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Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
7th Jan 2024, 01:15
Replies: 1,950
Views: 935,640
Posted By Ranger One

tdracer, there's an old joke (but also a truism)...

tdracer, there's an old joke (but also a truism) that used to say something along the lines of... the best airliner in the world would be designed by Lockheed, marketed by MD - and built by Boeing.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Jan 2024, 08:17
Replies: 12
Views: 6,625
Posted By Ranger One

"Robert Sachs, also known as Bob Sachs, co-owned...

"Robert Sachs, also known as Bob Sachs, co-owned Dive Bequia, a scuba tour company in Port Elizabeth, with his wife, Cathy."

Damn that's the guy who taught me to dive over 20 years ago :-(
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Oct 2020, 03:03
Replies: 20
Views: 17,040
Posted By Ranger One

Feathers McGraw There's a fairly large level...

Feathers McGraw

There's a fairly large level of misunderstanding around this stuff - I know, I have a background in geology.

Katla always has a fair amount of tremor - but the devil is in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Feb 2020, 23:01
Replies: 135
Views: 134,925
Posted By Ranger One

You're missing one important point; this was just...

You're missing one important point; this was just part of a series of offences. Just a couple of weeks before the Jet2 incident, she was involved in a drink-driving incident during which she...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Feb 2020, 19:46
Replies: 49
Views: 40,537
Posted By Ranger One

Video of landing shot by pax: ...

Video of landing shot by pax:

https://twitter.com/beggi_north/status/1225849291891249152
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Nov 2019, 21:53
Replies: 115
Views: 111,063
Posted By Ranger One

There's an old joke (but also a truism) that used...

There's an old joke (but also a truism) that used to say something along the lines of... the best airliner in the world would be designed by Lockheed, marketed by MD - and built by Boeing.

The...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Sep 2019, 02:04
Replies: 1,550
Views: 1,826,857
Posted By Ranger One

This may be a cretinously stupid question, but...

This may be a cretinously stupid question, but it's occurred to me before when an operator has gone under.

Why could the government not effectively nationalise the company, temporarily, for a...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2019, 23:02
Replies: 482
Views: 1,023,248
Posted By Ranger One

I'll make just one observation at this stage,...

I'll make just one observation at this stage, pertinent to the evac.

A 'landing' hard enough to punch the MLG legs through the wings, and compromise the tanks, may very well have left some pax,...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Mar 2019, 02:45
Replies: 32
Views: 52,431
Posted By Ranger One

They also have an A321 stuck in Montreal;...

They also have an A321 stuck in Montreal; repossessed due to missed lease payments. I think it is game over.
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2019, 21:20
Replies: 98
Views: 133,639
Posted By Ranger One

Someone check my sanity here. From the Seattle...

Someone check my sanity here. From the Seattle Times article:



Good, good.



First, that sentence doesn't make sense; if a signal is known to be "erroneous", surely MCAS shouldn't act at...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2019, 22:12
Replies: 920
Views: 2,319,537
Posted By Ranger One

From the fact that it was the Sheriff being...

From the fact that it was the Sheriff being interviewed in the second clip, I think it's fair to conclude that it was the Sheriff that invited the reporter in, not the NTSB; it seems the NTSB do not...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Mar 2019, 20:57
Replies: 920
Views: 2,319,537
Posted By Ranger One

That is an extremely neutral form of words from...

That is an extremely neutral form of words from the NTSB, as it should be at this stage; it simply confirms that the crew were conscious and had situational awareness. I wouldn't read any more into...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2018, 02:39
Replies: 1,219
Views: 780,613
Posted By Ranger One

Not well phrased RT in my book. "He's ON the...

Not well phrased RT in my book. "He's ON the taxiway" sounds more like giving a GROUND position... on the taxiway, as opposed to 'holding at...' or 'on the ramp' etc. That wouldn't perk my ears up to...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2018, 00:13
Replies: 466
Views: 528,338
Posted By Ranger One

This is the best image I've found of the engine....

This is the best image I've found of the engine. I've given it some mild enhancement. The damage pattern is... interesting. The fan looks substantially intact, or at least not completely disrupted -...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2018, 08:24
Replies: 159
Views: 159,568
Posted By Ranger One

Not likely; in fact zero chance of that...

Not likely; in fact zero chance of that happening. RR are critical; they build and maintain the reactors for the UK's nuclear submarine fleet remember. They'll be propped up by HMG if necessary.
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2017, 02:40
Replies: 1,109
Views: 552,966
Posted By Ranger One

That kind of thinking has... considerable safety...

That kind of thinking has... considerable safety implications, to put it mildly.

Would the CAA tolerate an operator telling an ATPL PIC, or even implying to an ATPL PIC, 'operate the flight or...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2017, 01:54
Replies: 27
Views: 21,250
Posted By Ranger One

I know a couple of people professionally involved...

