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Forum: Military Aviation
8th May 2024, 01:27
Replies: 14
Views: 2,488
Posted By kiwi grey

Depending on what is in "Payroll information",...

Depending on what is in "Payroll information", this could be a more serious security risk than seems apparent.
If the information includes a breakdown of the payroll factors such as allowances paid,...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Apr 2024, 03:50
Replies: 415
Views: 188,937
Posted By kiwi grey

(emphasis added) Not longer term, this...

(emphasis added)
Not longer term, this resilience issue could be addressed right now.
Every significant point in their network could have a Starlink dish and/or a OneWeb dish and use it to provide...
Forum: Military Aviation
17th Mar 2024, 23:49
Replies: 2,105
Views: 622,991
Posted By kiwi grey

If you wanted to go down that path, why not...

If you wanted to go down that path, why not recruit a Fijian battalion?
Many could already have some military experience, easier integration into the existing Pacific Island community post service,...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2024, 02:13
Replies: 415
Views: 188,937
Posted By kiwi grey

The management of a Critical Infrastructure...

The management of a Critical Infrastructure provider that operates 24x7x365 - all day every single day without exception - has security arrangements that precluded off-site operation of certain...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 23:22
Replies: 167
Views: 22,941
Posted By kiwi grey

The NZ Defence Force introduced the Defence...

The NZ Defence Force introduced the Defence Service Medal in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Feb 2024, 22:36
Replies: 122
Views: 24,649
Posted By kiwi grey

Never! One of the principal reasons bodies are...

Never!
One of the principal reasons bodies are set up as quangos / government-owned corporations is so that the politicians can avoid responsibility.
When stuff goes wrong, the Minister can blame...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Feb 2024, 21:28
Replies: 112
Views: 21,655
Posted By kiwi grey

That will depend almost entirely on fuel cost...

That will depend almost entirely on fuel cost assumptions:

Battery electric: the battery will probably be semi-consumable, with a limited number of cycles, so it's "fuel" of a sort. How many...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2024, 22:16
Replies: 705
Views: 198,692
Posted By kiwi grey

[/QUOTE] And two more in the last two days,...

[/QUOTE]
And two more in the last two days, according to the AvHerald:

Incident: Egypt B789 over Atlantic on Jan 20th 2024, cracked windshield (https://avherald.com/h?article=513f624d&opt=0)
...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
1st Jan 2024, 19:50
Replies: 13
Views: 2,116
Posted By kiwi grey

Maybe there are literally no alternatives, this...

Maybe there are literally no alternatives, this is actually the best available location?
...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Jan 2024, 00:02
Replies: 11
Views: 4,128
Posted By kiwi grey

Not at all unknown. My Dad went from Air...

Not at all unknown.
My Dad went from Air Officer (Home Fleet) in the rank of Commander to be HM Naval Attache "somewhere East of Suez" in the rank of (I assume Acting) Captain.
Three years later,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Dec 2023, 23:21
Replies: 2,287
Views: 246,228
Posted By kiwi grey

It's alleged that this is completely different to...

It's alleged that this is completely different to the Australian situation.
It has been reported that the French rosters are adequately staffed, and without staff being asked to pull double shifts...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Dec 2023, 23:38
Replies: 171
Views: 50,498
Posted By kiwi grey

[/QUOTE] Not in New Zealand. All the banks...

[/QUOTE]

Not in New Zealand.
All the banks stopped issuing or accepting cheques (or checks) in mid 2021.
A few mostly elderly folks (and drug dealers) use cash, everyone else uses EFTPOS or bank...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Oct 2023, 00:11
Replies: 4
Views: 2,314
Posted By kiwi grey

Kind of sounds like some of that future...

Kind of sounds like some of that future capability mused for the KC-46 with the miles of extra cabling, power and hardening.[/QUOTE]

So this would be a big help in Airbus' plan to bid for the USAF...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Oct 2023, 03:38
Replies: 140
Views: 49,728
Posted By kiwi grey

Yes, it is most peculiar. There has never been...

Yes, it is most peculiar.
There has never been a single peep of concern raised in the mainstream NZ media, or in the forums I frequent, about the availability or reliability of the RNZAF MH-90s....
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Sep 2023, 02:22
Replies: 287
Views: 161,402
Posted By kiwi grey

The Army's vehicle design folks based in...

The Army's vehicle design folks based in Aldershot but their vehicle testing grounds all in Yorkshire
And the RM based in Plymouth but their then wartime role was to stiffen Norway's northern flank...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2023, 00:34
Replies: 288
Views: 263,064
Posted By kiwi grey

I found this rather significant This reads...

I found this rather significant

This reads to me that the fundamental design of an element that is subject to certification testing was changed, but the new design was not subjected to...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Sep 2023, 04:24
Replies: 415
Views: 188,937
Posted By kiwi grey

Or they could legislate to compulsorily acquire...

Or they could legislate to compulsorily acquire say 10% of each of the other shareholders' shares, thus leaving HMG as a 54.1% majority shareholder. Then require the Board (or a new Board if the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Aug 2023, 22:06
Replies: 415
Views: 188,937
Posted By kiwi grey

(emphasis added) The amount of data and the...

