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30th Jun 2020, 09:10
Replies: 76
Views: 35,746
Posted By ShortfinalFred

“Probably because in EASA land most of the...

“Probably because in EASA land most of the applicants had never flown anything but what the flight school had, and then ended up RHS in an A320 etc with a couple of hundred hours total time.”

I...
29th Jun 2020, 22:47
Replies: 76
Views: 35,746
Posted By ShortfinalFred

You get one supportive post from someone in the...

You get one supportive post from someone in the UK and it’s Bash a Pom day! Sure, we all did 200 hours in a hedge hopper then walked into a jet. Right....what do you know about it....’Mate’.....Sad.
18th Mar 2020, 17:58
Replies: 633
Views: 609,459
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Stobart Air Gone

Reported by The Irish Independent online. Thoughts with all involved.
John MulliganMarch 18 2020 03:51 PM

“Connect Airways, the holding company behind Dublin-based Stobart Air, which operates the...
5th Mar 2020, 08:02
Replies: 380
Views: 333,024
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Appalling news. Thoughts with all the employees,...

Appalling news. Thoughts with all the employees, also those working for Exeter, Newquay and Southampton airports. At a guess, none of them are viable without Flybe, possibly more throughout their...
7th Feb 2020, 11:33
Replies: 1
Views: 2,666
Posted By ShortfinalFred

West Atlantic Cargo

Much appreciate a PM of a typical P1 roster on the ATP fleet for this company please, WO/WO option (week on/week off).
8th Oct 2018, 12:39
Replies: 451
Views: 85,211
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Mister Rutherford. To paraphrase a witness at a...

Mister Rutherford. To paraphrase a witness at a well known trial, "You would say that, wouldn't you". I hold no agenda except that I've become very uncomfortable with the level of personal abuse that...
8th Oct 2018, 12:12
Replies: 451
Views: 85,211
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Au contraire Mister Rutherford, it is you that...

Au contraire Mister Rutherford, it is you that has initiated and sustained this affair and you do protest too much, methinks - it can be alleged that you appear to have motives that transcend the...
8th Oct 2018, 08:41
Replies: 451
Views: 85,211
Posted By ShortfinalFred

No, Mr Rutherford, we've not met. I've not met...

No, Mr Rutherford, we've not met. I've not met either of the two contenders in this spiral of doom. From those who HAVE met you and been on the end of your intense, angry, lobbying there comes a...
8th Oct 2018, 00:38
Replies: 451
Views: 85,211
Posted By ShortfinalFred

A 'bunch of folk'...who seem not to want to...

A 'bunch of folk'...who seem not to want to recognise a strong motive by one protagonist to destroy the other. It can be alleged, a strong commercial motive. By someone who, it could also be alleged,...
7th Oct 2018, 23:13
Replies: 451
Views: 85,211
Posted By ShortfinalFred

On and On this goes, one of the nastiest threads...

On and On this goes, one of the nastiest threads (in all its various mutations) on this board in the years its been running.

Part of the origin lies in a dispute between a team running an...
12th Jun 2018, 23:55
Replies: 2,003
Views: 1,437,808
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Many thanks to you FlyboyUK for the very helpful...

Many thanks to you FlyboyUK for the very helpful PM. Pprune at its best as a source of information and support. Thanks again.
7th Jun 2018, 00:56
Replies: 2,003
Views: 1,437,808
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Many Thanks....

....to The Count and to Dirk for those informative and helpful replies.
5th Jun 2018, 08:24
Replies: 2,003
Views: 1,437,808
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Any recent DEC at LGW

How is life at easy? Much chance of part time? How many hours per year full time? Are you sent to fly from another base for your x5 day block often? Can you ever get any leave in the summer? Are the...
23rd Dec 2009, 13:24
Replies: 34
Views: 11,562
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Ah, 411a. I was going to give a reasoned response...

Ah, 411a. I was going to give a reasoned response but, why bother so here it is: F*ck you you Texan Git. Stay in your misery-ridden hooch and bleat away on a US forum and leave Europe to itself you...
18th Dec 2009, 11:39
Replies: 367
Views: 106,150
Posted By ShortfinalFred

As per my post on another T and C thread about...

As per my post on another T and C thread about easyjet and contract Captains, the Russians are coming!!

My mate told me that the advisor to the orange board, the greek economics guy, said that...
17th Dec 2009, 11:39
Replies: 34
Views: 11,562
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Can’t help but recall my mate who met a Greek...

Can’t help but recall my mate who met a Greek economics advisor to the easyjet board. The incredulity on his face as he told me of the contempt this guy had for pilots was a picture. Apparently, this...
11th Oct 2009, 12:11
Replies: 308
Views: 75,759
Posted By ShortfinalFred

This is an economic crisis like no other in the...

This is an economic crisis like no other in the last 70 years. UK is perhaps the worst prepared "developed" economy to meet it. Likely we will see a desperate second leg of the downturn next year for...
12th Dec 2008, 11:17
Replies: 100
Views: 26,181
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Guys,Girls, the U.K. is a busted flush in every...

