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Old 18th Oct 2017, 22:21
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Think it might be a problem with the website as just looked at there online timetable for flights from EDI and the schedule being displayed is the one for W15/16
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 04:01
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ABZ-NWI available to book again
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 09:52
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Originally Posted by LBIA
So guess that means Teeside base closes & Humberside switches to Saab 2000 base

Wonder what they will do with the 2x Jetstream 41s and crews that this frees up?
Looking at the summer 18 timetable it would appear that MME will have a based aircraft again. Also the Humberside flight is direct again to Aberdeen, but you know Eastern, things could change again.
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 14:40
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Originally Posted by Rob Royston
I've only seen this so far, seems to be the same report as on the BBC website. The Stornoway Gazette makes no mention of it on their site, but they are carrying a Flybe advert and the same advert full page in their print editions.

Stornoway airport plane incident
29 pax - is that an average figure?
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 15:38
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Originally Posted by TangoAlphad
So what is the script with the 2000 that went into the grass at SYY? Used edge lights as taxiway centre line lights..?
Easterly wind gusting 33kts around that time - maybe a factor?
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 17:53
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An Air UK F27 did that at ABZ one winter time, lined up with the runway centreline lighting, commenced it's take-off run, went roaring off down the runway and it was onlly once it had exited the ARP that the Captain came to realise that ABZ didn't have runway centreline lighting!

That was the second incident from the same Captain in quick succession to each other and as I recall he was given 24 hours to resign.
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 18:37
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Indeed he did HW, I remember it as well. I think from my hazy memory it either had been or was snowing at the time.
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Old 19th Oct 2017, 19:20
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Originally Posted by virginblue
29 pax - is that an average figure?
Way higher than average!
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Old 20th Oct 2017, 02:19
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Originally Posted by Richard Taylor
Indeed he did HW, I remember it as well. I think from my hazy memory it either had been or was snowing at the time.
Yes, snow was a factor.

The incident prior to that the same Captain had had a hot start, flames out the side of the Dart, not sure if he blew a fire bottle before, he jumped out the DV window leaving the passengers and all on board watching their Captain running across the tarmac
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Old 24th Oct 2017, 03:28
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Does anyone know if T3’s S2000, G-CFLV is in temporary storage or has it left the fleet?

Also when will the ATR start operating to Scatsta?
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Old 24th Oct 2017, 05:23
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That ATR Was back in HUY Yesterday. Seems to spend time going HUY-DTV-ABZ And back .
Some days I think but don't source it's flown to Southampton to DTV From HUY.
Once NWI - HUY - DTV -ABZ.
In answer I thought I'd seen it on FR24 Down at 14000 feet heading North from Sumburgh a couple of weeks back . No destination and Scatsa didn't record it as being on the ground after watching it land there .
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Old 24th Oct 2017, 09:24
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Originally Posted by EGPO
That ATR Was back in HUY Yesterday. Seems to spend time going HUY-DTV-ABZ And back .
Some days I think but don't source it's flown to Southampton to DTV From HUY.
Once NWI - HUY - DTV -ABZ.
In answer I thought I'd seen it on FR24 Down at 14000 feet heading North from Sumburgh a couple of weeks back . No destination and Scatsa didn't record it as being on the ground after watching it land there .
Yes it did some crew training at Scatsa before returning to MME direct.
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Old 24th Oct 2017, 16:34
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Originally Posted by BAladdy
Also when will the ATR start operating to Scatsta?

It starts on Mon 13th (yeah I know) Nov.
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Old 28th Oct 2017, 16:52
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Does anyone know if T3 are planning to add BE's livery to any other aircraft in the coming weeks and months?. Also when are T3 operated flights beyond mid June expected to go on sale through BE's website?.
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Old 28th Oct 2017, 17:33
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Apparently no further aircraft to be painted at this point. I guess schedules will depend on them finding some passengers. Carrying two at a time on the Embraer 170 as they were doing today isn't exactly productive.
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Old 28th Oct 2017, 17:53
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Even less productive for BE.
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Old 29th Oct 2017, 02:00
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I don't think any of us are surprised at the way this is going are we?
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Old 29th Oct 2017, 08:40
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MME-ABZ

Also 2 passengers on last Wednesday's tea time flight, MME-ABZ in the ATR. I think there was about 18 on the Loganair.
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Old 29th Oct 2017, 10:03
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Concerning the ATR, would they be able to train pilots and carry fare paying passengers at the same time? Any passengers would help cut the cost of retraining pilots.
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Old 29th Oct 2017, 10:29
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to convert a pilot to a new type is 2 weeks ground school followed by 10-16 sessions in a full motion simulator.

After that they go into whats called line training which is done with pax in the back.

The stuff that's done in the sim can't be simulated in the real aircraft and the stuff that can I doubt you would have much repeat custom from PAX if you subjected them to it.

Regulations came in years ago to prevent type ratings being done on an aircraft if their is a simulator available. So even if they did want to they can't now. In the past Eastern did used to do some conversions on aircraft such as Jetstream 32 to Jetstream 41. But its illegal now.
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