BBC 10 O'Clock News 17&18 Oct
 

The chaps from the Beeb have been around the bazaars with cameras over the last few weeks. I believe that there will be short items tonight and tomorrow night on the BBC 10 O'Clock News regarding UK QRA(I) and Typhoon respectively.

Should have been on last week but was put back because of the Earthquake in Asia.

It will be interesting to see what (if any) spin they put on it.

BA

Nice bit of footage...saw one of my ex-studes....hello Helen...if you read this, pse drop me a line.

HM

Just saw it,

Gives you a real idea of the intensity still looming following the terrorist attacks.

Tomorrow should be a good one.

thought they were a bit slow getting to the jet - have the new fitness tests not been introduced yet!

10 minutes to scramble? Slackers.

A bit slow?!

Don't let the PTIs hear you say that or the OFT will include a new 'run without sleep wearing a rubber suit made by the lowest bidder while trying to wake up sufficiently to remember your own name' test... To be repeated twice a day regularly!

:}

I hope that all civie pilots were forced to watch it!! It might prompt them to stop being so slack on their radios.

I don't know if anyone noticed but it appeared that one of the chaps at Boulmer had an unbelievably small head, almost the size of a Pin Head, with Tin Tin like hair?? Poor chap! ;)

Gadgetbent

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Is anyone else a little concerned / curious as to why the lead article on the BBC 10 O'Clock news tonight - 17/10 - was all about how ready the RAF is to shoot down a hijacked passenger jet in British airspace?

Mil guys seem okay about the presentation.

Grimly necessary I suspect, but pretty much does for the knights of the air / Captain the Lord Flasheart image, no?

Sven

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Very surprised that it was the lead given that this is a World News programme from a UK perspective.
Anyone interested in 'appropriate' response to events within UK airspace probably already know the scenario and information is readily available.
So, is this an 'ease the plebs' puff or an ar'n't we brill Goverment spiel ?
Any of the above choices suggest the BBC have sold out to Bliar control. Which surprises me.
I welcome other viewpoints.

:eek:

So sorry, please accept my most humblest apologies Sir! If I forget to speak to someone then it's probably one of the following excuses...

a) I'm asleep
b) Reading the paper
c) Playing with my PSP
d) Fondling one of the crew
e) Counting pots of cash
f) Looking for the keys to my Porsche

:ok:


FWIW I thought it was a well put together sound bite.

Cheers

BB

I thought it was strange as well for a lead story until the missus pointed out the 2nd story on the news about bird flu getting closer to home - it's in Greece now.

She reckoned the RAF were going to be employed shooting down incoming birds with flu! :p

I was worried I might have caught that bird flu the other day...

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Half-way through the sortie I felt a bit peckish ;)

...then you should have p-p-p-picked up a penguin

>>Is anyone else a little concerned / curious as to why the lead article on the BBC 10 O'Clock news tonight - 17/10 - was all about how ready the RAF is to shoot down a hijacked passenger jet in British airspace?<<

Not concerned for my safety personally - ghastly though a terrorist attack is the numbers are hugely in my favour as regards survival. If I tried to roll my own dice and pick a flight that was planned to be hijacked I would fail.

The timing of this news item is just intimidation and spin by the 'Government'. The boys have been on 'Q' for years - why pick October 2005 to frighten everyone again? In any country there are people whose job is to consider the worst case scenario.

It used to be considered appaling to spread alarm and despondency. This 'Government' thrives on it along with other bully boy tactics.

scrammble
 

could get a phantom in the air in 5 mins

At least the radar would still be serviceable by the time you'd put the gear away though.

Most of us can get an F3 in the air in 5 minutes too. But we have to allow 10 because there are still a number of old, fat and slow (just like the F4) ex Phantom drivers on the force. Lowest common denominator and all that.

It's not a deterrent if nobody knows about it. High profile to make Terry the Terrorist think twice!

Great isn't it? We finally get some positive coverage from the BBC and several PPRuNers claim 'labour spin' and trot out the standard anti-Government line. Sorry Spartacan, the BBC decides what the BBC produces, for once its done a decent job.
(now there’s an organisation that knows how to miss-inform and whip-up hysteria)

Still, nice to see Boulmer again, even nicer not to be there

Love to all in Camp X-ray