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From: Next door to the neighbor from hell, who believes in chemtrails!
This guys alright. At least he knows what he's talking about.
What would you prefer? Someone equally knowledgeable who doesn't like the limelight and is as boring as batsh1t?
What would you prefer? Someone equally knowledgeable who doesn't like the limelight and is as boring as batsh1t?
DF.
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From: Perth
The Harrier crash was captured on film and is there for all to see. It is not to difficult for anyone with aviation knowledge or an aerobatic or military background to analyse.
It takes a special type of Pilot though to appear on TV and claim to know irrefutably what happened to MH370 whilst professing to be the most experienced B777 Pilot in the world, without divulging any information or facts. Because there are none.
Jealous?? Not in the slightest. More like embarrassed!
It takes a special type of Pilot though to appear on TV and claim to know irrefutably what happened to MH370 whilst professing to be the most experienced B777 Pilot in the world, without divulging any information or facts. Because there are none.
Jealous?? Not in the slightest. More like embarrassed!
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From: 41S174E
I would prefer someone who was a bit more humble.
Good on him I say. Much better than all the uninformed drivel that is normally spoken about aviation.
This guy is way to cocksure & full of himself.
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From: Aimlessly wandering
For God sake, are you lot really analysing someone's level of humility based on a TV interview? You would prefer someone just ""a bit" more humble? Not really really humble? Not extra humble? Maybe he would prefer viewers who are just "a bit" less of a twit. This thread is going nowhere and I am dumber for having read it.
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From: Next door to the neighbor from hell, who believes in chemtrails!
Let's just put it this way. If any pilot in the world deserves to brag it would be Sully Sullenberger - but he wouldn't demean himself.
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From: eastcoastoz
Brings to mind that (late 70s?) song by Mac Davis...
"Oh Lord it's hard to be humble / when you're perfect in every way / Can't wait to look in the mirror / 'cos I get better lookin' each day... etc."
It's worth looking up the lyrics - Very Funny.
At least he's better than that w**ker, Geoffrey somebody-or-other.
A small mercy, I know.
"Oh Lord it's hard to be humble / when you're perfect in every way / Can't wait to look in the mirror / 'cos I get better lookin' each day... etc."
It's worth looking up the lyrics - Very Funny.
At least he's better than that w**ker, Geoffrey somebody-or-other.
A small mercy, I know.
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From: Next door to the neighbor from hell, who believes in chemtrails!
At least he's better than that w**ker, Geoffrey somebody-or-other.
DF.
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It is certainly a good to see someone like BB speaking on our profession without all the crap from the likes of GT and others in the media that know very little about the subjects they write about. There is an old story about fighter pilots but to do that job they need to know their stuff and the culture is to talk about it! Exactly what BB is doing. I recall flying whith him in a Westwind back in the 80's and for some reason he returned the best fuel burns in the company. His energy management skills were better than text book and obviously learnt on the MIR.
He had skills back then that most of us dream about, and he obviously did well in EK as well. We should applaud someone that stands up and talks for all of us in the public domain and not knock him for doing it.
He had skills back then that most of us dream about, and he obviously did well in EK as well. We should applaud someone that stands up and talks for all of us in the public domain and not knock him for doing it.
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From: Richmond NSW
"He's only marginally better than someone else I could name but won't."
I'm guessing that particular person may have ordered fuel at a certain place and for a particular time. Then didn't turn up and couldn't be bothered telephoning beforehand.
Yes, I really hate that when a similar thing happens to me.
I'm guessing that particular person may have ordered fuel at a certain place and for a particular time. Then didn't turn up and couldn't be bothered telephoning beforehand.
Yes, I really hate that when a similar thing happens to me.
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From: Next door to the neighbor from hell, who believes in chemtrails!
I'm guessing that particular person may have ordered fuel at a certain place and for a particular time. Then didn't turn up and couldn't be bothered telephoning beforehand.
DF.
Man Bilong Balus long PNG
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From: Back home again after another fantastic time in Japan; once again back to the 'real world' and continuing the seemingly never ending search for a bad bottle of Red.
that there are two kinds of people you should never piss off in the aviation industry, engineers & refuellers.
My PPL Instructor from all those years ago, (1982/3 to be exact) a certain PD always maintained that you never ever pissed off an ATC!
Oh and BTW, apropos of nothing to do with this thread; You may be interested to know that one of the old Mail Run bunch from the Air North side of things by name of AP recently gained his command on the A380
with a certain ME airline!I raised several glasses of a good Froggy Bubbly to him when I learned of his achievement!
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From: Here today, gone tommorrow
Marauder
Not quite Pinky, with a lot of planning you can avoid ATC,
but unless you rely on dumb luck you will Never be sure of avoiding engineers. The labels on their tool trolleys are updated weekly, they are an extremely mobile mob. Most don't buy houses, they live in Winnabegos
And refuellers had an advanced system of communication, dating back to when Pontious was a pilot, they have no need for mobile phones or saellites to spread the word. Piss one of them off, you can be black banned 1000nm away in less than an hour. There networking skills are the foundations in which Facebook was built.
The Masons are in awe of them.
And there memory is legendary.
but unless you rely on dumb luck you will Never be sure of avoiding engineers. The labels on their tool trolleys are updated weekly, they are an extremely mobile mob. Most don't buy houses, they live in Winnabegos
And refuellers had an advanced system of communication, dating back to when Pontious was a pilot, they have no need for mobile phones or saellites to spread the word. Piss one of them off, you can be black banned 1000nm away in less than an hour. There networking skills are the foundations in which Facebook was built.
The Masons are in awe of them.
And there memory is legendary.
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From: Back home again after another fantastic time in Japan; once again back to the 'real world' and continuing the seemingly never ending search for a bad bottle of Red.
No argument Marauder. No refueller or Engineer; No fly!
And anybody who pissed off DF had a death wish!
And anybody who pissed off DF had a death wish!
