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Old 4th Mar 2012, 20:38
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JimNich

Re my post

As I stated It was a Rumour only and I asked for Comments

I Never suggested anything other that was in Rumour control

AS the Wx was bad maybe there may be some truth

ot getting into debate just saying what I heard and many others also heard

and I did say Messenger only No Public Flogging Please
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Old 5th Mar 2012, 10:57
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You can get airborne with destination below minima (extreme weather excepted)
You need then two alternates above minima. So getting airborne under these conditions is pretty normal. Obviously you see what the weather is doing, carry extra fuel, muffins, etc, bla, etc, bla.

WETDREAM.

Its ALWAYS our fault.
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Old 5th Mar 2012, 11:14
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I was amazed, albeit 7 years ago, Eastern did not have H24 Ops, do they now?

Just wondering due the description of 'running the Airline early in the morning'

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Old 5th Mar 2012, 19:45
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T3 will launch 6 x weekly flights from SOU to BRU from 16th April 2012.

T34475 SOU 10:55 - 13:10 BRU J41 45
T34475 SOU 11:10 - 13:25 BRU J41 12
T34475 SOU 13:00 - 15:15 BRU J41 3
T34475 SOU 15:55 - 18:00 BRU S20 7

T34476 BRU 13:40 - 13:55 SOU J41 45
T34476 BRU 13:55 - 14:10 SOU J41 12
T34476 BRU 15:45 - 16:00 SOU J41 3
T34476 BRU 18:30 - 18:35 SOU S20 7
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Old 5th Mar 2012, 23:40
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A J41 SOU-BRU... that looks like a route killing A/C if ever I saw one.
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Old 6th Mar 2012, 06:38
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I don't think Eastern ops is H24. I think it runs on earlies and lates. Nonsense if thats the case. Plus, someone on here mentioned experience levels in ops as low - yes, that is very true and almost everyone if not everyone who works in their ops is stressed out and underpaid.

They need help in ops and help is out there but will Eastern take it? No is the probable answer.
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Old 16th Mar 2012, 01:02
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Two going. One about to hand in their notice. I know of five on the train when called. A further three today waiting for interview dates. And two who are still bonded who will go if given an offer.

I wonder if HUY has realized (or care) that four years of no pay rise and no discernible T's & C's are going to take its toll very soon.

Quite concerned!!!!
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Old 16th Mar 2012, 14:42
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It is always a double-edged sword when people leave. Good to see them on their way and bad because Eastern will try to deny that their leaving causes any problems, so they will simply work those that remain, even harder.

People leaving is the ONLY thing that registers eventually, but only when RL is told by a quivering underling, that we cannot run the schedule any more, due to lack of staff. This is, I believe, what very, very nearly happened during the last upturn. After shouting a lot, the relentless wonders of mathematics eventually prevail and he has to do something about it. Those who are employed by Eastern understand fully that he (and/or Bryan Huxford) are unconcerned by factors such as staff happiness, so long as the money rolls in and so long as they believe that the company's external glossy veneer remains unblemished.

If the flight deck who are on their way are on the Scatsta contract, these are the ones that are most difficult to replace, so it will cause Eastern the greatest problems.

It is such a shame, because when you talk to those who have been at Eastern for more than about 6 or 7 years, it used to be a genuinely good place to work.

Nowadays, it is the upturns that cause Eastern problems - not the downturns...
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Old 16th Mar 2012, 16:44
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Last I heard that eastern have picked up a contract in Spain. Also sou is opening as a base again, how many times is that in the last few years?
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Old 21st Mar 2012, 08:50
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I've never known a company take so much delight in getting one over on its employees.
I think the tally of walkers was 4 in the end last week, you reap what you sow.
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Old 12th Apr 2012, 08:29
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Its fun to watch the exodus. Who will train the new Captains?
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Old 12th Apr 2012, 10:51
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I was told by a colleague that vistajet had received over 40 applications from EA pilots. And these are ongoing.

Unless EA get a pay rise sorted and some sort of Ts & C's, we'll have to do single pilot ops.
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Old 22nd Apr 2012, 19:03
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J41 in Moscow

Anyone know what the Eastern was doing in DME last tuesday afternoon ? Seems an awful long way in a J41.
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Old 23rd Apr 2012, 10:45
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Where they lost? Or trying to Escape Easterns T&Cs...
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Old 23rd Apr 2012, 12:15
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You sure it was a '41?
There was a Saab 2000 in that part of the world on a charter around that time.
Not that unusual, a lot of Eastern's business is ad hoc work all over the European continent.
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Old 29th Apr 2012, 06:58
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It was the S2000. On charter.
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Old 1st May 2012, 12:36
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Are the extra Scatsta flights to do with the IAC contract? I've noticed an additional flight over the past two days, 1044/1045 on the Jetstream? Are the Aberdeen-Sumburgh flights oil charters too?
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Old 2nd May 2012, 19:34
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Are you Peter Andre?
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Old 2nd May 2012, 19:57
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No, this is Pete's username

http://www.pprune.org/members/321921-peteandre
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Thanks

Aero mad!!

I prefer twix.

Yeah, I know this is getting silly.
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