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Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jan 2020, 22:17
Replies: 60
Views: 31,387
Posted By xyzzy

I'm just an interested passenger who flies quite...

I'm just an interested passenger who flies quite a lot (including some rather pleasant flights on Turkish's 737 MAXen, as it happens).

There's thousands of pilots in 737 fleets whose employers...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Apr 2019, 13:37
Replies: 157
Views: 173,785
Posted By xyzzy

"Boeing does not believe pilots should be...

"Boeing does not believe pilots should be required to complete training in a flight simulator prior to flying the 737 Max once regulators lift the aircraft’s grounding."

I have worked with...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th Sep 2018, 03:15
Replies: 5
Views: 2,793
Posted By xyzzy

A380 IFE “window” instrument display on Emirates

The A380s operated by Emirates have a Rockwell sourced information system, including a fake window display with fake instruments: an artificial horizon, a compass, an altimeter, an indication of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
27th May 2017, 19:50
Replies: 634
Views: 302,778
Posted By xyzzy

I did operational IT for a living, rising to CIO,...

I did operational IT for a living, rising to CIO, before I went into academia. I got bored with being told that filesystems and databases wouldn't stand sudden stops (ACID properties, right?). I...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2017, 09:54
Replies: 1,166
Views: 448,714
Posted By xyzzy

"If not enough pax step forward, deplane...

"If not enough pax step forward, deplane EVERYONE."

You don't think that on a Sunday night that would make the incident that actually took place look like drinks before dinner? Can you imagine...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2017, 09:48
Replies: 1,166
Views: 448,714
Posted By xyzzy

"This man went from paying passenger to...

"This man went from paying passenger to disruptive passenger the moment he refused a reasonable request to remove himself from the aeroplane."

The court case, if it comes to that, will be decided...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2017, 07:41
Replies: 1,166
Views: 448,714
Posted By xyzzy

"Amount of denied boarding compensation for...

"Amount of denied boarding compensation for passengers denied boarding involuntarily.

You see the word "involuntarily", right? That's a rule which applies to "involuntary" denial of boarding. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2017, 07:05
Replies: 1,166
Views: 448,714
Posted By xyzzy

I've seen reference on discussions of accidents...

I've seen reference on discussions of accidents to "get it in itis" or a similar phrase: pilots who have established a plan to land the plane on this runway on this approach, and become fixated on...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Apr 2016, 20:37
Replies: 2
Views: 2,889
Posted By xyzzy

BA463 Go-Around this evening

I'm well aware that go-arounds happen for all sorts of reasons, and they're about as exceptional as rain on a winter's day. I'm hardly a frequent flyer (certainly less than five hundred flights over...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Nov 2015, 14:10
Replies: 2,082
Views: 2,496,271
Posted By xyzzy

"makes it even more surprising that the other 4...

"makes it even more surprising that the other 4 eyes havent stopped their flights"

What flights? Are there any five eyes powers other than the UK operating in and out of SSH? Canada, US,...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2015, 13:00
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,600,313
Posted By xyzzy

"There are many jobs where the risk to a lone...

"There are many jobs where the risk to a lone worker is deemed so high that two people must be present."

Lone worker / dual control / segregation of duties are done for lots of reasons, but it's...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 21:09
Replies: 992
Views: 1,010,890
Posted By xyzzy

"Detaching foam lumps were tolerated until the...

"Detaching foam lumps were tolerated until the Challenger disaster."

Columbia, not Challenger.

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2013, 09:30
Replies: 992
Views: 1,010,890
Posted By xyzzy

If it turns out that it's first flight of the day...

If it turns out that it's first flight of the day and a similar cowling issue on each side, one is reminded of G-OBMM, February 1995.

http://www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/689.pdf

Edit to...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Feb 2011, 13:50
Replies: 79
Views: 30,185
Posted By xyzzy

Although one can't help thinking that some rough...

Although one can't help thinking that some rough justice may mean that passengers who attempted to protect said 19 year old cabin crew may get treated the same as the people who started the fight. ...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Apr 2010, 20:25
Replies: 36
Views: 5,882
Posted By xyzzy

LORAN was American, but it was a bigger, louder...

LORAN was American, but it was a bigger, louder development of the British GEE.
Forum: Cabin Crew
20th Mar 2010, 08:36
Replies: 3,713
Views: 1,059,208
Posted By xyzzy

SLF, but I have been involved in industrial...

SLF, but I have been involved in industrial disputes from both sides of the desk.

