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I arrived at Manch Tower on my birthday in 1969......from Brum
I have been......
Tower Assistant,
PATCRU Assistant,
Runway Controller,
Sector Assistant at the "Sub Centre",
Flight Briefing Assistant/Officer,
Pennine Assistant,
Qualified Specialist TelePrinter Operator,
Qualified SAMOS Met Observer,
My last duty is a 2-10 on Friday 22 Jan when MACC goes North at midnight
Have I enjoyed it? Emphatically YES
Will I miss it? I Honestly do not know
I will miss the people, but not the 0630am start
Sorry to hijack the thread, but as I said on a [failed] promotion attempt..
"Seen it, Done it, Got the Tee Shirt"
I have been......
Tower Assistant,
PATCRU Assistant,
Runway Controller,
Sector Assistant at the "Sub Centre",
Flight Briefing Assistant/Officer,
Pennine Assistant,
Qualified Specialist TelePrinter Operator,
Qualified SAMOS Met Observer,
My last duty is a 2-10 on Friday 22 Jan when MACC goes North at midnight
Have I enjoyed it? Emphatically YES
Will I miss it? I Honestly do not know
I will miss the people, but not the 0630am start
Sorry to hijack the thread, but as I said on a [failed] promotion attempt..
"Seen it, Done it, Got the Tee Shirt"
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Well done Chiglet.
Over the years we will have passed in the night and I thankyou for your support .
Now you can write your own Roster and enjoy your retirement and probably discover that their are not enough hours in the day ,but please find the time to contribute to pprune.
Good Luck and welcome to the not so silent majority.
Over the years we will have passed in the night and I thankyou for your support .
Now you can write your own Roster and enjoy your retirement and probably discover that their are not enough hours in the day ,but please find the time to contribute to pprune.
Good Luck and welcome to the not so silent majority.
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Etihad
With regard to Etihad increasing capacity to AUH. I am currently booking a trip out there with a return date in March and the booking system is showing the return flight as having only one seat remaining. Surely an upgrade in equipment can't be far off if there is an A340 free for it!
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I would guess a 77W/increase in frequency would be better - an A340 has first class.
Unless they plan to become the 3rd airline to offer first class from MAN within a couple of months!
Unless they plan to become the 3rd airline to offer first class from MAN within a couple of months!
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MUFC_fan
Then its just a matter of the people of the Northwest
supporting the airlines decision by occupying the first
class seats through companies or personal use!
MM
Then its just a matter of the people of the Northwest
supporting the airlines decision by occupying the first
class seats through companies or personal use!
MM
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Chiglet
Well done to escape ???
I am sure I will Know u and possibly V/V
I was at Nothern Exec for the Early 70 until 2 years ago when the big change happened under the awsome eye of David antrobus and I Knew may of the controllers Tim McKay// John Rhodes /Kevin Edmunds/John Dale // Ron Fry to Name but a few
Sadly the good old days are now far gone when everbody knew everbody at Manchester and when u wanted to do curcuits in the Learjet at the peak times you all fitted us in..
Its a pity thats no more but thats progess (Or so they tell us)
Anyhow best of luck with your retirement (May it be long and happy)
Kind Regards
Gerry O Neill (Ex Northern Exec)
Well done to escape ???
I am sure I will Know u and possibly V/V
I was at Nothern Exec for the Early 70 until 2 years ago when the big change happened under the awsome eye of David antrobus and I Knew may of the controllers Tim McKay// John Rhodes /Kevin Edmunds/John Dale // Ron Fry to Name but a few
Sadly the good old days are now far gone when everbody knew everbody at Manchester and when u wanted to do curcuits in the Learjet at the peak times you all fitted us in..
Its a pity thats no more but thats progess (Or so they tell us)
Anyhow best of luck with your retirement (May it be long and happy)
Kind Regards
Gerry O Neill (Ex Northern Exec)
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Return of the flags?
Could MAN see a return of flag carriers any time soon, I am thinking in particular of:
IB to Madrid
TP to Lisbon
AZ to Rome
OA to Athens
OS to Vienna
MA to Budapest
SU to Moscow
LO to WAW
MS to Cairo
RB to Damascus
LY to Tel Aviv
LG to Luxembourg
Personally I think IB/TP/AZ are probably the most likely in the next 12 months.
IB to Madrid
TP to Lisbon
AZ to Rome
OA to Athens
OS to Vienna
MA to Budapest
SU to Moscow
LO to WAW
MS to Cairo
RB to Damascus
LY to Tel Aviv
LG to Luxembourg
Personally I think IB/TP/AZ are probably the most likely in the next 12 months.
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Personally I think IB/TP/AZ are probably the most likely in the next 12 months
They have all tried before....and left because they could not make money from the routes....
Why try again....?
