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Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 14:13
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,290,599
Posted By Bridge Builder

Errr,,,it means the radar contact was lost in...

Errr,,,it means the radar contact was lost in that position. I looked at the track and this is the exact position where radar contact was lost. Would be a good place to look, me thinks.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2014, 13:09
Replies: 11,831
Views: 24,290,599
Posted By Bridge Builder

Position of Crash

Sorry if this has already been posted.
From flightradar24 - showing altitude zero (ie in the sea).

The position of the 777 is:

LAT: 6.68
LONG: 103.46

Why the search parties didn't just...
Forum: Questions
27th Jul 2010, 12:57
Replies: 18
Views: 8,100
Posted By Bridge Builder

Stupid Response to a Perfectly Good Question

It is really no wonder that airlines and aviation in general get such a bad press when a perfectly good question from a reporter, who has shown an interest in aviation, gets treated this way.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jan 2010, 19:48
Replies: 439
Views: 305,234
Posted By Bridge Builder

Kenyan Airways- Cameroon - Lessons Not Learnt - Or Even Known.

As I understand things:

- Black Boxs went to Canada for analysis.

- Canadians cannot reveal what they reveal, under ICAO rules, because Cameroon has not given ‘permission’.

- This means that...
Forum: Tech Log
5th Jun 2009, 13:06
Replies: 4,593
Views: 3,287,935
Posted By Bridge Builder

Difference between too low and too high speed at high alt is very narrow

Is it possible the plane went a bit too high, in order to to fly over the storm? I remember seeing a post last year from a fighter pilot, who said that at maximum ceiling, the difference between a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2009, 21:08
Replies: 427
Views: 202,002
Posted By Bridge Builder

Since the Manchester air disaster in 1985,...

Since the Manchester air disaster in 1985, regulation got better and better. The chap who is head of the AAIB has said - and I agree - that the reason everyone survived the Toronto A340 crash was due...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2009, 20:32
Replies: 427
Views: 202,002
Posted By Bridge Builder

Agreed. And please don't get me started on...

Agreed.

And please don't get me started on ICAO! ICAO missed the TCAS 'warning from God', the JAL 747 / DC10 near miss in 2001.

ICAO twiddled its thumbs until the totally avoidable and...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2009, 20:18
Replies: 427
Views: 202,002
Posted By Bridge Builder

Thanks Safety Concerns. And interestingly the...

Thanks Safety Concerns. And interestingly the list is cannily called the,

‘List of airlines banned within the EU’.

So, by definition, an airline such as Helios (Cyprus)...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2009, 19:35
Replies: 427
Views: 202,002
Posted By Bridge Builder

EU 'Blacklist'

Question:

1. Are there any European Union based airlines on the blacklist?

2. If the answer is 'no' is it conceivable that an EU airline could be placed on the list, as it would in effect be...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2009, 18:11
Replies: 18
Views: 8,076
Posted By Bridge Builder

Well Done!

Carpatair Pilots, Cabiin Crew, Emergency Services;

WELL DONE! GOOD JOB!
:ok:
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Mar 2009, 17:12
Replies: 427
Views: 202,002
Posted By Bridge Builder

Home Truths

All -
Our Cypriot friends had excellent advice from the CAA on airline regulatory oversight prior to Helios. Sadly, they chose to ignore much of it.

Problem as I see it: The main airline in...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2009, 11:44
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,897
Posted By Bridge Builder

Mobile Phones

Well, recently I was paxing to SYD aboard a [non British] B777 [configured for inflight mobile phone use] where everyone awake was happily using their cell/mobile phones.

Good point - But! That...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 19:45
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,897
Posted By Bridge Builder

Bird Control

"AMS got a Bird control unit so any case it´s better to contact them."

Interesting point. However, most bird scare takes place within the boundary of the aerodrome as I understand things. This...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 11:14
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,897
Posted By Bridge Builder

Crash Survivability

Thanks One Post.

The rear facing seat debate, which was underway post Kegworth, may well begin again.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 10:52
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,897
Posted By Bridge Builder

‘Brace Brace’ Announcement

Quite rightly, announcing to passengers what is going in is low in the priority list when pilots are dealing with an emergency. They need to deal with the situation and tell pax what is going on...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 10:39
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,897
Posted By Bridge Builder

Survivability of Impact

If there are fatalities / serious injuries there may not have been time to alert passengers about bracing themselves, according to the passenger report. That being the case passengers may have hit...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 10:03
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,449,897
Posted By Bridge Builder

Location of Crash

Having worked in the town of Hoofddorp for a long while, it looks like this was approaching the Polderbaan, Amsterdam Schiphol’s runway that is way off from the rest of the airport. If that map is...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Sep 2008, 20:58
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

Sorry to sound like the Chairman of the TUC but...

