Bovingdon , near not close and still in Herts and have vague memories of military pistons heading to or from the airfield. QQ has a great list that would have been fantastic to see for...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2024, 16:21
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

Heaven forbid but if there was another Max fatal...

Heaven forbid but if there was another Max fatal crash traced to MCAS or some other bit of dodgy design could the CEO and his colleagues face corporate manslaughter charges.. Corporate ethos is...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2024, 17:53
Replies: 366
Views: 85,372
Posted By pax britanica

Russia of late has tended to focus on rebuilding...

Russia of late has tended to focus on rebuilding the Soviet Union rather than expanding/invading non traditional Soviet countries . That probably works quite well with some elements of Russian...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2024, 17:47
Replies: 15
Views: 3,135
Posted By pax britanica

Not huge support for Cons in Somerset these days...

Not huge support for Cons in Somerset these days after betrayal of farmers and influx of blow ins from London and SE . Often a Lib Dem stronghold in the past the SW may return to something like that...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2024, 12:52
Replies: 66
Views: 32,762
Posted By pax britanica

Sudden twang Well done for adding a...

Sudden twang

Well done for adding a correction/caution to that.
it was speculated that the Captains state of mind influenced what happened but it was never proven . Essentially he had a row in...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Mar 2024, 17:39
Replies: 4,470
Views: 644,223
Posted By pax britanica

SLXO I have seen that RJ?146 meandering...

SLXO

I have seen that RJ?146 meandering about that part of the world I live just south of Frome and out in deepest darkest summerset could even hear it on one occasion even though it was fairly...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Mar 2024, 16:54
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,184
Posted By pax britanica

The recent postings on here referring to loose...

The recent postings on here referring to loose bolts, inappropriate practices for fastening things, deviations from standard procedures are to my mind, and I am a telecoms guy not aerospace , serious...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2024, 12:36
Replies: 6
Views: 4,322
Posted By pax britanica

Pleased to hear the news about the QR A380...

Pleased to hear the news about the QR A380 delaying retirement

Just flown LHR-DOH in J on one and perhaps the best trip ever from a great many and cabin crew told me they were almost always full...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2024, 13:38
Replies: 415
Views: 189,082
Posted By pax britanica

Seemingly a very strange list of external...

Seemingly a very strange list of external participants, almost as though they were chosen for lack of knowledge in the airline business and or IT systems or complex infrastructure projects. While...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2024, 09:59
Replies: 705
Views: 198,961
Posted By pax britanica

Boeing probably is a case of too big to fail. ...

Boeing probably is a case of too big to fail.

There have to be minimum two airliner manufacturers and essentially that's what we have now. All the talk about re engining the lovely 75 and building...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2024, 13:58
Replies: 127
Views: 29,278
Posted By pax britanica

rog747 thanks for your little addendum -lead...

rog747

thanks for your little addendum -lead me to re read a really nice nostalgia thread
PB
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Feb 2024, 10:29
Replies: 26
Views: 3,172
Posted By pax britanica

rog 747, well I will find out soon enough but...

rog 747, well I will find out soon enough but given the way insurers lie and cheat on just about everything to avoid claims I cannot say I am optimistic, but will dropa note on ehre. the main point i...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th Feb 2024, 12:45
Replies: 26
Views: 3,172
Posted By pax britanica

Hello to all the helpful contributors and...

Hello to all the helpful contributors and commentors on here

Well this was not the best holiday i ahve ever had since after only 5 days a dire emergency back hom emeant we had to return to the UK...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Feb 2024, 11:32
Replies: 200
Views: 47,704
Posted By pax britanica

A different slant to flying and an interesting...

A different slant to flying and an interesting one are two books by Mark Vanhoenacker an airline pilot who is gay and writes about his life on the way to and on the flight deck time in certain global...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Feb 2024, 11:02
Replies: 3
Views: 1,185
Posted By pax britanica

I dont know whether flight experience means from...

I dont know whether flight experience means from th flight deck or as passenger .
I spent many, many hours being transported around the world on the 74 and thought it very nice-perhaps the L1011 was...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 16:23
Replies: 73
Views: 14,698
Posted By pax britanica

Living for many years in Camberley ie between...

Living for many years in Camberley ie between Wokka world at Odiham and London Chinooks were always scooting up and down the M3 and very noisy -I would have been mostly off to one side. But is there...
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