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Err.... Captain PPRUNE just to play devil's advocate here and since seeing the upset people have been caused over locked threads etcetera etcetera, could somebody pleeeeese tell me what exactly is rumour or news here????
zzzzzzzzz wake me up when it's all over please.
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zzzzzzzzz wake me up when it's all over please.
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I reallydo not have anything against reading articles about everything that has to do with aviation including space. Lets take an exapmpe like civil simulator census. This makes finding a TRTO and companies that provide individual types a lot easier, and you know what type of sims they have.
Errors do apparently occur every now and then. Sim directory lists companies that have not been in operation for years. So makes me wonder where the info comes from.
I am more against the apparent lack of knowledge of contributing editors. I constantly find mistakes and errors in the magazine that are simply annoying.
For a magazine of that category and history would think that they would have the brains to verify the content of articles to a certain degree. Why not use more aviation professionals as contributors ???????????? Makes me just wonder.
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Errors do apparently occur every now and then. Sim directory lists companies that have not been in operation for years. So makes me wonder where the info comes from.
I am more against the apparent lack of knowledge of contributing editors. I constantly find mistakes and errors in the magazine that are simply annoying.
For a magazine of that category and history would think that they would have the brains to verify the content of articles to a certain degree. Why not use more aviation professionals as contributors ???????????? Makes me just wonder.
JJ
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I buy the FI 3 times a year, for the airline directory. It has provided me with many phonenumbers and addresses to send my application for jobs, and it provides info on routes and fleet. I have no use for other directories and ofcourse I still look for uncle roger and the job pages at the newsstand
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Everyone seems so eager to pile on to Flight. Just what are you looking for? Flight's main purpose is to provide a summary of the week's news, and it seems to me to do a pretty competent job of that. I've been reading Flight for some 20-odd years, and it's always been for the main news section. Occasionally I've found one of the longer stories interesting, and occasionally some of the directories are useful, but that's almost never been the main reason for reading Flight, as far as I'm concerned (and I'm not looking for a job, so the jobs section hasn't been a main focus either). For more in-depth articles, I go elsewhere. But those other mags are much less systematic in their news coverage; if I only read them, I'd miss knowing about half the things that are going on. Which isn't to say I couldn't think of many ways to improve Flight.
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Don´t like the new layout either.
But, the news are usually rather "new" and well researched.
Mostly facts, no assumptions.
Also had a AW-subscription for a year but didn´t renew it.
I find the regular newspaper rather boring most days too.
What´s the alternative weekly (!!) mag on civil transport?
Haven´t found one yet.
Anyone have a suggestion?
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But, the news are usually rather "new" and well researched.
Mostly facts, no assumptions.
Also had a AW-subscription for a year but didn´t renew it.
I find the regular newspaper rather boring most days too.
What´s the alternative weekly (!!) mag on civil transport?
Haven´t found one yet.
Anyone have a suggestion?
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The lack of technical information in the magazine drives me nuts.
I find it extremely annoying when an article says that there were important changes made to design to give some improvement...but then doesn't say what the changes were or, if the article is to do with a new development, it doesn't explain the how/why of how the new development changes things.
If it wasn't for the World Airline Directory & the job ads, I wouldn't buy the magazine in a pink fit.
But this year they even $crewed the WAD by making it completely alphabetical instead of the previous year's broad region categorisation.
What is it with these bloody stylists that think 'flash' & 'presentation' is a substitute for substance?
I cringe everytime I hear or read the phrase "We've given it a fresh, new look". Particularly when the 'fresh, new look' means that text of an article is spread all over the facing pages with boxouts or irrelevent, 'arty' pictures everywhere.
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Just my pet peeve
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I find it extremely annoying when an article says that there were important changes made to design to give some improvement...but then doesn't say what the changes were or, if the article is to do with a new development, it doesn't explain the how/why of how the new development changes things.
If it wasn't for the World Airline Directory & the job ads, I wouldn't buy the magazine in a pink fit.
But this year they even $crewed the WAD by making it completely alphabetical instead of the previous year's broad region categorisation.
What is it with these bloody stylists that think 'flash' & 'presentation' is a substitute for substance?
I cringe everytime I hear or read the phrase "We've given it a fresh, new look". Particularly when the 'fresh, new look' means that text of an article is spread all over the facing pages with boxouts or irrelevent, 'arty' pictures everywhere.
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Just my pet peeve
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I would cancel my long term subscription if it were not for the meagre job adverts. The very gradual and general degeneration is sad to see for a a once proud and respected mag.
I have strongly objected directly to FI about all of the extra unwanted mail that I get as a result of my subscription. They stop it for a few months, but always start sending additional advertising material again.
Has anyone out there in ppruneland found a way to continue the subscription with an effective permanent stop on the other junk?
I have strongly objected directly to FI about all of the extra unwanted mail that I get as a result of my subscription. They stop it for a few months, but always start sending additional advertising material again.
Has anyone out there in ppruneland found a way to continue the subscription with an effective permanent stop on the other junk?
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.......if there's one thing that REALLY annoys me about Flight International, it's the bloody ridiculous units they use in their reports. Range in Km, TAS in kph, altitude in metres - why not use the normal nautical miles, knots and feet??
Remember when it also incorporated 'Royal Air Force Flying Review'.......?
I do, however, agree that it's gone downhill of late. World engines directory is just SO interesting; the difference between a -530-17B or a -560-12F is just so 'hold-the-front-page'...............zzzzzzzzzzz
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Remember when it also incorporated 'Royal Air Force Flying Review'.......?
I do, however, agree that it's gone downhill of late. World engines directory is just SO interesting; the difference between a -530-17B or a -560-12F is just so 'hold-the-front-page'...............zzzzzzzzzzz
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PLEASE HELP!
I saw an ad in Flight around the end of May, for B737 pilots. The position would require 6 months working in Europe and 6 months in the USA. Preference given to pilots with B737 NG experience and with green card. As a 737 pilot, I was very interested but did not buy that issue thinking I would see the job advertised as well on the web page. Either I checked the web page too late, or it was never there. Could ANYONE PLEASE dig up this issue and give me the contact details for this position. Many thanks.
I saw an ad in Flight around the end of May, for B737 pilots. The position would require 6 months working in Europe and 6 months in the USA. Preference given to pilots with B737 NG experience and with green card. As a 737 pilot, I was very interested but did not buy that issue thinking I would see the job advertised as well on the web page. Either I checked the web page too late, or it was never there. Could ANYONE PLEASE dig up this issue and give me the contact details for this position. Many thanks.
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That about sums up the magazine these days.
We pay for it so the business' can have their complimentary copies sent to their reception lobies!
I get other mags now that have great photo-features and contributers who dare to have an opinion on a variety of issues.
Like I said earlier;
Let Jeremy Clarkson have a crack at Flight!!
Anything to liven it up a bit.
We pay for it so the business' can have their complimentary copies sent to their reception lobies!
I get other mags now that have great photo-features and contributers who dare to have an opinion on a variety of issues.
Like I said earlier;
Let Jeremy Clarkson have a crack at Flight!!
Anything to liven it up a bit.