Most industrial disputes are ritualised, and bear the same resemblance to a real strike as the Hakka at the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Mar 2010, 14:52
Replies: 390
Views: 119,272
Posted By xyzzy

For start-ups, especially in fields where there's...

For start-ups, especially in fields where there's a high rate of chargeback, the processing company can hold on to the money for up to 45 days. They don't want to be in a position where the company...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Dec 2009, 23:24
Replies: 364
Views: 69,084
Posted By xyzzy

I'm slightly surprised BA saw the injunction...

I'm slightly surprised BA saw the injunction through: to an extent, I think they blinked. Had the strike gone ahead BA would have enjoyed massive public support, and had they wanted to play the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Dec 2009, 07:04
Replies: 364
Views: 69,084
Posted By xyzzy

Hoofie, the train from LHR to Glasgow is fine if...

Hoofie, the train from LHR to Glasgow is fine if you have to. Heathrow Express to Paddington, Circle Line (or a taxi if you've got a lot of luggage) to Euston/Euston Square, train direct to Glasgow....
Forum: Cabin Crew
9th Feb 2009, 20:31
Replies: 1
Views: 1,469
Posted By xyzzy

To the crew on VS19, Tuesday 3 Feb

I gathered from the various announcements that the weather meant the that the crew numbers weren't at the usual level, and some people who'd happened to be around LHR had been drafted onto a swift...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2008, 15:57
Replies: 1,109
Views: 379,103
Posted By xyzzy

Better Safety Briefings would help

Why isn't the safety briefing changed? ``In the event of a loss of cabin pressure, masks will drop from the ceiling. Pull towards you and place the elastic around your head. Fit yours first before...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Apr 2008, 07:35
Replies: 1,172
Views: 264,868
Posted By xyzzy

An IT Man Writes...

I may not be a pilot or an aviation engineer, but I do have twenty plus years in IT development and operation. And let me hand you all a simple fact: systems never, ever get fixed overnight.

If...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2008, 12:10
Replies: 537
Views: 92,078
Posted By xyzzy

Shame, though

Well, I've got Easter flights booked with BA and 1500 quid's worth of flat booked at the other end, which won't be covered under travel insurance. I'm perfectly happy for BA staff to strike in...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2008, 13:57
Replies: 52
Views: 21,238
Posted By xyzzy

The Stewardess who died was Barbara Jane Harrison, who was awarded a posthumous GC.

My father had cause to visit the BA museum near LHR last year, and in passing heard a rather touching story. The museum has a display about Barbara Harrison (including, I think Dad said, the GC...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
6th Feb 2008, 05:54
Replies: 8
Views: 1,338
Posted By xyzzy

Question What planes operated BHX->LGW in the early 90s?

In about 1990 I travelled from Birmingham to San Jose. Thanks to a rather literal minded secretary, instead of the obvious ``drive/train to LHR, fly to SFO, drive/train to San Jose'', I did it all...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jun 2007, 12:51
Replies: 13
Views: 5,675
Posted By xyzzy

Laptop Bags and Explosives

A few years ago at SFO my laptop bag got randomly checked. Swab taken, from the handles and openings, and then inserted into what looked like a dumbed-down gas chromatograph. I asked what they...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2007, 21:09
Replies: 52
Views: 17,792
Posted By xyzzy

If I had tickets for the CO flight out of BHX...

If I had tickets for the CO flight out of BHX tomorrow I'd be making sure my hotel bookings were easy to cancel. Because either the US TSA will turn it back, or there'll be about a hundred security...
Forum: Questions
24th May 2007, 05:18
Replies: 2
Views: 2,519
Posted By xyzzy

BA LHR->NRT 22/5 (eithe BA005 or BA007): What was the technical problem?

I've been in Tokyo for the past three weeks with customers, but the customers' boss was meant to join us yesterday on BA flight 007 out of Heathrow on Tuesday 22, arriving Narita Wednesday 23.

He...
Forum: Military Aviation
4th Jan 2007, 10:07
Replies: 0
Views: 1,240
Posted By xyzzy

John, Gibralter-based RAF C130 Planner, Ward S2 Selly Oak

With a trivial ankle injury, I found myself in the next bed to a guy from RAF Gibralter who had broken his leg. He was struggling to get a plane back, and when I left just before Christmas he was...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2006, 13:37
Replies: 23
Views: 12,940
Posted By xyzzy

Sure, but it depends on how often you travel

We were knocking this sort of topic around at home, with regard to the LHR situation this week. I fly quite a lot for work, my family rarely, but when we do fly together I try to deploy the ``keep...
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