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Old 24th Oct 2013, 18:12
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Sorry about the T3 abbreviation. In future, I shall try to use 'Air Kilroe trading as Eastern Airways'.

It is pure laziness on my part…
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Old 8th Nov 2013, 21:33
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With so many Pilots leaving and a recruitment ban, how are they going to crew it?
The usual way they do these things close a base and force the unfortunate crew to take the new base and then declare it a voluntary move.
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Old 8th Nov 2013, 23:08
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Originally Posted by Fatigued Fred
Eastern to open a second base in France.
Where's that going to be, then?
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Old 9th Nov 2013, 10:13
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How will they crew it? With staff from Milan?
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Old 10th Nov 2013, 00:16
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Ugh what an airline, it doesn't deserves the crews it has
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Old 10th Nov 2013, 07:04
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You never know, Milan Embraer guys and gals might get the now-standard Eastern Airways Voluntary Change Opportunity. One can only imagine their excitement at the prospect of being retrained onto the J41.....
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Old 10th Nov 2013, 09:03
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One can only imagine their excitement at the prospect of being retrained onto the J41.....
....and the chance to sign a new Bond....
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Old 12th Nov 2013, 07:14
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Might be better choice than the Flybe guys and gals are getting
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Old 12th Nov 2013, 12:59
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I don't think that it is particularly fair to say that Eastern is OK, because other people are (potentially) losing their jobs and that everyone should be treated in the same manner as Eastern staff, in order to keep their job.

There really ought to be a situation where a company can be run profitably, without treating the staff like scum. If treating them like scum is the only way to make money, you haven't got much of a company, have you?

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Old 12th Nov 2013, 17:14
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Does anybody know the reason they that coat of arms painted onto one of their Jetstreams?

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Old 12th Nov 2013, 19:08
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I think it is an adaption of the coat of arms of Burgundy (the region where Dijon is situated).
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Old 12th Nov 2013, 19:26
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Yes it is an adaptation of the coat of arms of burgundy.
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Old 12th Nov 2013, 21:37
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Was that picture taken by a very short person. Or was it a collapsed flight crew when seeing their wage slip whilst on a walk round.
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Old 18th Nov 2013, 16:57
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The crew had just stood up, having said their evening prayers towards Humberside.
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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 13:27
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Eastern expansion in France

Eastern Airways awarded major domestic contract in France

Lorient - Lyon route from 5/1/14.
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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 13:43
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Hmm, apparently HOP! is axing its thrice daily flights on the route, otherwise it would not make sense.
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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 13:46
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It's a subsidised route, with the subsidy paid by the local authorities on the Lorient side. Eastern is putting a considerably smaller (and cheaper) aircraft on the route than HOP! had.

The route previously fed into the Air France/HOP! hub in Lyon and offered connections to quite a lot of other destinations. I don't know whether Eastern has any kind of interline agreement with Air France or whether it will effectively only be local traffic from now on.
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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 16:00
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Was that picture taken by a very short person. Or was it a collapsed flight crew when seeing their wage slip whilst on a walk round.
Taken by a certain ex-management pilot probably.
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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 20:55
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What's best, integrated or modular?
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Old 3rd Dec 2013, 21:15
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Tesco would be the better option at the moment.
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