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frankfurt cowboy,jet2 probably have as many experienced/unexperienced pilots as any other airline,and there are plenty of other airlines useing "geriatric" aircraft,so until they start dropping like flies i would'nt worry
smudge @ all r.e. the bogus engineer, i remember reading some where that the guy poseing as an engineer only had a ppl license,he also allegedly worked for another airline at the same time working different shifts,he said something like his license was still being processed by the caa.so it was'nt only jet2 that were duped by him.
smudge @ all r.e. the bogus engineer, i remember reading some where that the guy poseing as an engineer only had a ppl license,he also allegedly worked for another airline at the same time working different shifts,he said something like his license was still being processed by the caa.so it was'nt only jet2 that were duped by him.
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I gather the bogus engineer was from a helicopter company based in Norfolk, so it sounds like even their QA dept is a bad !
It was one of their engineers who tipped off Jet2 and saved a lot of embarrassment.
It was one of their engineers who tipped off Jet2 and saved a lot of embarrassment.
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The so called bogus engineer did not hold a Jet2 company approval and never certified any tech log entries. He did however come to Jet2 with all his B2 modules passed with the intention of gaining a company auth. The fact that he also worked for a helicopter company at the same time was a bit of a problem. He no longer works for either company. This information is a fact and not hear say. Also Jet2 have an excelent quality department.
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suck egg mule....what exactly do you know about the CAA and their views on J2? very little i suspect as the CAA are only concerned with standards etc, NOT terms and conditions of employment!
So it would seem bogus pilots and bogus engineers are beyond the CAA's remit don't you know
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Heads up!
These comments being made about Jet-2 maintenance is none of your business - not when you cast aspersions as to the quality of the tasks undertaken - that is the job of the CAA. Your comments are misplaced.
The point is that you do not know and you are not in a position to know so it stops right now.
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These comments being made about Jet-2 maintenance is none of your business - not when you cast aspersions as to the quality of the tasks undertaken - that is the job of the CAA. Your comments are misplaced.
The point is that you do not know and you are not in a position to know so it stops right now.
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Some good old fashioned press scaremongering going on at the Newcastle Chronicle over a Jet 2 engine fault
For minor engine fault read passengers news interview as 'flames shooting out of engine, dropping thousands of feet, fearing death and closing my eyes'
ChronicleLive - News - Chronicle News - Family’s Tenerife flight horror as engine stops
For minor engine fault read passengers news interview as 'flames shooting out of engine, dropping thousands of feet, fearing death and closing my eyes'
ChronicleLive - News - Chronicle News - Family’s Tenerife flight horror as engine stops
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haha, is that paper affiliated with the daily mail?
Like you say, if it was just after take off and it dropped hundereds of feet, it would have crashed.
Complete over reaction by that family in my opinion, just after their 15 minutes.
Like you say, if it was just after take off and it dropped hundereds of feet, it would have crashed.
Complete over reaction by that family in my opinion, just after their 15 minutes.
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Just back from a lovely holiday. As you may have read earlier, I was flying JET2 from Manchester to Alicante July 19 and return on July 29.
Got to Manchester to find the displayed time on the departure boards showing 1600 but our flight should have been 1410. We asked when we dropped our bags and the staff weren't aware of the delay...but soon got back to us to say that due to aircraft shortage, there would be a delay til 1600. Then the airport boards showed at 1600 that it was a final call to board...so we saw passengers racing for the gate! (so NOT Jet2's fault)
We boarded to be told we had to absorb a 45 minute delay on board due to the Spanish ATC working to rule...and finally departed at 1645.
The flight was great...seats were the grey/red leather look...and the one thing I loved was the fact the seats don't recline...so nobody in front was going to invade my space...what a fantastic idea!
Must admit that the crew weren't the happiest of people tho...but by the way we heard some passengers talking tot he crew...I'm not surprised!
The flight home departed on time...2040...and arrived in Manchester at 2235...5 minutes ahead of schedule even though we had a great headwind...and the crew seemed alot happier on this flight!
A nice 45 minute queue at passport control....a big change to the non-existant passport check on arrival at ALC..
Well done JET2....you made my holiday start well and end on a high....excellent!!!!!
(See...us Air Traffic Controllers aren't all bad!!)
Got to Manchester to find the displayed time on the departure boards showing 1600 but our flight should have been 1410. We asked when we dropped our bags and the staff weren't aware of the delay...but soon got back to us to say that due to aircraft shortage, there would be a delay til 1600. Then the airport boards showed at 1600 that it was a final call to board...so we saw passengers racing for the gate! (so NOT Jet2's fault)
We boarded to be told we had to absorb a 45 minute delay on board due to the Spanish ATC working to rule...and finally departed at 1645.
The flight was great...seats were the grey/red leather look...and the one thing I loved was the fact the seats don't recline...so nobody in front was going to invade my space...what a fantastic idea!
Must admit that the crew weren't the happiest of people tho...but by the way we heard some passengers talking tot he crew...I'm not surprised!
The flight home departed on time...2040...and arrived in Manchester at 2235...5 minutes ahead of schedule even though we had a great headwind...and the crew seemed alot happier on this flight!
A nice 45 minute queue at passport control....a big change to the non-existant passport check on arrival at ALC..
Well done JET2....you made my holiday start well and end on a high....excellent!!!!!
(See...us Air Traffic Controllers aren't all bad!!)
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A flight between Alicante and Manchester has been delayed 7 hours as the aircraft developed a tec problem in Alicante and the East Midlands based aircraft is coming to bring the Manchester passengers back home. The flight is due into Manchester at 05:45 and the aircraft will return to East Midlands.
Another aircraft form Leeds also is in Manchester as a number of flights are delayed by between 4 - 8 Hours.
Another aircraft form Leeds also is in Manchester as a number of flights are delayed by between 4 - 8 Hours.
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