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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Jan 2024, 11:46
Replies: 68
Views: 13,084
Posted By Sonorguy

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/...

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These two are both just south of the old RAF Riccall in East Yorkshire, off the A163....
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jan 2024, 11:32
Replies: 49
Views: 13,559
Posted By Sonorguy

The Mail (other media) will have gone to him,...

The Mail (other media) will have gone to him, he's their go to for all things Navy, just as Col Richard Kemp is the rent-a-quote for all things Army. Both of them are old enough to know better...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
20th Oct 2023, 14:42
Replies: 241
Views: 157,305
Posted By Sonorguy

The weather in Yorkshire, as elsewhere in the UK,...

The weather in Yorkshire, as elsewhere in the UK, is atrocious at the moment.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Oct 2015, 08:38
Replies: 7
Views: 2,730
Posted By Sonorguy

Thanks for the replies, that certainly fits as...

Thanks for the replies, that certainly fits as the plane was sweltering when we got on, as if the A/C wasn't working, and I understand that's also driven by the APU.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Oct 2015, 14:26
Replies: 7
Views: 2,730
Posted By Sonorguy

Large generator type lorry

We were coming back from Rome Ciampino last night via Ryanair 737-800. The plane was late boarding, which we initially put down to lack of staff (one slightly, well very, harrassed looking woman) on...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Nov 2012, 13:34
Replies: 93
Views: 24,596
Posted By Sonorguy

Hmmmm Elvington has just been hit with it. ...

Hmmmm Elvington has just been hit with it.

Airfield bosses fined over noise (From York Press) (http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/10008369.Airfield_bosses_fined_over_noise/)

I used to live in...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Sep 2012, 14:36
Replies: 7
Views: 2,372
Posted By Sonorguy

The information is from ARRSE......

The information is from ARRSE......
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Sep 2012, 10:37
Replies: 7
Views: 2,372
Posted By Sonorguy

From ARRSE, it was one of the posters on there's...

From ARRSE, it was one of the posters on there's grandfather having his ashes scattered from a Spitfire. He used to fly one apparently.

Did a low pass of the runway, then a loop and then away....
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Jul 2011, 13:52
Replies: 11
Views: 1,897
Posted By Sonorguy

Couldn't agree more with the previous poster. I'm...

Couldn't agree more with the previous poster. I'm serving and frankly don't care who brings me back from places as long as the plane's safe!
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Jun 2011, 11:51
Replies: 17
Views: 1,952
Posted By Sonorguy

I'd be surprised if the MoD employed such...

I'd be surprised if the MoD employed such machines to transport our troops.... but you never know!


They don't. Unless you're very sneaky-beaky all troop movements are done on DAS fitted...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
20th Jun 2011, 10:40
Replies: 5
Views: 3,404
Posted By Sonorguy

I think i got told by my dad when he worked there...

I think i got told by my dad when he worked there fopr a few months contracting that some of the buildings are heratage listed meaning they cant be torn down. Be interesting to see how BAE Systems...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2011, 09:10
Replies: 299
Views: 102,150
Posted By Sonorguy

And this lovely notion of " no-one has died from...

And this lovely notion of " no-one has died from flying in Volcanic Ash" is typical Dead Body Economics. have you an acceptable number in your head ...would 200 be a good number or bad number?
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th May 2011, 08:31
Replies: 993
Views: 169,390
Posted By Sonorguy

And equally important that the union doesn't...

And equally important that the union doesn't throw its teddy and withdraw from an agreement with the company that allows them to represent its members.
Forum: Cabin Crew
17th May 2011, 14:54
Replies: 4,259
Views: 1,561,104
Posted By Sonorguy

Our Union will also retain the BASSA name, as...

Our Union will also retain the BASSA name, as there are other airlines to consider such as the BASSA branch at Thomson Fly. This may not please my 89(Amicus) friends but to achieve settlement, we...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Apr 2011, 06:55
Replies: 993
Views: 169,390
Posted By Sonorguy

I would guess the factors and powers are simply...

