Retired
 

Well done Anne, nice to hear from you again- you were one of the few stalwarts who could be relyed upon at Ruskin Airays, I,m enjoying life in the south of France - away from it all - carn,t beat it.

I hope the sun isn't too hot for you down there Capt. B.

Good to know you're doing well away from the madness.

Nice to see you bursting into print again Slowly, - The last time I saw you was in Jersey, how is the new regime treating you ? have you moved accross to the left hand seat yet ? I have lost touch with most of the chaps or where they moved , ( as I spend very little time in the UK.) Do you have a short list of where some of went to? Regards to All

Except for ramblings about someone's girlfriend: is there anything else to report about Emerald?

I hope no one is holding their breath over the new start up.

'twas only last week that I hear that the 3 engineering companies that could have helped out, have all politely turned down a request to use their JAR145's for a possible (or wholly unlikely) start up.

That makes any possibility of a start up in the UK zero, as they were the only players with the a/c type that was mentioned on their 145 at present.

FAR too much money was owed for TAWS/TCAS/checks etc etc etc all over the place for it to all be allowed to happen all over again.

And thats before the HMCE investigation, and some investigation into the pension fund that others on here may be able to shed some more info on than I can ?

Hi Ex-Emeraldies,

I was updating my logbook today and noticed that my last flight for Emerald was a year ago today, the flight that we took the sheds down to Blackpool to be mothballed.

I do hope that all of you are well and found new jobs without too much fuss.

Top Shed
 

The old Top Shed team is meeting in the Baloon Sun at 1230 if anyones around.:)

Well Man Utd may not have made my week, but the new Company I work for played in a charity footy knockout last week and I am very pleased to report that they thrashed KPMG who were also in the same tournament!!!!!
:ok: Excellent .....

Why av me posts been removed?

For what purpose ? Pre purchase inspection, crew currency or just a jolly?
Would be good to know who is keeping the engines warm and the tyres pumped up.
Be lucky
David

Ex Jem Flyer

'Cos you are a nob! and insist on posting drivel about MOB's love life.

I hear that MN is off to Bangladesh with Mario the Ex-Chief Pilot/Plumber

Nob thats original, which stone did you crawl from under.

If she was mine I would want the world to know and would not be keeping her the secret girlfriend. Free speech for all etc etc MOB P45

Strange to figure out why she puts up with being the other woman that's all but lesson learnt, well learnt.

EX JEM FLYER

We should not have to read your incesant one-track drivel you half-wit!

Hopefully the rest of your literary !!!!e will also be deleted no matter which title you currently use

Says the sad git who calls himself MOB P45

And the rest of us

and the rest of us means what??? :confused:

Work it out dummy; it's not difficult, but then ------

keep your ear to the ground
 

Mn. Departed Blackers And Is Now In Bangla. Cp Goes Next And Finally Mo. Aj ? His A/c Are Being Prepared As We Speak. Two To Be Ready For July. Three Pilots Current. Tre Is Going To Be An Alien.

More To Follow.............................................

Emerald II
 

The best of luck to AJ in ressurecting it.

If it provides work for my ex-colleagues who may not be in a flying job then i wish it every success.

hell all ex emerald comrades
 

hello to all the my ex collegues. very rarely go onto this forum but do like to find out about the fate of emerald. i joined emerald/streamline back in 2003 as a first job and am still very grateful for the oppertuninty.
sure i moaned when i worked those deep nights, very rarely seeing the sun and getting payed pittance throughout the winter, but thats what pilots do best, complain! erm and spend too much money!
i left the SD360 back in 2005 and am now lucky enough to be flying a 757 for a much more stable company. i still regard my days on the shed as the most valuable flight hours i have, and gives a grounding that no oxford graduate straight onto an airbus would never comprehend.
the fact that emerald operated for the legnth of time that it did is purely down to the ops, rosterring f stafand flight crews and the hard graft and self sacrifice which we all nievely thought was for a greater good.
i thank you all for the valuable time that i had in emerald and hope that your path has prosperred. and for the reason that the portacabin towers are no no more, and the dedicated employyes that worked there are empty, rests with a few selfsh souls that i hope time will grant them a conscience.
M:D

Hey Pretty Boy,
Too good for the 73's then????Or just run out of NI girls He He!
We will have to have a beer in Leeds soon!
Guess who!:} :} :}

whos that then?
 

whos that then, you have discovered my secret identety. i will have to destroy you, on the beer!