Sorry to sound like the Chairman of the TUC but again the unions should - indeed must - offer legal advice. They spend a zillion on fees to big law firms for exactly these situations. Get in touch...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Sep 2008, 19:55
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

The flight crew and cabin crew unions should...

The flight crew and cabin crew unions should guarantee a ‘get you home’ payment if any crew are stuck away from base. Why don’t they have this? Such a guarantee would be a very small fraction of the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Sep 2008, 17:05
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

Look South East

Ex XL people:

I have no idea what aircraft they use but I do know that the Western Australia region is utterly booming due to the mining taking place there. Folk fly in and out all the time from...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Sep 2008, 07:49
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

My humble opinion is that the Chief Exec could...

My humble opinion is that the Chief Exec could not have done any more. He ran a good airline, and treated his staff well. :ok:

I think the banks acted in a short term way, because - as usual -...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2008, 13:16
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

Journalists! Speak with this chap to find...

Journalists!

Speak with this chap to find out why XL UK was dumped but not the French and the German subsids.

Andrew Bernhardt, Straumur's 'Managing Director of Dept Finance',
Tel +354 585 66...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2008, 12:54
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank; the Icelandic...

Straumur-Burdaras Investment Bank; the Icelandic bank that bought XL France and Germany last night....But they didn’t want to buy or even extend the loan to XL UK.

Come on you journalists - go...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2008, 07:09
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

How can the French and German divisions ‘continue...

How can the French and German divisions ‘continue to operate as normal’? And how can the administrators blame ‘economic conditions’ (in addition to the fuel price, which everyone accepts), when XL’s...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2008, 00:19
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

How does the bank that got ‘impatient’ and pulled...

How does the bank that got ‘impatient’ and pulled the plug on XL hope to get it’s money back now, from a company that they may have forced to cease trading?

Do these banking people have :mad:...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Sep 2008, 00:04
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

I have not seen any evidence anywhere, including...

I have not seen any evidence anywhere, including in The Times, that XL is in administration. Hope I am right.... :ok:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Sep 2008, 23:38
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

Cheers for explanation of ownership Charterguy....

Cheers for explanation of ownership Charterguy. Still. Something strange has happened near the Arctic Circle in the past 24 hours.

Just read that the Icelandic fellows were full of beans and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
11th Sep 2008, 22:58
Replies: 787
Views: 240,342
Posted By Bridge Builder

Has The Times jumped the gun? I’ve just...

Has The Times jumped the gun?

I’ve just read that Eimskip - the holding company (is it the holding company?) - has loads of cash. If that’s the case, is it possible for a subsidiary - XL Leisure...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Aug 2008, 16:40
Replies: 73
Views: 38,508
Posted By Bridge Builder

Sad but true Green Granite. The media has hardly...

Sad but true Green Granite. The media has hardly touched this. Yet an Ryanair makes a unsched landing in France and everyone goes nuts. European lives are obviously worth more than eastern Europeans...
Forum: Cabin Crew
26th Aug 2008, 15:39
Replies: 390
Views: 1,758,596
Posted By Bridge Builder

Polar Explorer - A Right ****

How about this one.
That Pen Hadow! Didn’t listen to his pre-flight announcements. Didn’t follow safety instructions or obey safety procedures. Goes to the papers moaning that he wasn’t ‘reassured...
Forum: Cabin Crew
23rd Aug 2008, 17:46
Replies: 390
Views: 1,758,596
Posted By Bridge Builder

George Best. I was just a passenger, but the two...

George Best. I was just a passenger, but the two of us got trapped in an LHR Terminal 1 gangway, behind a sliding glass security screen, just before boarding a flight to Glasgow. We both tried to...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Aug 2008, 18:20
Replies: 2,686
Views: 1,140,149
Posted By Bridge Builder

Wake Up ICAO

Good point Antman. It takes big accidents for ICAO to wake up and do anything. That’s why it took the Uberlingen tragedy for ICAO to sort out the TCAS confusion, despite several nasty near misses....
Forum: Rumours & News
9th May 2007, 21:33
Replies: 430
Views: 205,254
Posted By Bridge Builder

RoyHudd. I think you’re right. Although I have...

RoyHudd. I think you’re right. Although I have sympathy for the emotion displayed by Anjouan, some of the personal comments on this thread may well deter what may well be valuable contributions. This...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2007, 13:42
Replies: 430
Views: 205,254
Posted By Bridge Builder

Interesting. So quite different to 507 where...

Interesting. So quite different to 507 where there appears to have been little / no communication at all.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th May 2007, 13:30
Replies: 430
Views: 205,254
Posted By Bridge Builder

ValueJet

That's right. The O2 was not meant to be on the plane. It caught fire. However, with the Valuejet I beleive that the pilots were able to transmit a mayday. Still, I understand it all happened v....
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