Guys,Girls, the U.K. is a busted flush in every way. As others have said, the "security" monster that rules working pilot's lives is devised not to protect US, but to protect the sorry ass of the...
24th Nov 2008, 18:39
Replies: 35
Views: 6,419
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Well, at least it makes it explicit - ALL of the...

Well, at least it makes it explicit - ALL of the UK is screwed.

My predictions: FTSE = 3000 or less, Property = off from historic highs by up to 60%, unemployment above four million, the Pound...
30th Oct 2008, 08:13
Replies: 93
Views: 31,372
Posted By ShortfinalFred

"I dont believe it" - a Victor Meldrew Moment -...

"I dont believe it" - a Victor Meldrew Moment - for once I agree with 411a.
9th Oct 2008, 08:31
Replies: 42
Views: 13,919
Posted By ShortfinalFred

This is the Blueprint of what they want for the...

This is the Blueprint of what they want for the whole of BA, and they are very confident that they can get it. Post this in the wannabes forum too - there is now way I'd enter the profession on these...
8th Oct 2008, 21:51
Replies: 42
Views: 13,919
Posted By ShortfinalFred

That'll be "Rubber" then. Nice! Not!! Or at...

That'll be "Rubber" then. Nice! Not!! Or at least, he's the CP. Did Dale Moss design the new BARP, (sounds like BARFF and might as well be for all the good it is), scheme BA is using?
7th Oct 2008, 17:56
Replies: 2
Views: 1,168
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Aer Lingus thread - why removed?

OK Moderators, where did the Aer Lingus thread go? If you removed the thread because of my remarks about a speech given by Mr Sharman, Chairman of Aer Lingus, concerning a speech he gave in London I...
7th Oct 2008, 12:38
Replies: 3,774
Views: 800,422
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Well, the future is that there is no future for a...

Well, the future is that there is no future for a professional level of remuneration as an airline pilot. It's not me saying that but the Chairman of Aer Lingus, who I think I am right in saying also...
22nd Sep 2008, 22:24
Replies: 368
Views: 72,791
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Wow - this isnt a professional occupation anymore...

Wow - this isnt a professional occupation anymore - its a zoo! MoL is a sick man and he's created a sick airline that spreads like a virus among the industry. To say he "copied Southwest Airlines in...
21st Sep 2008, 10:33
Replies: 368
Views: 72,791
Posted By ShortfinalFred

Wow! How low can you go? I used to be proud of...

Wow! How low can you go? I used to be proud of the career I have choosen, proud to have the responsibility for the lives of others and the capital of my company in my charge, proud of keeping up the...
21st Sep 2008, 09:37
Replies: 910
Views: 177,498
Posted By ShortfinalFred

What are the precise details of the contract that...

What are the precise details of the contract that Alitalia pilots are being forced into, "forced" in as much as its a take it or leave it deal?
12th Sep 2008, 09:12
Replies: 23
Views: 14,489
Posted By ShortfinalFred

What are all the pilots from the failed airlines doing?

Concerned to know how many UK pilots with CAA/JAA licenses have now been made redundant since the start of this appalling airline cull has begun. Does the CAA keep statistics?

How many CAA/JAA...
20th Aug 2008, 09:14
Replies: 108
Views: 23,217
Posted By ShortfinalFred

And why am I, or indeed anyone else, not...

And why am I, or indeed anyone else, not surprised to see 411A's self-righteous pronouncements scattered all over this thread? Frankly, anyone who'se got the time to make OVER FIVE THOUSAND posts to...
16th Aug 2008, 10:07
Replies: 108
Views: 23,217
Posted By ShortfinalFred

411A what a crock of pure Sh*t you talk, a crock...

411A what a crock of pure Sh*t you talk, a crock of cr*p. You are unfit to command an airliner let alone unfit to hold a management position in any airline. If fatigue is irrelevant, if any quality...
13th Aug 2008, 19:42
Replies: 108
Views: 23,217
Posted By ShortfinalFred

411a - change the record mate, we've heard the...

411a - change the record mate, we've heard the anti-ALPA rant too many times.
12th Aug 2008, 07:02
Replies: 108
Views: 23,217
Posted By ShortfinalFred

411a's loathing of ALPA displayed for all to see....

411a's loathing of ALPA displayed for all to see. Just because you are a bigot it does not confer legitimacy to all your pronouncements. You are famously selective in ignoring issues that dont fit...
10th Aug 2008, 09:19
Replies: 108
Views: 23,217
Posted By ShortfinalFred

More armchair quaterbacking from 411a allied to...

More armchair quaterbacking from 411a allied to his preachey hatred of any unionised workforce. If I read him a'right then its OK for the company to screw the workforce on every element of the...
8th Aug 2008, 13:07
28th Jul 2008, 20:36
Replies: 262
Views: 79,365
Posted By ShortfinalFred

MoL and his alias Leo are the people who have...

MoL and his alias Leo are the people who have singlehandedly debased airline professionalism throughout Europe. May they get what they deserve. In MoL's case, as he is rich beyond the dreams of...
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