(emphasis added)

The amount of data and the complexity of the calculations / algorithm to do comprehensive - even exhaustive - checking may indeed be relatively trivial for a modern system, but...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Aug 2023, 02:25
Replies: 39
Views: 15,212
Posted By kiwi grey

What effect will all this activity - presumably...

What effect will all this activity - presumably unanticipated at acquisition time - have on the expected Life Of Type and/or annual running costs?
If your acquisition business case was built on the...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2023, 22:01
Replies: 25
Views: 9,781
Posted By kiwi grey

This incident was covered on The Aviation Herald...

This incident was covered on The Aviation Herald "Incident: Marabu/Nordica A20N at Malaga and Munich on Jul 17th 2023, engine heat damage and puncture"
Here: Incident: Marabu/Nordica A20N at Malaga...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
10th May 2023, 00:06
Replies: 31
Views: 11,681
Posted By kiwi grey

At the opening of Wellington (NZ) Airport on 25...

At the opening of Wellington (NZ) Airport on 25 October 1959? Sure did:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/116818277/wellington-air-show-near-tragedies-remembered-60-years-on
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
2nd May 2023, 04:33
Replies: 191
Views: 74,031
Posted By kiwi grey

JAL are I think the only airline still running...

JAL are I think the only airline still running their 787s with the originally designed 8-abreast economy class.
Truly Dreamliners, the now ubiquitous 9-abreast economy turns them into Nightmareliners
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
24th Apr 2023, 02:42
Replies: 49
Views: 18,251
Posted By kiwi grey

Rex's financial position is nothing to do with a...

Rex's financial position is nothing to do with a putative S340 replacement, the real problem is that nobody makes any thirty seat airliners anymore.
As far as I know, there is only one...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Apr 2023, 00:06
Replies: 50
Views: 20,066
Posted By kiwi grey

The reason that they've stopped offering those...

The reason that they've stopped offering those F/O Under Training Salaries ($41,600 / $42,432 / $43,281) might be that they would be illegal.
From today (1st April 2023) the Adult Minimum Wage is...
Forum: Rotorheads
18th Feb 2023, 00:46
Replies: 455
Views: 265,823
Posted By kiwi grey

Sorry to be so slow to answer, I never noticed...

Sorry to be so slow to answer, I never noticed this.
The change to which you refer is the Health & Safety at Work Act 2015, which has made it much easier for the H&S Authorities ("WorkSafe NZ") to...
Forum: Rotorheads
6th Feb 2023, 22:44
Replies: 455
Views: 265,823
Posted By kiwi grey

Remember these people are New Zealanders (of...

Remember these people are New Zealanders (of probably South African extraction), and so come from an environment where there has been a universal, compulsory no-fault accident compensation system...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2023, 20:58
Replies: 370
Views: 128,535
Posted By kiwi grey

I would surmise that the attack run was made from...

I would surmise that the attack run was made from the west, and we know it was from below the balloon.
Hence the balloon envelope would be reflecting the afternoon sun (it was ~14:40 local) and...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Jan 2023, 01:56
Replies: 39
Views: 11,753
Posted By kiwi grey

Maybe for the same reason that navies (including...

Maybe for the same reason that navies (including the RN) are buying ships displacing as much as a WW2 light cruiser and calling them "frigates"
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jan 2023, 01:20
Replies: 17
Views: 3,364
Posted By kiwi grey

According to Radio NZ (a usually factually...

According to Radio NZ (a usually factually accurate organisation) this morning, the P-3K2s are going out of service five months earlier than scheduled because the RNZAF has run out of aircrew. :ooh:...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
18th Dec 2022, 21:08
Replies: 18
Views: 2,059
Posted By kiwi grey

It's mostly bollocks I recommend you read Bjorn...

It's mostly bollocks
I recommend you read Bjorn Fehrm's series of columns on Leeham News for a more realistic take
See https://leehamnews.com/category/bjorns-corner/
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Dec 2022, 21:10
Replies: 14
Views: 3,357
Posted By kiwi grey

Not really. The crucial advantage that Starlink...

Not really.
The crucial advantage that Starlink has in current the Ukrainian conflict is that all the gateway ground stations - the easily attackable weak point in the system - are outside Ukraine...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Nov 2022, 03:21
Replies: 164
Views: 95,894
Posted By kiwi grey

Which should be properly attributed to R. J....

Which should be properly attributed to R. J. Yeatman and W. C. Sellar, the authors of "1066 and all that", which included a chapter titled "School food: The piece of cod which passeth all...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Nov 2022, 04:09
Replies: 3
Views: 1,677
Posted By kiwi grey

I think it's a bit more complicated than that. ...

I think it's a bit more complicated than that.
Ryanair* has both UK & EU subsidiaries, with respective UK & EU AOCs.
Ryanair UK registered aircraft can operate from one UK airport to another, and...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Nov 2022, 22:50
Replies: 1,128
Views: 478,313
Posted By kiwi grey

.[/QUOTE] On the other hand, Airbus has...

.[/QUOTE]
On the other hand, Airbus has buildings full of design engineers and an industrial relations environment where they're difficult to lay off, so maybe they'll keep them gainfully employed....
Forum: Military Aviation
6th Nov 2022, 02:01
Replies: 52
Views: 9,459
Posted By kiwi grey

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/594x795/screenshot_2022_11_06_160043_ccfcdb0db9e8ca0d498f129ea74dc04e4607f039.jpg

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