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So, not sure why Flybe have two departures to London City within 20 minutes.

But this was last Monday's 1810 service

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/617/21...e19cd643c0.jpg

Being the end if the business day the 2 flights tend to be busy coming into Belfast, much like the morning flight out is normally full. One of the aircraft is Exeter based, which would otherwise have nothing to do for a couple of hours at LCY, so it operates to Belfast

Stobart ATR 72-200 EI-REH has been on the ground at DUB now for well over a week. Repaint into BE colours for SEN ops perhaps?

Adam :)

Quite possibly as EI-REI has had an Aer Lingus Regional sticker applied to it

Oh right, seems likely then :) Any pictures of the newly be-stickered EI-REI, and will EI-EHH have a similar sticker applied?

EDIT: Found one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/48415713@N04/20709184574

Adam :)

Very quiet at Belfast City this morning, FlyBE managed to dispatch a couple of early departures but all other movements now cancelled for the morning due to fog. Visibility < 200 metres at 08:30.

G-PRPC should be emerging from paint-shop in Shannon soon.

Not a good day for Flybe at Exeter yesterday. Edinburgh went tech on arrival which resulted in a severe delay to the Jersey/Guernsey. All Manchester inbounds delayed including a divert to Newquay and morning London City 30mins late.

Charles de Gaulle and Amsterdam also delayed. The later severely in the evening.

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Originally Posted by PlymouthPixie (Post 9133696)

Just so I know, are we to expect these updates every time there is a delay? If so I think I will scrap my account with Pprune. I am not sure what is trying to be achieved??

Yes, it's just facts; & not rumors !

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Originally Posted by Cloud1 (Post 9133932)

Just so I know, are we to expect these updates every time there is a delay? If so I think I will scrap my account with Pprune. I am not sure what is trying to be achieved??

But I thought Flybe delays were of interest to you?

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Originally Posted by Cloud1

Certainly in the IOM it was just an unfortunate afternoon. Only one cancellation which was the MAN and a few delays in the evening sectors.

You only need an hour delay for it to mess up onward connection plans and with the exception of the STN the delays in the evening were mostly an hour give or take a few minutes. Delays therefore were not excessive, just a few at the same time and on routes where delays can be more inconvenient than others.

BHX was a similar story in that apart from the morning EDI was cancelled. It went a bit messy in the afternoon....I suspect some link to the late morning EGC which had an hour delay didn't help and caused a knock on delay to other sectors. On a Saturday at most airports if you start of with a small delay it just grows and grows.

MAN had more cancellations so was worst hit during the day. Two IOM sectors, a DUS and some others were cancelled.

The majority of the day in SOU and BHD was trouble free with the odd delay here and there which I suspect was caused by aircraft changes to assist with the wider network problems.

EXT and BOH was trouble free all day and CWL only had one minor delay.

REH is not going to SEN ...

Do you have any idea what is going to SEN then? It has been all but confirmed that REL and REM will be going to IOM so that leaves SEN without an aircraft; and REI has recieved EIR branding.

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Originally Posted by PlymouthPixie (Post 9134182)

But I thought Flybe delays were of interest to you?

Whilst I admire that you have the time to go through old posts in the hope of successfully finding something to quote, the post to which you refer was published with a bit of sarcasm as at the time some people on here were giving frequent - almost daily updates. The fact that I have not posted anything similar since will give you a good enough understanding that actually I couldn't give a flying s**t when there is a delay.

If you feel the need to go back through more of my posts to prove a sad point then please take this to private message and we can discuss there.

Thank you

New AT76 G-FBXA called-by in Dublin last night, looks like it was part of a round-the-Isles trip: Exeter - Birmingham - Leeds - Belfast City - Dublin - Exeter.

Certainly wasn't a Scandinavian accent though.

SAS are only wet leasing ATR's from Flybe so I assume all crews will be British?

The first two scheduled for delivery at Exeter have some 40 training flights booked before November....! :ok:

That's a lot of training flights! Isn't much of that more typically done in simulators these days?

There was a story a few years ago about a US CRJ crew whose first revenue flight on-type was also their first flight on-type, everything having been done in the sim previously.

The SAS ATRs will be crewed by local pilots once it's in situ with SAS. There's a couple of UK Flybe pilots trained on it, namely the fleet technical manager and the deputy.

I'm not sure about that CRJ story, but then I'm not clued up on the procedures in the USA, but over here that would never happen where both crews are flying their first fight in an aircraft on a revenue earning flight.

Cloud 1, like you I find reading about delays uninteresting. But, just because you don't like to read about them doesn't mean people should stop posting about them, this isn't your thread to police.

Delays do go hand in hand with airline operations after all and I assume you wouldn't mind people posting about Flybe's excellent OTP?

All painted and tarted-up, G-PRPC due in to Birmingham around 16:00 today ( Saturday )

All other -PRP* aircraft have returned to Exeter after paint, does this mean PRPC will initially be BHX based?