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Forum: Fragrant Harbour
1st Feb 2010, 07:53
Replies: 28
Views: 5,623
Posted By BScaler

Hedley Environmental Index

For the answers to some of the air pollution questions posted...
Hedley Index (http://147.8.71.207/pollution/index.php)
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
31st Jan 2009, 23:37
Replies: 25
Views: 7,056
Posted By BScaler

Birth Defects in China - BBC

Sharp rise in China birth defects


http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45433000/jpg/_45433356_004689777-2.jpg

A senior family planning official in China has noted an alarming rise in...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
25th Dec 2008, 09:14
Replies: 6
Views: 1,242
Posted By BScaler

No Man's Land

Yes, it would be good if we all followed the example of those soldiers in WWI who called an unofficial truce cross enemy lines for a wee dram, a game of football and a slap on the back over the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
19th Dec 2008, 02:57
Replies: 25
Views: 7,056
Posted By BScaler

Air Pollution

To any of you interested in the 'real-time economic costs of Hong Kong's air pollution in terms of public health impacts and monetary value'.

The Hedley Environmental Index
HEI - Home...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
29th Dec 2007, 06:02
Replies: 18
Views: 3,116
Posted By BScaler

Write to the AOA

For all the talk of letters to the AOA going unnoticed and unactioned, it is still the best avenue, (short of expressing yourself in a vote), for conveying the feelings of individual members. The AOA...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Dec 2007, 13:47
Replies: 18
Views: 3,116
Posted By BScaler

Just to be clear...

Just to be clear, in case anyone misinterprets your post BusyB...

I am a current AOA member and have not left the AOA at any time since I joined. I am shouting from within the boundaries, not...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
23rd Dec 2007, 12:40
Replies: 18
Views: 3,116
Posted By BScaler

Legals vs Morals

The AOA leadership appears to draw a distinction between what it feels it can 'legally' challenge, as opposed to what should be opposed on 'moral' grounds.

I am sure that Dragon aircrew, and our...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Dec 2007, 09:51
Replies: 149
Views: 31,170
Posted By BScaler

Superior Pilot...

I read once that...
A Superior Pilot is one who uses his Superior Judgement to avoid situations which may require the use of his Superior Skill.
And...
There are Old Pilots and Bold Pilots, but no...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
22nd Dec 2007, 09:05
Replies: 89
Views: 21,121
Posted By BScaler

Another coal mine

And as if there isn't enough coal being dug out of the ground in China to feed their billowing factory chimneys, there was a good photo in yesterday's SCMP of the top of one of their mountaintops...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
22nd Dec 2007, 08:51
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

More Leaving and Look Who's Joining...

Leaving
Just heard of a guy who has had two years in the Company and in the pipeline for a Jetstar job. He'll be out of here as soon as he gets the nod.

It is easier for junior guys to leave...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
20th Dec 2007, 02:53
Replies: 17
Views: 2,799
Posted By BScaler

NC

...my point exactly, but put in far more succinct terms...!
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
20th Dec 2007, 01:21
Replies: 17
Views: 2,799
Posted By BScaler

NC

NC, I respect your opinion, perhaps I should expand on my views - we may have to agree to differ on this one.

What appears to have got the Company's attention on the Dragon front, was two years of...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
18th Dec 2007, 11:21
Replies: 17
Views: 2,799
Posted By BScaler

No FACA = 'Interesting' 744 Roster

Anyone who is on the 744 knows without a shadow of a doubt that come next year, with the inclusion of the freighter element, the roster will become, euphemistically speaking, 'interesting'! And that...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
16th Dec 2007, 07:42
Replies: 26
Views: 5,563
Posted By BScaler

AOA 'support'...

...and here is the posted response of the AOA President to the valid concerns of the FAU and LSU who actually got people out onto the streets in protest...

...so what sort of support would the AOA...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
13th Dec 2007, 09:14
Replies: 27
Views: 6,049
Posted By BScaler

Dpa/aoa

With all due respect to BusyB, I have it on good authority that unofficial approaches have indeed been made by the DPA to the AOA, to no avail.

The real questions are:
"Why isn't the AOA...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
13th Dec 2007, 07:06
Replies: 27
Views: 6,049
Posted By BScaler

Dpa/aoa

Lowkoon, I know that many in the DPA look across at the AOA with an air of contempt - derision even.

But I would put it to you that manipulation and maneuvring at the top levels of the AOA are...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
13th Dec 2007, 06:34
Replies: 89
Views: 21,121
Posted By BScaler

The 'air' we breathe...

