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Forum: Rumours & News

13th Jan 2020, 20:03

Replies: 380

Flybe in trouble ?

Views: 334,655

Posted By tailend

Jets did them in

Jets simply don't work on super short haul. That's what did Flybe in. Turboprop Q400's perfect, E195's inappropriate. Didn't anyone run the spreadsheet models?
Flybe deserve to survive, Connect must...

Forum: Rumours & News

28th Jun 2018, 21:19

Replies: 719

EC notice on BREXIT issued, licenses/certificates invalid

Views: 567,092

Posted By tailend

The British 'government' is unlikely to have...

The British 'government' is unlikely to have grasped the most elementary of impacts to aviation which is already befalling them. Airbus have long wanted to move the next gen wings to Germany or...

Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

12th Dec 2017, 19:03

Replies: 23

EASA Flight Instructor Market

Views: 14,613

Posted By tailend

Don't even think about becoming an FI. Once you...

Don't even think about becoming an FI. Once you do your career will be dead. Non US airlines don't like instructors, the notion of hour building is long over. The big airlines are switching to MPL...

Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes

26th May 2014, 14:16

Replies: 121

Fastjet

Views: 62,840

Posted By tailend

Fastjet Reorg Raises Questions

The recent shutdown of Fastjet's 540 operations in Ghana and Angola has been explained by Fastjet focusing on their LCC model elsewhere in Africa.

OK, but why shut down West Africa completely? ...

Forum: Rumours & News

17th Mar 2014, 18:42

Replies: 11,831

Malaysian Airlines MH370 contact lost

Views: 24,210,846

Posted By tailend

Planesploit

Mediator: I have searched for mentions of this angle, apologies if it’s covered and delete.

FAA Dismisses 'PlaneSploit' Creator's Claims (SecurityWeek April15th 2013)

The Federal Aviation...

Forum: Terms and Endearment

9th Nov 2013, 22:01

Replies: 14

"The Great Airline Pilot Shortage Myth"

Views: 15,271

Posted By tailend

No Shortage and Never Will Be

King Canute couldn’t hold back the tide and nor can the financial forces that will continue to drive down flying Ts & Cs. The latest package I’ve heard of from my Asian students is to pay for type...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

14th Apr 2012, 08:46

Replies: 1,091

Sticky Modular V Integrated (Merged) - Look here before starting a new thread!

Views: 718,051

Posted By tailend

Integrated or Modular ATPL? Neither

Integrated or Modular? Neither.

My advice is simple: the only ‘non-direct’ route into a flying career today is an airline authorised integrated ‘MPL package’. By ‘MPL package’ I mean you’ll have...

Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

1st Feb 2012, 23:44

Replies: 22

Is the fATPL Dead?

Views: 7,856

Posted By tailend

Flight Int - "Loss of control - training the wrong stuff?"

An interesting Flight Int article on the merits of MPL over ATPL to cure Loss of Control (LOC) accidents in highly automated aircraft.

IN FOCUS: Loss of control - training the wrong stuff?...

Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

28th Nov 2011, 08:40

Replies: 22

Is the fATPL Dead?

Views: 7,856

Posted By tailend

Looks Like the ATPL is Dead

Is the ATPL dead? It looks like it is judging by the comments above:-

1. Only Airline pilots can teach MPL – It’s the end of the line for ATPL self improvers.
2. The ATPL will...

Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners

15th Nov 2011, 10:47

Replies: 22

Is the fATPL Dead?

Views: 7,856

Posted By tailend

Is the fATPL Dead?

Now BA, Monarch, Flybe, Easy et al have perfected their own excellent variants on the MPL scheme - and made it self sponsoring, why would any aspiring wannabee spend money on an fATPL? Will there be...

Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)

9th Apr 2008, 15:53

Replies: 1,307

Growing evidence that the downturn is upon us....

Views: 131,305

Posted By tailend

Add Centralwings to the list of endangered...

Add Centralwings to the list of endangered species - they have massively reduced their schedule - see the website - and also talk with my angry sister-in-law who has just made it back to London via...

Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship

9th Oct 2007, 22:36

Replies: 4

M-CPL Conundrum

Views: 719

Posted By tailend

M-CPL Conundrum

There are far more Frozen ATPL’ers than jobs: no pilot shortage at the bottom of the heap then. If there’s no shortage of inexperienced pilots why is there a need for the M-CPL and cadet schemes?

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