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Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2024, 12:32
Replies: 78
Views: 22,220
Posted By Ben_S

Indeed. But then they shouldn't have been flying...

Indeed. But then they shouldn't have been flying an aircraft that should never have been certified. Paint it on the crew as much as people want, the reality is, the aircraft should never have been...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th May 2023, 16:43
Replies: 48
Views: 18,080
Posted By Ben_S

Doesn't seem terrible given similar timescales...

Doesn't seem terrible given similar timescales are likely for sticking a new wing and engines on the 777...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Feb 2021, 08:22
Replies: 84
Views: 41,890
Posted By Ben_S

tdracer The A350 switched to Li Ion...

tdracer

The A350 switched to Li Ion batteries about 5 years ago.
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Jan 2021, 19:13
Replies: 91
Views: 90,517
Posted By Ben_S

Surely the relevance is obvious. It was the other...

Surely the relevance is obvious. It was the other aircraft involved in the incident as per the report.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Nov 2020, 08:26
Replies: 48
Views: 23,957
Posted By Ben_S

You can't buy publicity like this special feature...

You can't buy publicity like this special feature on BBC news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/jDOe2y9Tbo/boeing-737-max
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Oct 2020, 10:48
Replies: 40
Views: 31,413
Posted By Ben_S

A record time that's 8 times smaller than...

A record time that's 8 times smaller than originally proposed. Could argue he's done well there.
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Mar 2020, 16:17
Replies: 378
Views: 193,172
Posted By Ben_S

The wiring was compliant when the NG was...

The wiring was compliant when the NG was certified wasn't it? It wasn't when the Max was certified. Thats the difference.It may be safe as is, but it doesn't meet the requirements, Boeing should have...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Feb 2020, 09:56
Replies: 33
Views: 16,890
Posted By Ben_S

Yes, but car fumes, whilst not good for you,...

Yes, but car fumes, whilst not good for you, don't contain organophosphates.
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jan 2020, 08:53
Replies: 152
Views: 70,300
Posted By Ben_S

Seems an odd statement given they wanted no...

Seems an odd statement given they wanted no additional training and hid the existance of MCAS.

Odd that the wave of new posters keep turning up with nothing but an agenda to blame the pilots, as...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Jan 2020, 10:09
Replies: 380
Views: 334,096
Posted By Ben_S

To comply with European law, the deferred...

To comply with European law, the deferred payments would apply to all airlines, not just FlyBe.

Not sure it solves anything though, just postpones the pain for a few years when the payments become...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Jan 2020, 11:22
Replies: 378
Views: 193,172
Posted By Ben_S

Well, I think this just delayed RTS a bit more...

Well, I think this just delayed RTS a bit more and delayed the 777X entry.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Oct 2019, 13:33
Replies: 29
Views: 23,893
Posted By Ben_S

People tend to contribute to open source software...

People tend to contribute to open source software because they personally have a use for it and want to make it better. It is unlikely Bill from Torquay will have anything to contribute to specialist...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Oct 2019, 10:50
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,778,740
Posted By Ben_S

Surely it only ends in a smoking hole depening...

Surely it only ends in a smoking hole depening upon which side is showing incorrect airspeed, which is why it stated as such. Presumably in this case, the side with the incorrect airspeed would not...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Sep 2019, 08:38
Replies: 183
Views: 301,327
Posted By Ben_S

I must be the only one that didn't bother having...

I must be the only one that didn't bother having a family holiday abroad this year because of Brexit uncertainty and piss poor exchange rates.

Mind you, even if I had, it wouldn't have been with...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2019, 18:41
Replies: 48
Views: 35,453
Posted By Ben_S

Easyjet pilot pilots Easyjet aircraft. Not such a...

Easyjet pilot pilots Easyjet aircraft. Not such a great headline.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Aug 2019, 14:05
Replies: 46
Views: 34,950
Posted By Ben_S

Yep, would have been far better to just cancel...

Yep, would have been far better to just cancel the flight.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Aug 2019, 10:47
Replies: 46
Views: 34,950
Posted By Ben_S

Surely a non full flight and seat not in use but...