As I walked outside to get the paper from where the following article was taken, I couldn't help but not see the other side of Victoria Harbour only a couple of kilometers away. The other side is...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
13th Dec 2007, 03:17
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

QF Profit Forecast Increase

Qantas have just announced another increase in it's forecast profit for the year by a further 10%. It will be a bumper year for QF, and by extension, it should also be a bumper year for fellow...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
12th Dec 2007, 11:35
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

Pprune Banners...

I don't know how many of you have noticed the Pprune banners that advertise on this site - it is a little ironic that they state 'Vietnam Airlines Payrise' and 'Korean Air Payrise' in order to...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
12th Dec 2007, 06:23
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

MinimaNoContact

MinimaNoContact, and anyone else that is interested...

The Company will be paying New Joiners from January 2008 onwards, a unified pay scale under CoS08 that works like this:

The Company...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
12th Dec 2007, 05:27
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

More Leaving...?

It's unconscionable to suggest that junior officers here at Cathay consider staying when they are faced with;

possible significant increased time to command as a result of an increased retirement...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
12th Dec 2007, 05:06
Replies: 89
Views: 21,121
Posted By BScaler

The Good News Keeps Coming...

Letter to the Editor in SCMP Tuesday December 11, Page A14

Bad press for HK pollution
Attending an Islamic Banking conference in Bahrain, I noticed a report in the Bahrain Tribune about...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
12th Dec 2007, 04:43
Replies: 60
Views: 10,849
Posted By BScaler

CX Payrise

One would think that, seeing as come January 08, and as a result of some sterling negotiating skills and some nifty acquiescing, the senior members of the AOA GC will have handed the Company;

a...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
10th Dec 2007, 06:01
Replies: 89
Views: 21,121
Posted By BScaler

Pollution Unit Crashes

Article in the SCMP Sunday December 9, page A2

Pollution unit crashes after high reading
The roadside station detecting air pollution in Central broke down a few hours after it recorded the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
9th Dec 2007, 05:56
Replies: 27
Views: 6,049
Posted By BScaler

A. Le Rhone

Well you'd get my vote.

Recently Cathay purchased 8 shiny new A330s in a single order for its airline group comprising two airlines - CX and KA. According to the CX DFO, actual deployment of the...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
4th Dec 2007, 08:23
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

Life after missing out on Upgrades at CX

It appears that there is life after being turned down for an upgrade at Cathay - be it the QL upgrade check to become a 'full' FO, or Command upgrade.

That life has turned out to be Emirates for...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
3rd Dec 2007, 03:22
Replies: 89
Views: 21,121
Posted By BScaler

AIG Pollution Protection Plan

I opened my mailbox today to find a leaflet showing how some people are managing to find a way to make money out of the pollution here in Hong Kong - I guess there is a silver lining to every (brown,...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
25th Nov 2007, 06:14
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

No-Wai

Thanks Wai, always enjoy a little spit ballin'.

Apart from the tax issue that you mention, (which would,of course, apply to a Cathay New Joiner Aus Based DEFO anyway...), the other reasons...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Nov 2007, 22:40
Replies: 214
Views: 61,678
Posted By BScaler

Market Forces

When B-Scales were introduced at Cathay in 1993, the term 'Market Forces' came to the fore. It suited the bean counters back then to blame the introduction of B-Scales on the rules pertaining to...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Nov 2007, 22:20
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

OBNO

Could I ask you to post on behalf of this bloke to show his reasons for taking Cathay over QF?

The guy I referred to has listed a fairly comprehensive and broad-based set of reasons for knocking...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Nov 2007, 08:46
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

Veruka

Good one, look forward to it.

Actually, while you are at it, perhaps you could shed some light on why three Cathay FOs, (having supposedly attained the 'Holy Grail' of airline jobs), not being...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
24th Nov 2007, 06:33
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

Veruka

Obviously this bloke did not canvas your opinion, but canvassed the opinion of others when he made his decision to go with Qantas...perhaps he may have even got it wrong on the work rate comparison. ...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
24th Nov 2007, 00:00
Replies: 13
Views: 2,541
Posted By BScaler

Pollution

It may be that a minority of people post on this forum. But whether the views expressed are any the less valid as a result, is debatable. Here is a perspective on the pollution you can expect to...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
23rd Nov 2007, 23:50
Replies: 140
Views: 38,989
Posted By BScaler

DEFO Leaving CX

I have recently been in contact with a DEFO pilot who was only weeks away from checking to line on the A330. He had completed a Qantas interview in the interim, been offered a job there, and decided...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
23rd Nov 2007, 23:34
Replies: 89
Views: 21,121
Posted By BScaler

SCMP Pollution Letter

People don't generally move to Hong Kong for the fresh air - there are usually career drivers behind the move here, but the question really has to be 'How much is living in this polluted environment...
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