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Forum: Military Aviation
17th Jul 2018, 09:05
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Thank you Airbubba for your quote from the...

Thank you Airbubba for your quote from the excellent, as you say, Omaha World-Herald. Oh to have such forensic and dedicated journalism on this side of the pond! That ex-55th Wing commanders are...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Jun 2014, 09:35
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

DBP:- You need to see the woods for the trees...

DBP:-
You need to see the woods for the trees with respect, DBP. The CA Instructions were not outdated, they worked but were arbitrarily scrapped in favour of new CDPIs which were simply wrong, as...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Jun 2014, 08:24
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Let's be clear, this discussion is not about...

Let's be clear, this discussion is not about those who currently work, and no doubt work hard, for the MAA and MAAIB, but about the MAA and MAAIB themselves. The last 'A' in MAA stands for authority,...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jun 2014, 13:33
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Agreed Nab, but Regulation is also an oversight...

Agreed Nab, but Regulation is also an oversight function, leading to enforcement when required. If that simple process had continued unhindered in the late 80's, instead of have being utterly...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jun 2014, 08:31
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Tourist, there is absolutely no question that...

Tourist, there is absolutely no question that your position on this will be fulfilled. RJ simply joins all the other fleets that are known to be unairworthy, suspected of being unairworthy, or at...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2014, 21:00
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

HH:- The 'system' that you refer to is Hammond...

HH:-
The 'system' that you refer to is Hammond who has the power to override the MAA, which says that it is grateful that he has done so. So that's all right then, isn't it? Isn't it?

Well, many...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2014, 13:37
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

So once again the UK Military has been given a...

So once again the UK Military has been given a knowingly unairworthy aircraft to fly, a fact that has been known of since the inception of this project. I suppose one could say it will be in good...
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Jun 2014, 10:13
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

So is the UK MAA DG essentially saying that RJ...

So is the UK MAA DG essentially saying that RJ does not even accord with current US Airworthiness Regulation, never mind the UK's? If that is so, doesn't that weaken the case for this restricted RTS...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2014, 23:05
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Well I don't apologise for expressing my...

Well I don't apologise for expressing my opinions, that is surely what discussion is all about. That we are divided by our respective opinions is what arguing our case is all about. Of course...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2014, 19:26
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

RP:_ No Roland, by MOD I mean the VSOs...

RP:_
No Roland, by MOD I mean the VSOs presently in post who are aware of the previous suborning of personnel involved in airworthiness provision and air accident investigation and maintain the...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th May 2014, 08:30
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

I wouldn't run a sweet shop (or a candy store)...

I wouldn't run a sweet shop (or a candy store) using the Haddon-Cave Report as my guide, let alone as an Air Regulator. It was just as subverted a piece of work as the very regulations it was...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2014, 15:07
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

HH:- In other words exactly the same mind set...

HH:-
In other words exactly the same mind set that triggered these three decades of needless waste of both life and materiel. Your summary perfectly illustrates why Air Safety is not safe in MOD...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th May 2014, 11:21
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

HH:-...and therein lies the irony. If military...

HH:-...and therein lies the irony. If military airworthiness provision had remained unmolested by RAF VSOs almost 30 years ago all this hiatus would have been avoided. You would have experienced...
Forum: Military Aviation
10th May 2014, 08:13
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

tuc:- No, we don't. Mainly I suspect because...

tuc:-

No, we don't. Mainly I suspect because we don't want to. There is a theme running through this thread, and elsewhere, that Airworthiness is for wimps. Real men would jolly well go to...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2014, 09:02
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Greenknight, it isn't the quantity rather than...

Greenknight, it isn't the quantity rather than the quality of the paperwork that is of concern. Are you saying that the RJ standing at Waddington is fully airworthy according to the US Military...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd May 2014, 08:57
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

And many posters here ascribe themselves the...

And many posters here ascribe themselves the powers of the Almighty. How on earth do you know if something is safe when you instal it, when you service it, when it gets older and older if you don't...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2014, 17:25
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

I'm all for taking everyone with us on this,...

I'm all for taking everyone with us on this, Engines, particularly the men and women at the very sharp end. What I'm not for is the good old British fudge, whereby we make lots of changes, rename...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2014, 15:24
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Engines:- I'm not using casualty figures as a...