Ah ha!
How's the nips?I'll never forget the smell!Shame we dont do tech refresher at BOH anymore :} :} :}

Once a workaholic always one. The selfish 'B' has only gone over seas and left beauty sk behind who could do that??, feeding her with lies I bet and chasing whoever will have him. What an :mad:, if anyone has her contact details feel free to PM them to me I will let her see what an honest real man is.;)

Thats off my chest now!

Any news on AJ's venture and expected start date for him, be interesting to see if any of the ex EA are part of his crew.

Boring......

Just what does this c**p have to do with 'Emerald and the CAA'?

Attention Moderator !

How about putting a stop to ExFlyJem's inane, onetrack, pointless, irritating posts? Maybe he should be on a virtual Sex-Offenders register?

Seconded. No-one needs to read this drivel.

Fourthed !
 

As I stated about 325 posts ago .....

"Perhaps because you are an annoying little tw*t with an obvious personality disorder (apart from more IDs than you can 'shake a stick at') and completely miss the actual purpose of this thread which is to swap relevant information primarily between the poor sods (and their affected families) who have lost their jobs in this collapse of a fairly major operator.

So please go and play somewhere else (or get help) - you offend me, let alone the people who are directly involved in this sorry situation.

If there was ever a justification for bringing back the 'report to moderator' button you are it !

Mods - when you see and delete Disagree's post above please feel free to take mine with it."

This very sick puppy needs putting in care (somewhere else)

Fifthed.....

Make me number 6

My apologies to all that I have offended. I have read what a :mad: I have been and I should keep my feelings and thoughts regarding sk to myself.

Taking myself off this forum for good.

Try and Stick to Topic
 

Gentlemen gentlemen please!!!!!!!!! No personal slaggin as you all know

I worked for the company a long time ago when it was Janes Aviation and occasionally drop by to see what's happening. It must be said that the thread is becoming an embarrassment, thanks to the puerile postings therein. Such a shame to see it being polluted.

Emerald re-born????
 

Last week whilst waiting at Blackpool for the glorious sea-side weather:ugh: to blow through, it was a real pleasure to hear the sound of Darts once again as Budgie 'IM' was put through it's paces during a spirited Engine run on the south side of the Airfield.
Following our exotic jaunt to Cleveleys and Cockeram :( , had a chat with some old faces from the past working the Ramp & it seems Mr. 'J' is extremely serious in getting at least 2 OFF the 748's flying once again for a new UK Venture!
Maybe a reclusive few still adverse to flying in daylight could find this tempting, so good, bad or indifferent, work is work and now may be a good to time to speak with the 'Usual Suspects' !!!

If AJ does get it going again then he knows he can count on a determined and experienced bunch of crew and engineers to make it succeed.

My fervent wish is that this time he keeps the CAA on side and doesn't tell porkies to the customers.

Nowhere else comes close for fun and great colleagues.:ok:

'If AJ does get it going again then he knows he can count on a determined and experienced bunch of crew and engineers to make it succeed'.


He can also count on a dedicated and experienced bunch of crew, engineers and all the other people he STILL owes money to to ensure it will FAIL.

Would anyone who was shafted by the Emerald "management" go back willingly? Not that he'd have me, but if AJ showered me with gold and got Kylie as my "personal" assistant, I'd still tell him to stick where the sun doesn't shine. Sideways.

Afterall, MOB was an incompetant fool, but who put him in the job in the first place? I'll give you a hint, his initials were AJ...........

I am not a fan of AJ but wish his endevour well. (Hopefully we won't see MOB again) He may well provide flying jobs to guys who haven't fared so well since Emerald went bust. I wish success to anyone who can do that for them.
It was apparent for a long time before it went pop that it was looming. People talked of little else, other than would they get paid at the end of the month.
Anyone who didn't want to risk being owed wages had lots of time to leave, like i did. (In fact the tw@t never paid me several weeks holiday owed).Whether they could find alternative employment or not is another matter and in fact the main thrust of my point - that they couldn't. So, they will exercise the same judgement call again, if and when there become jobs available. As for business creditors - well, that's a normal risk that businesses run when they extend credit.
No, i wouldn't go back either.

From The Eddie Stobart Air thread at http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthread.php?t=242694
Is this a coincidence or I am I putting 2 +2 together to make 5 ??
Your comments and observations appreciated.
Be lucky
David

I believe that the 748s at BLK are regularly taxied.

Rumour Control has it that AJ is to start with cargo to I.O.M.