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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Feb 2018, 14:20
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Look, EUJet and Flybe gave Manston a shot and...

Look, EUJet and Flybe gave Manston a shot and failed ... Not so far from Manston is EZY's largest operasting base of LGW, the other side of the Dartford there is RYR & EZY at STN, ditto for LTN, the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Feb 2018, 11:48
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

You didn't make the mistake of contacting them on...

You didn't make the mistake of contacting them on a Friday afternoon did you when they are all down a boozer in Charlwood getting slaughtered at our expense?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Feb 2018, 04:28
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I think you'll find that the UK CAA can't get...

I think you'll find that the UK CAA can't get involved, the UK CAA have no jurisdiction in Republic of Ireland.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Jan 2018, 05:04
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Never mind the cost of hanging on the telephone...

Never mind the cost of hanging on the telephone for hours waiting for the bar stewards to answer.

And any no-show saves circa 3% fuel of body/baggage weight per flight hour.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Dec 2017, 05:14
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

No problem operating in/out of Finland, I think...

No problem operating in/out of Finland, I think the problem comes to having staff (crew) based there where they may be subject to, or come under pressure to, be subject to Finland employment and/or...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Dec 2017, 07:07
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Mmmm ... LGG is on the same motorway as CRL with...

Mmmm ... LGG is on the same motorway as CRL with the north/south Luxembourg/Brussels motorway dividing the two ... I guess RYR know what they're doing, they also have a route out of MST which is a...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2017, 11:19
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Probably you and a million others who like a...

Probably you and a million others who like a plasticised environment, herded as if you were cattle, seat backs that don't recline, stale sandwiches, warm beer and so tight or poor you want to pay...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2017, 10:58
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Even the national airline here have needed to...

Even the national airline here have needed to re-acquire some Q300's because their Q400's can't get in/out here ... The distance I had to travel to escape the Irish cancer ... I feel safe from them...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2017, 10:32
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

You're right, they're not a cancer, they are the...

You're right, they're not a cancer, they are the pits and the pilots there, with their well paid and secure jobs, are so happy it wouldn't even dawn on them to consider strike action.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Dec 2017, 08:04
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Talk can be cheap!

Talk can be cheap!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Dec 2017, 12:22
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

And it can be very expensive if one loses their...

And it can be very expensive if one loses their job with one of only perhaps two jet airlines in their home domicile and they need to relocate to another country to work, buy/sell real estate or live...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Nov 2017, 07:39
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

LEEDS APPROACH I wonder if the new owners of...

LEEDS APPROACH

I wonder if the new owners of Leeds Bradford are in discussions with Ryanair to source for them anyone with such a thing as an ATPL to fly their aeroplanes for them!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Oct 2017, 11:14
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Not in my experience, take 50% in the summer and...

Not in my experience, take 50% in the summer and 50% in the winter ... or thereabouts ... Else how the hell are we going to lay off our summer only contract crews whilst all these fruitcakes want to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Oct 2017, 18:26
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

The expression "a prevention is better than a...

The expression "a prevention is better than a cure" springs to mind"!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Oct 2017, 18:04
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

But when I did Recruitment, that was after I did...

But when I did Recruitment, that was after I did Crew Scheduling :) , RYR were so squeezed for crews during their apparent 'parked up' winters that we would be placing Excel's contract pilots with...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Oct 2017, 17:27
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

But if, as an average, they can only operate some...

But if, as an average, they can only operate some 17.5 block hours weekly then that is only perhaps three days flying duties so fly them four days per week in the summer and only two days per week in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Oct 2017, 01:00
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I read somewhere that RYR have 404 aircraft and...

I read somewhere that RYR have 404 aircraft and 4,100 pilots, i.e. 2050 flight crews, that's only 5.07 crews per aircraft which doesn't sound very many, in my day an industry standard was around 6 or...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Oct 2017, 20:03
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

From my past experience, and from what I have...

From my past experience, and from what I have been reading he has p1ssed so many staff off demanding that they pay for uniforms, training etc. etc. etc., I mean Mr Ryan sent him to Air Southwest to...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Oct 2017, 08:15
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

You'd need to catch them first as they make their...

You'd need to catch them first as they make their way to Norway :)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Oct 2017, 03:45
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Tell him to apply to Norwegian, everybody else is...

Tell him to apply to Norwegian, everybody else is apparently :)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Oct 2017, 19:48
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

There are times when O'Leary needs to keep his...

There are times when O'Leary needs to keep his mouth shut, take an extended holiday or whatever, and leave it to his senior management to sort out the mess that he has created ... But he simply can't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Oct 2017, 12:50
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

But read between the lines ... According to...

But read between the lines ...

According to Wiki RYR makes a profit of circa 1.5 billion Euros annually yet MOL has the audacity to offer the pilots, and only the pilots, more money but based on...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Oct 2017, 04:03
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I run my own business, earlier this year I...

I run my own business, earlier this year I clearly wasn't offering sufficient salary so I increased it, not next month or next year, not based upon productivity, I increased it immediately, I got the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Sep 2017, 17:11
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

But that managed to kick Van Air's butt!

But that managed to kick Van Air's butt!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Sep 2017, 08:36
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Reading BBC RYR have bottled out and say they...

Reading BBC RYR have bottled out and say they will offer punters flights on alternative carriers etc. ... So book their silly fares and you could find yourselves flying with a proper airline ... if...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Sep 2017, 12:12
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Kind of a shame, for O'Leary that is, that Air...

Kind of a shame, for O'Leary that is, that Air Berlin are Airbus and not Boeing.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Sep 2017, 12:54
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

What I learned years ago is that if you need to...

What I learned years ago is that if you need to talk to these a'holes don't call their premium rate UK number, find out their non premium Irish number then google for telediscount, telestunt or...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Sep 2017, 12:14
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

They shall need to concentrate what human...

They shall need to concentrate what human resources they have from a reduced number of bases.

Whilst each base might have one or two etc. high yield routes a crew can't, let's say, operate an...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Sep 2017, 12:03
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in EZY's...

I'd love to be a fly on the wall in EZY's directors offices around these times :)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Sep 2017, 21:43
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

Yeah Right, I have booked myself a day trip...

Yeah Right,

I have booked myself a day trip to SIN next July, arriving back in Cebu and getting to my hotel bed around 2am in time for a 1pm departure back to my home airport later that day.

My...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Sep 2017, 12:51
Replies: 1,978
Views: 1,286,197
Posted By Harry Wayfarers

That's one step further than 'Fizzair" ... Going...

That's one step further than 'Fizzair" ... Going back to their early days they put a Captain in the LHS without so much as a simulator check, no sooner had his first flight got airborne than he...
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