Surely a non full flight and seat not in use but used for a photo opportunity?
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jul 2019, 12:19
Replies: 50
Views: 40,441
Posted By Ben_S

In the Ryanair world there is no such thing as...

In the Ryanair world there is no such thing as bad publicity, if they were concerned about that, they would have held off until others had done it first and had the publicity about so it was no...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jan 2019, 17:54
Replies: 16
Views: 12,415
Posted By Ben_S

Surely it would make sense to use touchscreen...

Surely it would make sense to use touchscreen technology that is compatible with standard gloves. Volvo manage it in their cars.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Dec 2018, 09:35
Replies: 414
Views: 289,477
Posted By Ben_S

Just an SLF but it's a good report, it's evident...

Just an SLF but it's a good report, it's evident that until this one there wasn't a great deal of advice on what to do in the event of a birdstrike at that stage of flight and the aircraft manual was...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Sep 2018, 20:11
Replies: 23
Views: 6,895
Posted By Ben_S

Did they not demonstrate water? Or would...

Did they not demonstrate water?

Or would that render the product they are attempting to sell marketless.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Sep 2018, 09:46
Replies: 93
Views: 48,185
Posted By Ben_S

Do you want them to buy special ones without...

Do you want them to buy special ones without them? Much simpler just to buy standard hardware and lock down the ports.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Sep 2018, 10:52
Replies: 93
Views: 48,185
Posted By Ben_S

Of course they are sorry, GDPR and the new scale...

Of course they are sorry, GDPR and the new scale of fines available for incidents like this will make them very sorry indeed.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jul 2018, 18:47
Replies: 41
Views: 14,503
Posted By Ben_S

Unlikely. The MD80 was already years old at that...

Unlikely. The MD80 was already years old at that point. This is a new beast and supposedly good so it's not going to be binned off any time soon.
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2018, 11:20
Replies: 77
Views: 35,848
Posted By Ben_S

The camera isn't moving, it is clearly being...

The camera isn't moving, it is clearly being filmed with a phone off the CCTV screen hence the phone is moving before the CCTV is played.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2013, 18:12
Replies: 266
Views: 117,736
Posted By Ben_S

It looks like the screens were rebooting, it...

It looks like the screens were rebooting, it seems some of them are showing "Please wait". Only SLF but I would have thought it probably not the best thing to display during an evacuation
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Apr 2011, 08:53
Replies: 431
Views: 266,684
Posted By Ben_S

How about lazers on the wing tips projecting a...

How about lazers on the wing tips projecting a visible marker of exactly where the tips are. Seems simple enough?
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Dec 2010, 10:02
Replies: 66
Views: 32,615
Posted By Ben_S

The Ryanair jokes weren't funny 10 years ago,...

The Ryanair jokes weren't funny 10 years ago, they are just tedious, predictable and boring now.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2010, 00:09
Replies: 1,964
Views: 1,332,703
Posted By Ben_S

Gretchenfrage...

Gretchenfrage (http://www.pprune.org/members/111800-gretchenfrage), I'm Not a pilot, but I expect neither are you if given you believe the list of supposed damages to the aircraft, you also believe...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Sep 2007, 14:18
Replies: 2,761
Views: 732,873
Posted By Ben_S

Not a pilot but the retard call not continuing...

Not a pilot but the retard call not continuing has been discussed many times & is due to TAM not having the latest "software" on their planes.
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Aug 2007, 01:03
Replies: 261
Views: 101,620
Posted By Ben_S

Shame it was almost, having read a lot of the...

Shame it was almost, having read a lot of the rubbish you came out with in the other thread you refer to, sometimes I wonder why the likes of us are allowed to view, let alone respond to, threads on...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2007, 12:35
Replies: 81
Views: 51,844
Posted By Ben_S

Ouch. Hard to beleive people will still fly...

Ouch.

Hard to beleive people will still fly with clowns like this given that the wreckage of their last crash still hasn't been found.

Is stuff like this covered up over there so people don't...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jan 2007, 17:32
Replies: 77
Views: 21,582
Posted By Ben_S

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6275...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/6275327.stm

RIP
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