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gipilot
19th Apr 2023, 14:19
Greetings gents,
Does anyone have any information on the current state of affairs at Air Belgium and their freight operation out of BRU? Heard they just received their 3rd 747-800, flying freight for HongYuan group. Any info on rosters and environment there? Anything will be appreciated, cheers.

HURZ
24th Apr 2023, 15:07
Greetings gents,
Does anyone have any information on the current state of affairs at Air Belgium and their freight operation out of BRU? Heard they just received their 3rd 747-800, flying freight for HongYuan group. Any info on rosters and environment there? Anything will be appreciated, cheers.

They certainly do not have any job on the 747-800.
If you are a pilot you should know its a 747-8 in words sevenfourseven DASH 8

gipilot
26th Apr 2023, 18:07
Dear HURZ,

If YOU are a pilot you would have known that there is no difference between calling it a -8 or a -800. However if you were a REAL pilot you would have known that the correct name of the machine is not its -8 marketing name but Boeing standard 3 letters after the hyphen. Every boeing delivered aircraft will get its unique 3 number and/or lettering belonging to the original operator, Korean(-8B5), Cathay(-867), Lufthansa(-830) and so forth. The aircraft will maintain this designation even if it’s sold a million times over. So Boeing uses -800 and the FAA often use -800 for its AD’s, so it does not matter.

Ooh and before I forget, You might have to call AeroProfessionals as they did not get your memo and posted a requirement for immediate 747-800 F/O’s for their client Air Belgium, aircraft 747-868(2) and one 747-8HV.

Cheers