I know a couple of people professionally involved in this field - and they have the utmost respect for Indonesian volcanologists and the quality of their work. They're world class; very good at what...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Jul 2017, 02:13
Replies: 1,678
Views: 534,862
Posted By Ranger One

It certainly was discussed by me and by others. ...

It certainly was discussed by me and by others.

Granted they had screwed up massively and persistently. Granted they had entered a part of the (non) flight envelope no-one could reasonably have...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2017, 02:32
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

Hammer... nail... THUMP. It's effectively...

Hammer... nail... THUMP.

It's effectively admitting there were two parallel sets of procedures - the 'public' CoC and the 'internal' policies and procedures which in some areas took little or no...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 11:06
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

Absolutely you can deplane an individual...

Absolutely you can deplane an individual passenger. If they contravene the CoC.

Or you can deplane an entire load if there's some reason to do so (Crew goes sick, plane goes sick, weather goes...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 03:14
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

Except there IS no 'it' because United have no...

Except there IS no 'it' because United have no provision in their contract of carriage which allows them to compel an individual passenger to deplane unless certain particular circumstances arise -...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Apr 2017, 03:06
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

I would agree. But there's something you've...

I would agree. But there's something you've missed here. The allegations in court are (IMHO; IANAL) very likely to include conspiracy. That the company and/or the security agents and/or a diverse...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2017, 09:28
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

Well that raises an interesting question. There...

Well that raises an interesting question. There have been a few cases well-reported in the press where pax have been removed for - bluntly - 'flying while Muslim'. "A passenger saw someone sitting...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Apr 2017, 02:07
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

Additionally this won't just be a civil suit. See...

Additionally this won't just be a civil suit. See my post up the page; they're likely to face regulatory/criminal action for their breach of CFRs. They're unlikely to be able to pay that away.
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2017, 23:42
Replies: 1,166
Views: 453,407
Posted By Ranger One

The law from the CFRs: § 250.2a Policy...

The law from the CFRs:

§ 250.2a Policy regarding denied boarding.
In the event of an oversold flight, every carrier shall ensure that the smallest practicable number of persons holding confirmed...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Oct 2016, 01:58
Replies: 173
Views: 120,913
Posted By Ranger One

On the ground at the gate yes. Consider...

On the ground at the gate yes.

Consider situations of suspected serious communicable diseases. No-one on board from the captain on down is going anywhere until the boys and girls with masks and...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2016, 23:51
Replies: 48
Views: 28,686
Posted By Ranger One

In NZ a couple of years ago... boarding a...

In NZ a couple of years ago... boarding a domestic flight from Auckland down to Wellington.

Noticed there were a couple of cops vaguely hanging around the gate for some reason.

I turn around...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2016, 23:15
Replies: 70
Views: 96,383
Posted By Ranger One

That's a head scratcher! Never seen one do that...

That's a head scratcher! Never seen one do that before. Maybe took a combination... bleed air duct separation pressurizing inlet cowl and also precipitating especially violent compressor stall?
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Aug 2016, 02:04
Replies: 1,758
Views: 2,136,801
Posted By Ranger One

And now they're basing entire articles off us...!...

And now they're basing entire articles off us...!

Should overhead lockers be centrally locked? - BBC News (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-36985862)
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Aug 2016, 13:25
Replies: 1,758
Views: 2,136,801
Posted By Ranger One

Great idea - until someone's laptop lithium...

Great idea - until someone's laptop lithium battery goes into runaway and the locking system fails in the 'locked' mode... :ugh:
Forum: Rumours & News
25th May 2016, 01:24
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,633,482
Posted By Ranger One

That IS a point. Can a systems guru confirm...

That IS a point. Can a systems guru confirm exactly how ACARS transmits this stuff in real time? Do the timestamps on the ACARS messages reflect the real times of separate transmissions of individual...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd May 2016, 00:03
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,633,482
Posted By Ranger One

It's off topic but you've hit a nail I've been...

It's off topic but you've hit a nail I've been banging for years.

We forbid all kinds of items through security.

Then once they're airside we let the pax buy bottles of high-proof rum in...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2016, 14:20
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,633,482
Posted By Ranger One

By the phrase "oddball" I simply meant that...

By the phrase "oddball" I simply meant that there's nothing that stands out; no obvious smoking gun as it were. With the possible exception of the avionics bay smoke perhaps... but as other have...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2016, 12:17
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,633,482
Posted By Ranger One

DING. That's why I posed the question I did a...

DING. That's why I posed the question I did a couple of pages back; there's an oddball collection of items in the messages - but most significant is what there isn't in those messages. And that there...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st May 2016, 02:39
Replies: 1,184
Views: 2,633,482
Posted By Ranger One

Those ACARS messages are intriguing. I'm not and...

Those ACARS messages are intriguing. I'm not and never have been a bus driver so don't know the systems but... observations:

1. The messages span a period of several minutes. That fairly obviously...
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