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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Sep 2023, 18:02
Replies: 1,255
Views: 544,360
Posted By RexBanner

Agreed some of that stuff (with emphasis on some)...

Agreed some of that stuff (with emphasis on some) is relevant for the ground school but there’s very little maths questions with that degree of time pressure on them in the real world of the ATPLs....
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Sep 2023, 17:45
Replies: 1,255
Views: 544,360
Posted By RexBanner

Do you find yourself to be condescending? Yes it...

Do you find yourself to be condescending? Yes it can be challenging but it’s not from doing mental gymnastics with maths. The actual maths used on the line is very basic, any pilot will tell you that.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
22nd Sep 2023, 17:37
Replies: 1,255
Views: 544,360
Posted By RexBanner

Questions on the test are absolutely irrelevant...

Questions on the test are absolutely irrelevant to flying. You need basic addition and subtraction skills for working out fuel bottom lines and three and five times tables for descent profiles and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2023, 10:20
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

Nope but you can do 6 low credit trips (sometimes...

Nope but you can do 6 low credit trips (sometimes more with a carry out trip) and plenty of people are doing just that. Spotted one pilot who has leave a leave block with wraps after towards the end...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2023, 08:38
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

If given a choice nowadays I would not be...

If given a choice nowadays I would not be touching the 777 with the biggest bargepole known to man. The benefit of joining SH is your relative seniority will rise much faster than it will on the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2023, 08:26
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

Expect six three day low credit trips a month...

Expect six three day low credit trips a month with two days off in between. Great if you enjoy JFK, Atlanta and Lagos.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2023, 08:00
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

I would be extremely wary of joining at the...

I would be extremely wary of joining at the bottom of the 777 list and staying there for the best part of the next decade. Workload is utterly horrendous on that fleet in particular.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Aug 2023, 07:44
Replies: 230
Views: 206,774
Posted By RexBanner

Untrue. Pending the outcome of the latest pay...

Untrue. Pending the outcome of the latest pay talks, if BA’s game is dealing in “me too clauses” then a 13% pay rise would put a Pay Point 24 Captain on just over £220k, add in allowances and you’re...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2023, 21:27
Replies: 94
Views: 47,417
Posted By RexBanner

As I’ve posted elsewhere if you think it’s got...

As I’ve posted elsewhere if you think it’s got bad in this industry you go and have a look at every other industry where there has been at least equal and in many cases exponentially worse levels of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Jul 2023, 21:31
Replies: 13
Views: 3,877
Posted By RexBanner

That’s helpful. Yes it’s not what it was but what...

That’s helpful. Yes it’s not what it was but what is nowadays? I’ve got not exactly earth shattering news for you. The same deterioration that you say has happened in aviation is happening/has...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Jul 2023, 17:26
Replies: 499
Views: 328,919
Posted By RexBanner

Mate of mine has aged horribly in the last five...

Mate of mine has aged horribly in the last five years since he started commuting having joined VS. Trip two days off trip two days cycle ad Infinitum. This is 330/350 fleet. Doesn’t sound like much...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jul 2023, 10:30
Replies: 20
Views: 8,081
Posted By RexBanner

Some of the posters here are lucky enough to have...

Some of the posters here are lucky enough to have never made a mistake in their aviation career, not to mention flew in an age where there weren’t cameras pointing at them from all angles.. The...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
20th Jul 2023, 21:01
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

true, but still the lowest CAPs on Long Haul.

true, but still the lowest CAPs on Long Haul.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Jul 2023, 17:53
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

You’re obviously a bit more junior to me then...

You’re obviously a bit more junior to me then which muddies the water a bit. As far as DEP LH goes they’re going to have to, they’re uncomfortably under crewed on all LH fleets and no matter how many...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Jul 2023, 13:42
Replies: 1,111
Views: 558,067
Posted By RexBanner

Was 20% P32L here, now LH. Looking across at iBid...

Was 20% P32L here, now LH. Looking across at iBid I sit outside the bottom 30% on the 777, not far off the same on the A350 and the 787 and - with the potential for Direct Entry Long Haul rumoured to...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2022, 06:19
Replies: 79
Views: 47,485
Posted By RexBanner

Amongst the more senior end of the A320 status...

Amongst the more senior end of the A320 status list in both seats. Inexperience not a factor here.
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Feb 2022, 12:27
Replies: 79
Views: 47,485
Posted By RexBanner

define big… ;) (I don’t recall the control...

define big… ;)

(I don’t recall the control tower lift being a heavy jet either but attempting to film that was prioritised over documenting a landing on one occasion that I can recall)
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2022, 18:11
Replies: 79
Views: 47,485
Posted By RexBanner

How long was the delay before raising the gear?...