Engines:-
I'm not using casualty figures as a main argument for anything other than to underline the gravity of a situation whereby the operator is judge and jury of its own conduct as well as of...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd May 2014, 09:47
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Lonewolf 50, I'm not saying why these two...

Lonewolf 50, I'm not saying why these two aircraft collided because I don't know. What I am querying is why the operator was so sure that it was not because both their fwd HISLs were switched off. As...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2014, 23:09
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Well I should get self-righteous I suppose and go...

Well I should get self-righteous I suppose and go off on one about life and death issues, but better perhaps to admit that I fed you the lead in and you delivered the punch line, Willard. Well done...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2014, 20:11
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Fatter Gator, if I have been instrumental in your...

Fatter Gator, if I have been instrumental in your abrupt departure then please stick around and take me to task. I can assure you that all I want is to see the airworthiness that operated on my...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st May 2014, 13:08
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

You make that sound as though it's a sine qua non...

You make that sound as though it's a sine qua non for our 'crusade'. You obviously speak for all baggers and have full authority to do so. Very impressive, but even if you were right in what you say...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Apr 2014, 22:39
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Tourist:- The aim of RAF Flight Safety has...

Tourist:-
The aim of RAF Flight Safety has always been to try to avoid all avoidable accidents in order to maintain Operational Capability. Your imagined quote is utter nonsense, so no surprise...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2014, 21:50
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Deliverance, thank you for the encouragement. You...

Deliverance, thank you for the encouragement. You are right, there never was a Golden Age (certainly Haddon Cave's Golden Period of airworthiness is utter bunk!) and there never will be. All I can...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2014, 20:08
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Tourist, what you did or didn't do with or...

Tourist, what you did or didn't do with or without the 'previous flashing lights' (Anti-Collision ones?), which I have no reason to believe were not airworthy, is between you and your SOPs. I'm...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2014, 17:53
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Tourist, the point about the baggers HISLs is...

Tourist, the point about the baggers HISLs is that they were not fitted IAW the Regulations (see engines post above about not following them) they were simply swapped for the anti-collision lights,...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2014, 14:11
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Well, I wasn't RP, merely pointing out that both...

Well, I wasn't RP, merely pointing out that both then and in my future scenario the RAF could be flying aircraft unfit for purpose, for whatever reasons. Your aircraft can only be destroyed once...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2014, 12:58
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

cgb:- Just how much wriggle room do you want?...

cgb:-
Just how much wriggle room do you want? tuc has already confirmed that it is official MOD policy, confirmed up to SoS level, that it is correct to issue an order to suborn UK Military...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2014, 11:48
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

RPI'm sure that much the same was thought by the...

RPI'm sure that much the same was thought by the heroic crews of the Battles and Blenheims pre '39. As I said, it is only my honest opinion and I pray that I be proved wrong were that day ever to...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2014, 10:02
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

cgb, you are quite right, we do not know why 29...

cgb, you are quite right, we do not know why 29 people died on the Mull, principally because it was investigated by a compromised BoI (ask the CAS!) which in any case was overruled by the operator...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2014, 19:11
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Tourist, we've threads here on the Reds 0/0...

Tourist, we've threads here on the Reds 0/0 ejection (1), the Sea Kings' collision (7), the Tornado blue on blue (2), the Hercules in Iraq (10), the Nimrod in Afghanistan (14), and of course the...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2014, 13:01
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

RP, I'm not arguing about what was the cause of...

RP, I'm not arguing about what was the cause of the tragic loss of 230 and its 14 occupants. Like other UK Military Air Accidents it is compromised by being investigated to all intents and purposes...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Apr 2014, 11:24
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

RP:- Were the events not 'foreseen' by the...

RP:-

Were the events not 'foreseen' by the Airworthiness Regulations? Did they not forbid the passing of fuel lines joined by couplings through a dry bay that included a source of ignition? Wasn't...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Apr 2014, 08:50
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Cowardice in Leadership: A lesson in Harassment, Intimidation and Reprisals

cpants, thanks for the link to your ebook re the harassment you have experienced, following your revelations of RC-135 airworthiness to Congress. Those who have followed the painful and tortuous...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Apr 2014, 13:39
Replies: 927
Views: 424,057
Posted By Chugalug2

Cgb:- No, and AFAIK no-one has ever claimed...

Cgb:-
No, and AFAIK no-one has ever claimed that because no-one has ever proved what caused the Mull crash, least of all of course the RO's. What has been proved was that whatever caused the crash...
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