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Just want to add my two-pennerth to those above. All the very best to you Chiglet sir; we may never meet, but I am grateful to you and your colleagues for your tolerance of my inadequacies when I was but a tyro in a Ravenair PA28....those were the days
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Could MAN see a return of flag carriers any time soon, I am thinking in particular of:
IB to Madrid
TP to Lisbon
AZ to Rome
OA to Athens
OS to Vienna
MA to Budapest
SU to Moscow
LO to WAW
MS to Cairo
RB to Damascus
LY to Tel Aviv
LG to Luxembourg
Personally I think IB/TP/AZ are probably the most likely in the next 12 months
....well hope you are right but with global alliances and centralisation on major hubs, i suspect there is not a car in hells chance....BUT hope I am wrong !!
IB to Madrid
TP to Lisbon
AZ to Rome
OA to Athens
OS to Vienna
MA to Budapest
SU to Moscow
LO to WAW
MS to Cairo
RB to Damascus
LY to Tel Aviv
LG to Luxembourg
Personally I think IB/TP/AZ are probably the most likely in the next 12 months
....well hope you are right but with global alliances and centralisation on major hubs, i suspect there is not a car in hells chance....BUT hope I am wrong !!
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IB left at BA bequest after the joint BA/IB UK-Spain operation agreement.
The Barcelona sector is now swamped by LCC/quasi charter market.
Madrid is said to be too long for Flybe (Anyway BA might have said something behind closed doors – (My Conspiracy- and no actual proof)
And any one else flying the Madrid can cater only for the O & D can't they.
Bmibaby timings were poor to useless for business and Easyjet really have taken the North West - Madrid traffic away to the west for the foreseeable future.
It is my considered opinion the ONLY suitable carrier would be Air Nostrum for IB and if BA let them.
TP/PGA same company and left not just because of loads (which did drop admittedly as a result of predatory FR pricing from LPL) but also because TAP made a commercial decision to focus on *A routes on mainland.
AZ - Well just maybe maybe not - They have a 40 year love hate relationship and if they return its likely MXP - however i would say LHi are more likely now!
NOA- Wait and see , the new Olympic is small but could be prosperous - Again look to Aegean but anyway Easyjet are back in the spring.
AUA- Somehow LH group seem to want them focused East of Vienna these days- To the point of getting Bmi to operate some of the LHR-VIE rotations come spring.
Malev are plain bust - and Jet2 are near daily to Budapest so adequate coverage !
Aeroflot - Will return on code share with CSA in spring via Prague
LOT- Its possible they may return in the next 18 months
Egyptair and Syrian think we can forget.
To Egypt plenty of competition with the quasi Charters to Taba/Sharm/Luxor and Marsa Alam - Cairo is a dead-end really
Syrian -just don't have the airworthy frames and are stretched serving what remains of their network for the foreseeable future.
El-AL are completely undecided and again have relatively few frames for any expansion- Jet2 go two weekly over the summer –that should enough capacity.
Luxair don't see them returning - THEY DID struggle with a jungle jet shared with Dublin. By the way the Dublin route currently survives as a direct link.
The Barcelona sector is now swamped by LCC/quasi charter market.
Madrid is said to be too long for Flybe (Anyway BA might have said something behind closed doors – (My Conspiracy- and no actual proof)
And any one else flying the Madrid can cater only for the O & D can't they.
Bmibaby timings were poor to useless for business and Easyjet really have taken the North West - Madrid traffic away to the west for the foreseeable future.
It is my considered opinion the ONLY suitable carrier would be Air Nostrum for IB and if BA let them.
TP/PGA same company and left not just because of loads (which did drop admittedly as a result of predatory FR pricing from LPL) but also because TAP made a commercial decision to focus on *A routes on mainland.
AZ - Well just maybe maybe not - They have a 40 year love hate relationship and if they return its likely MXP - however i would say LHi are more likely now!
NOA- Wait and see , the new Olympic is small but could be prosperous - Again look to Aegean but anyway Easyjet are back in the spring.
AUA- Somehow LH group seem to want them focused East of Vienna these days- To the point of getting Bmi to operate some of the LHR-VIE rotations come spring.
Malev are plain bust - and Jet2 are near daily to Budapest so adequate coverage !
Aeroflot - Will return on code share with CSA in spring via Prague
LOT- Its possible they may return in the next 18 months
Egyptair and Syrian think we can forget.
To Egypt plenty of competition with the quasi Charters to Taba/Sharm/Luxor and Marsa Alam - Cairo is a dead-end really
Syrian -just don't have the airworthy frames and are stretched serving what remains of their network for the foreseeable future.
El-AL are completely undecided and again have relatively few frames for any expansion- Jet2 go two weekly over the summer –that should enough capacity.
Luxair don't see them returning - THEY DID struggle with a jungle jet shared with Dublin. By the way the Dublin route currently survives as a direct link.