Yep. Assumptions will often come back and bite you in the arse though I'm not sure the 'ME' applies here......


Should have re-read the thread and not ASS U med eh? ;)

Thanks for the English lesson Flintstone.

One for you though....assume - to take for granted, suppose.
In writing my post, I never assumed anything, and nor should you have in reading it.
You assumed that I had assumed.

No reply required!

No reply required? Au contraire mon brave. Clearly the fault lies in my technique but as a good instructor should be able to explain a lesson in a variety of ways to accomodate even the slowest student we can go through it again. It's no bother, really.



Oxford English Dictionary says:

"assume

• verb 1 accept as true without proof."

You didn't check with Blink or their pilots to obtain proof, ergo you ASSumed.



Oxford English Dictionary again:

"guess

• verb 1 estimate or suppose (something) without sufficient information to be sure of being correct"

Sounds like more assumption to me but hey, you carry on.

Ahhhh, the old Collins vs Oxford Dictionary debate old boy .....this one could run!

Flintstone - LOL!:D

I assume you are not a pilot as pilots are rarely that amusing. *
I guess you are not a pilot as pilots are rarely that amusing. *

* Delete as appropriate .

As Phil point's out, there is a discrepancy between Collins and Oxford on the definition of assume. Been fun, but I have work to do.

Feel free to keep going if you want.


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I'm bored watching you dig though ;)

and they all lived " happy ever after"
phil one of your satisfied pilots "must be jc"

No, JC has been here too long to still be satisfied, must be one of the new guys, we probably don't know his name yet!

Just for the record Phil I was never making those comments about you in my last post, I respect your position and opinion. My comments were more broadly directed at the general feeling of bitchiness we have started to see not just on this thread but on pprune in general.

But ........... what?

Quietly peddling their wares in a calm and professional fashion as far as I can tell.

Training at Cambridge last Saturday.

They're definitely working quite a lot and I've only heard very positive feedback about their operation. I believe they either just have had or are just about to have their AOC issued (been operating under TAG's I think) and that may well be the trigger point for them to ramp up the profile. I wish them every bit of success and, if any blinks are reading this, we have a ground power unit at the bush now which you can use for a price which will be related to how desperately you need it...

Tom

Low profile?
 

From my little experience I'd say Blink have a much higher profile than most of their competitors.

What other small jet operator has had half the column inches or quotes written about them in the quality press? Cant think of any/many at all.

Blink have clearly invested in their brand and a have a belief in the value of a new product and a high quality business model.

Profile looks good to me, I say good luck to them in the current market, our industry needs (and benefits from) people like them who are prepared to invest in quality and are prepared to innovate.

Wishing them, and every other quality operator the best of luck in these testing times.

"Training in Cambridge"

Does this mean they have just had a type rating course go through?

recruiting combined cp and d/o
 

I hear they are looking for cp and do in one. ASAP is the requirement's timeframe. Any pprunners out there work for blink ? It would be great to get a pm and hear the facts, please. Tks.

This is a company which is indeed going about their business quietly efficiently and with an airline inspired ethos.

The three original British Airways pilots that have establised the flight Ops side of the business are quite simply outstanding in what they have achieved in such a short time added to which they are the nicest group of pilots you could hope to meet. Pilot force now exceeds 10 of which everyone of them and the growing ops department are superb individuals who are a delight to work with.

The two principal founders still incredibly young to have set up such a professional outfit continue to drive the business with incredible enthusiasm and their own vision of where it will be in the next few years.

I salute all and everyone at Blink for and incredible achievment in these very tough economic times.

I can second Highflights comments. They are a good bunch of guys. let's hope nice guys finish first.

Flatspin,

That's not for me to answer and even if I knew i wouldn't be posting on here, but there here still after 12months of operations and the aircraft are all flying so if you ask me I think there is a very good chance they are heading in the right direction.

Not doing a lot of flying hours(in comparison to their published targets) if my occasional browsing of CFMU is anything to go by, but many others aren't either, but as Highflight says they are still in business, so haven't lost the 30 million they raised yet.

Freddy Laker was a thoroughly nice fellow, and decent chap to work for.