How long was the delay before raising the gear? It’s not apparent from the clip on Big Jet TV, unless I go and search for the entire afternoon’s worth of footage and wind it back. Go Around near the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2022, 17:02
Replies: 79
Views: 47,485
Posted By RexBanner

Startle factor most likely, unless they felt it...

Startle factor most likely, unless they felt it was due to windshear in which case the memory actions are not to touch the config of the aircraft until confidently out of the shear. A convenient...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2022, 16:56
Replies: 79
Views: 47,485
Posted By RexBanner

What’s most amazing about this video is that...

What’s most amazing about this video is that there was actually footage of a (mini) Airbus landing. Surely there must have been an A350 or 787 moving somewhere on the apron at that moment, that’s...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Jan 2022, 13:19
Replies: 871
Views: 503,936
Posted By RexBanner

Non Wizz related but referring to manflexsrsrwy’s...

Non Wizz related but referring to manflexsrsrwy’s post above there was an email update from the BACC yesterday. They’ve been able to crew most of it with internal bidders, CRS and the PRP meaning and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
17th Nov 2021, 17:11
Replies: 226
Views: 114,802
Posted By RexBanner

BAreject Anecdotally (no experience of him...

BAreject

Anecdotally (no experience of him yet myself) AK is hopeless. Never assume conspiracy when simple incompetence will suffice.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th Nov 2021, 21:33
Replies: 226
Views: 114,802
Posted By RexBanner

The reality of anyone joining for the supposed...

The reality of anyone joining for the supposed perk of the BA MSL has to fully understood. Yes technically you will be on the Master Seniority List however you will join with a six year engagement...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Nov 2020, 16:21
Replies: 85
Views: 31,109
Posted By RexBanner

I’m not an anti-vaxxer by any stretch of the...

I’m not an anti-vaxxer by any stretch of the imagination but the thing being so blatantly overlooked here is that it’s a very slippery slope once you start mandating stuff like this. So Airlines...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
14th Nov 2020, 12:21
Replies: 114
Views: 61,110
Posted By RexBanner

Much more likely and realistic that YouTube will...

Much more likely and realistic that YouTube will just remove the audio from the video..
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2020, 18:36
Replies: 90
Views: 24,743
Posted By RexBanner

+1 and said it on page one of the thread, the...

+1 and said it on page one of the thread, the very first reply. The demand is more or less still there, not as it was but not disastrous either. The moment Jersey introduced quarantine for the U.K....
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Oct 2020, 09:14
Replies: 90
Views: 24,743
Posted By RexBanner

The majority aren’t staying grounded because of...

The majority aren’t staying grounded because of fears about contracting the virus they’re staying grounded because of ridiculous quarantine rules introduced by various governments that make travel...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Sep 2020, 13:25
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

Balpa can dress it up however they like but the...

Balpa can dress it up however they like but the fact is that it ceased to be LIFO the moment you had pilots with a weeks service to the company remain whilst more senior pilots walked the plank....
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Sep 2020, 09:59
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

Which would leave close to 80% of the Airbus...

Which would leave close to 80% of the Airbus First Officers redundant. Given how BA protected the 787 & A350 fleets due to a perceived inability to lose any pilots off the fleet and run the schedule...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Sep 2020, 20:10
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

You misunderstood. I’m just saying that they’ve...

You misunderstood. I’m just saying that they’ve not received the protections of LIFO in the MOA that listening to Balpa would have you believe have been upheld as part of the deal. There are several...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Sep 2020, 18:40
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

With that I wholeheartedly agree. LIFO applies...

With that I wholeheartedly agree. LIFO applies unless you’re a 787 or A350 pilot (you don’t need to have even started the training) or you’ve been a pilot
for a subsidiary airline or you’re an FO on...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Sep 2020, 18:08
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

Devil’s advocate here (and vested interest) but...

Devil’s advocate here (and vested interest) but because Gatwick and Heathrow were split into different fleets you were going to end up with more senior pilots getting shafted either way. The Gatwick...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Aug 2020, 20:09
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

And that’s going to last forever, is it? Well...

And that’s going to last forever, is it? Well might as well call in the receivers now then if that’s the case.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Aug 2020, 19:57
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

Jesus enough with the doom and gloom. Add to...

Jesus enough with the doom and gloom. Add to those figures the 200 out the door via VR, over 100 retiring in the next 12-18 months and PT measures taken at the outset of the crisis. BA will have rid...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Aug 2020, 08:28
Replies: 2,093
Views: 1,850,456
Posted By RexBanner

787 and A350, yes. Classed as high efficiency...

787 and A350, yes. Classed as high efficiency employees and pulled out of the line of fire because BA claimed they couldn’t fly the current schedule without them. Except some of those “high...
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