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Still waiting..:hmm:

FlapsOne

Totally agree that kids on the blink are difficult at the best of times. Got three, one blinking ... What certainly does help is a reasonable roster and helpful management. We have neither.

From Kieran Daly, Group Editor, The Flight Group

The following letter is in this week's Flight International (6 December issue). Its authenticity has been verified:


Dear Sir,

“Recently an individual or group has used my name to publish a letter headed ‘New Roster is a dozy idea’. I would like it to be known that I did not write this letter nor did I communicate these thoughts verbally at any point. I am yet to establish as to why my name has been used in such a way.
It was very distracting to find out about the letter 3 hours before a flight and flight safety could have been compromised by the thoughtless actions of the real author. Fortunately as a professional I remained focussed.

The REAL Captain Clive PHILLIPS Luton Bedfordshire”

Algy

The sentence you quote ... "fortunatley as proffesional I remained focused" ...does not appear in the letter in Flight International Magazine.

May I ask if this is just a bit of " jounalistic license" on your part, or actually a part of Kieran Daly's statement, which you identify as "verified".

My reason for asking is my astonishment at the whole event, a question as to why you would include such a sentence ( are you involved ?) and a sneaking suspicion that the content of the original letter has caused some rather red faces.

Usually when the cover up of an event, of this nature, takes place there are "interpertations" of what actually transpired. Normally to muddy the waters surrounding the event. Your sentence is very much in this vein, from my perspective.

From what is published, so far, we are asked to decide if Flight published, ( 8-14 November 2005) what was obviously going to be a letter of contentious content, without verification of its authenticity, and have printed this latest letter ( retraction without saying so) as a face saving exercise, or

Flight International, after discussions with the "real Clive Phillips" believe he actually did write it, but are finding that difficult to substantiate, or

Flight International has come under pressure from the concerned operators, or the appropriate authorities legal department to withdraw. ( Actually reads like someting JP probably wrote )

Whatever the answer, publishing this letter ( 6-12 November 2005) leaves Flight International,s credibility at some question in my mind.

I'm surprised your suspicion is so sneaking.

Anyway, there is no cover-up, we were hoaxed, and lessons have been learned.

The final sentence does indeed seem to have been cut on the printed letters page. Nothing sinister - just space.

Algy

"Sneaking"... I don't think so. Just some questions.

But perhaps only printing a portion of a letter recieved, possibly ( and with intent) altering its meaning, could that be sneaking ?.

The real Cpt Clive Phillips letter is published in this weeks Flight Int!!!!!!!

Nice one Clivey!!!! :ok: