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Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jun 2016, 15:19
Replies: 866
Views: 505,635
Posted By Beanbag

All of these caveats would apply equally to the...

All of these caveats would apply equally to the 'rapid access stairs'. The point isn't the absolute achievability of a magic number of 90 secs, it's that, in the real world as in the test...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Mar 2015, 15:12
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,605,785
Posted By Beanbag

We don't know much here but we do have a bit more...

We don't know much here but we do have a bit more info than on the two recent Asian incidents. The aircraft descended at a steady rate in a straight line for several minutes until it hit the ground....
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2014, 12:04
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,262,243
Posted By Beanbag

Naive question from a non-pilot: assuming a...

Naive question from a non-pilot: assuming a decompression, might the (disoriented) pilot have pulled the transponder/radio CB by mistake thinking he was doing something more appropriate? That is,...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2014, 13:40
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,262,243
Posted By Beanbag

There must be a finite number of airfields that...

There must be a finite number of airfields that can receive a 777 with full pax & cargo load, even with low fuel load. It's hardly going to land on a grass strip in the middle of nowhere. So in the...
Forum: North America
20th Jan 2014, 12:49
Replies: 355
Views: 137,378
Posted By Beanbag

RobertS975: Don't confuse the industry...

RobertS975:


Don't confuse the industry with the media. The NTSB will investigate this very thoroughly, in full awareness of what might have happened if the circs had been slightly different. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 16:31
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,226
Posted By Beanbag

The photo in the AAIB report is of the cowls with...

The photo in the AAIB report is of the cowls with the hold-open device still in place (according to the text of the report). As I understand it - from the report and the previous 33 pages of this...
Forum: Safety, CRM, QA & Emergency Response Planning
7th Sep 2011, 08:09
Replies: 10
Views: 5,441
Posted By Beanbag

"Ten safest airlines"

The Economist reports on a ranking of 'safest' airlines, based on more factors than just historic accident record: Airline safety: Safe havens | The Economist...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th May 2011, 12:02
Replies: 17
Views: 9,492
Posted By Beanbag

I wouldn't read much into this. Witnesses often...

I wouldn't read much into this. Witnesses often report a fireball in the air even when the investigation concludes the only fire was on the ground. Probably something to do with how the brain...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Oct 2010, 12:45
Replies: 2,244
Views: 625,035
Posted By Beanbag

RYR to fire 150 crew at Hahn

1000 jobs going in total apparently. Blaming a new €8 tax. Anyone believe that's really the reason?
Ryanair axes 1,000 jobs at German airport - Business News, Business - The Independent...
Forum: Cabin Crew
10th Aug 2010, 12:48
Replies: 96
Views: 22,949
Posted By Beanbag

IMHO it's a pity the passenger wasn't arrested,...

IMHO it's a pity the passenger wasn't arrested, since if anyone was indulging in reckless endangerment it was him. All too typical at NY though, to have a line forming at the door before the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Jul 2010, 16:45
Replies: 4
Views: 2,163
Posted By Beanbag

Should that be 'Ted is United without uni-on'?

Should that be 'Ted is United without uni-on'?
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Apr 2010, 12:53
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,589,871
Posted By Beanbag

What did BA tell yesterday's pax?

Just curious to know what the pax on those 10 flights were told. That they were going to be guinea pigs on a test of the aircraft's response to ash? That diversions were likely if WW's bluff was...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Feb 2010, 12:35
Replies: 341
Views: 93,705
Posted By Beanbag

I'd suggest it's more about French face-saving. ...

I'd suggest it's more about French face-saving. Maybe we'll hear some details of the arguments in due course, but it seems a strange. IIRC the story is that a bit fell of a CO aircraft, wasn't...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Dec 2009, 12:51
Replies: 60
Views: 23,701
Posted By Beanbag

DreamLand, your attitude worries me: "if it...

DreamLand, your attitude worries me: "if it complies with the letter of the law it's irrefutably safe, even if the Captain thinks it isn't".

I'm only SLF, but it seems to me that in this respect...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Dec 2009, 10:08
Replies: 200
Views: 95,058
Posted By Beanbag

Seems to me (as an outsider) that there's truth...

Seems to me (as an outsider) that there's truth on both sides here. Yes, it could, and does, happen to anyone; but it does seem to me that we read about it happening to Ryanair more than most. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Oct 2009, 12:43
Replies: 121
Views: 31,188
Posted By Beanbag

Of course these salaries seem crazy, but remember...

Of course these salaries seem crazy, but remember nobody is forcing these guys to work for peanuts. They're all well educated people, they could get other jobs, but they choose to fly because they...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Oct 2009, 12:47
Replies: 49
Views: 20,288
Posted By Beanbag

As you say, they'll always counter with that...

As you say, they'll always counter with that argument. Perhaps one way to head that off, for those unfortunate enough to be assisting an investigation, would be to refer to the monitoring procedures...
Forum: Tech Log
29th Jun 2009, 16:13
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,286,722
Posted By Beanbag

@ sleepypilot: if you re-read Wilbur60's post...

@ sleepypilot: if you re-read Wilbur60's post you'll see he referred to a diversion, not a deviation round WX
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jun 2009, 08:20
Replies: 6
Views: 4,808
Posted By Beanbag

Runway incursion at BOS

I recall one or two other threads not so long ago about incursions at Boston (edit - looks like I started one of them. No agenda here, honest!). Clearly a place to keep eyes thoroughly peeled.
Forum: Rumours & News
13th May 2009, 12:37
Replies: 2,015
Views: 715,394
Posted By Beanbag

They must both have been absolutely knackered...

...going by this description from the New York Times of what they did before the flight. Maybe I'm naive, but this shocked me.
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Feb 2009, 18:13
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,304
Posted By Beanbag

Desertdiner, I think that's just journalist...

Desertdiner, I think that's just journalist misinterpretation of the term 'stalled', taking it to mean stalling like a car engine (taking 'the aircraft stalled' to mean the same as 'my car stalled')....
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 12:31
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,304
Posted By Beanbag

Has to be nonsense - there'd be a smoking crater...

Has to be nonsense - there'd be a smoking crater somewhere and none has been mentioned. Possibly mistranslation of 'lost the port engine'?
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jan 2009, 12:52
Replies: 40
Views: 18,325
Posted By Beanbag

I think filing a NOTAM about an officially OK...

I think filing a NOTAM about an officially OK computer system might be a career-limiting maneouvre for the controller involved
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Sep 2008, 12:22
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,139,590
Posted By Beanbag

Cool Good thread folks!

Just stepping back for a moment at page 93, I'd like to say that I'm very impressed with the way this thread has developed. Sure there's a lot of noise on it from people apparently following...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Sep 2008, 12:52
Replies: 48
Views: 14,912
Posted By Beanbag

I think you might find it's Good ol' manual :ok:

I think you might find it's Good ol' manual :ok:
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Aug 2008, 20:40
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,139,590
Posted By Beanbag

A couple of points about these marks in the...

A couple of points about these marks in the grass:

The straight track seems v. unlikely to be the nosegear. Even if we accept that it's possible for a nosegear track to deviate outside the track...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2008, 12:26
Replies: 1,109
Views: 379,237
Posted By Beanbag

I'm with you IF789. There's no sign of charring...

I'm with you IF789. There's no sign of charring on the exposed luggage which says to me there probably wasn't an initiating explosion. More likely a bit of the skin failed first and the...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
22nd Jul 2008, 12:11
Replies: 1
Views: 855
Posted By Beanbag

NTSB recommends changes to Challenger manuals

I'm not sure where this popped up from - the NTSB report on the accident came out last November - but I thought it might be of interest...

July 22, 2008
The US National Transportation Safety...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2008, 07:56
Replies: 53
Views: 13,125
Posted By Beanbag

WHBM: "then stated that the aircraft returned to...

WHBM: "then stated that the aircraft returned to Heathrow by the FO using standby instruments, which if you read the report is stated to be the one thing that didn't happen."

I read the report. ...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jun 2008, 13:55
Replies: 53
Views: 13,125
Posted By Beanbag

Their English didn't help, but the prominence...

Their English didn't help, but the prominence given to it seems to me to be a product of the xenophobia of certain sections of the British media - an opportunity for the Torygraph to indulge in more...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2008, 11:43
Replies: 304
Views: 159,657
Posted By Beanbag

Another possibility is that the forward break...

Another possibility is that the forward break occurred when the nose (with or without gear down) went over the edge of the railway embankment.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Apr 2008, 08:25
Replies: 5
Views: 1,931
Posted By Beanbag

FAA fires Dallas ATC managers

Apparently a couple of ATC managers were in the habit of reporting ATC mistakes as pilot errors: http://www.atwonline.com/news/story.html?storyID=12516
Posted without comment, just for interest
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Feb 2008, 12:15
Replies: 196
Views: 70,821
Posted By Beanbag

Daysleeper, if you hover your cursor over the...

Daysleeper, if you hover your cursor over the thread title in the thread listing you'll see the first few lines of the first post in a little tool-tip window. Would've shown you enough to save you...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2008, 13:03
Replies: 451
Views: 289,794
Posted By Beanbag

Silverlise, I think his point was that there was...

Silverlise, I think his point was that there was enough energy turning the fan blades to get all of them damaged rather than just the ones that were at the bottom of the engine when it met the dirt....
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jan 2008, 08:50
Replies: 0
Views: 1,113
Posted By Beanbag

Question Taxiway incident at LYS 15/1/08?

Paxing back from Lyon last night we were delayed by "an aircraft with an emergency on its way to the runway" (Captain's words) that had blocked access to the end of the runway and trapped perhaps...
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