I would guess the factors and powers are simply that it's a 4 day bank holiday weekend in the UK and elsewhere and everyone has better things to be doing!
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Apr 2011, 15:50
Replies: 80
Views: 20,967
Posted By Sonorguy

Quote: the first Routemaster Cabrio version ...

Quote:
the first Routemaster Cabrio version
Actually the second...remember Live And Let Die, and the bus chase under the low bridge?:8:8

I can't believe I actually know this and it's an...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Apr 2011, 13:00
Replies: 3
Views: 1,486
Posted By Sonorguy

How do you know it's 'Special Ops'? Osprey...

How do you know it's 'Special Ops'? Osprey certainly doesn't only get used for that, it's one of the main flying buses out there now and night flying is a normal practice on Herrick, particularly for...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Apr 2011, 08:43
Replies: 993
Views: 169,390
Posted By Sonorguy

Frognal, technically, that is correct. To...

Frognal,
technically, that is correct. To section someone with the sort of paranoid schizophrenia or whatever psychosis is at work, would require both a clinical psychologist AND and psychiatrist....
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
25th Mar 2011, 13:04
Replies: 17
Views: 5,836
Posted By Sonorguy

A source is considered good manners in such...

A source is considered good manners in such things. However, it certainly hasn't been in any of the UK press today (people seem to think that a double murder and Libya are more important. I wonder...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Mar 2011, 14:39
Replies: 81
Views: 22,145
Posted By Sonorguy

Quote: I fasten the two zips of my one together...

Quote:
I fasten the two zips of my one together with a keyring. Not the whole thing, just the actual 'ring' part. Secure, but needs no tools to get it off. Easy.
If its easy to get off then why...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
11th Feb 2011, 12:35
Replies: 26
Views: 8,277
Posted By Sonorguy

I read an article recently which said that the...

I read an article recently which said that the government is to spend £200m on scrapping the Nimrods. I find it difficult to believe there is NO value in these aircraft or is someone somewhere making...
Forum: Cabin Crew
11th Feb 2011, 10:37
Replies: 4,259
Views: 1,561,104
Posted By Sonorguy

FOI requests are only for public institutions...

FOI requests are only for public institutions such as Government, the MOD, NHS and the quangos that exist (hence British Waterways being included). Even then you can't be forced to reveal information...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Feb 2011, 07:19
Replies: 1,094
Views: 165,516
Posted By Sonorguy

"It is not because BA want to sack crew" -...

"It is not because BA want to sack crew" - disagree. I don't believe BA want to sack all striking crew. But if Unite handed them the opportunity to sack the "ring leaders" \ key extremists then I...
Forum: Cabin Crew
28th Jan 2011, 12:17
Replies: 3
Views: 3,201
Posted By Sonorguy

Not sure if there's anything to discuss really....

Not sure if there's anything to discuss really. If they can do the job to the same standard as anyone else then it isn't a drama that I can see.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Jan 2011, 10:38
Replies: 21
Views: 4,888
Posted By Sonorguy

McD's is acutely aware of the great British habit...

McD's is acutely aware of the great British habit of soiling its own habitat by instantly dropping unwanted rubbish anywhere and everywhere and then blithely walking away. Each branch manager details...
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Dec 2010, 12:01
Replies: 276
Views: 75,757
Posted By Sonorguy

The last 2 times I've been on a trooper into East...

The last 2 times I've been on a trooper into East Midlands we taxied straight to the cargo terminal, walked off the aircraft, straight onto
MT coaches at the bottom of the steps and swept out of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Dec 2010, 11:45
Replies: 4,932
Views: 1,724,890
Posted By Sonorguy

It would have been unsafe if they'd remained open...

It would have been unsafe if they'd remained open the way it was. Unprepared, yes. Slow to respond, yes. Unsafe? not really.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Dec 2010, 07:53
Replies: 1,880
Views: 269,779
Posted By Sonorguy

I don’t think that the management of BA is...

I don’t think that the management of BA is allowed to interrogate their wages computer._ The chief person who argued this on this thread, realised his error and deleted all of his postings that...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Dec 2010, 09:10
Replies: 1,880
Views: 269,779
Posted By Sonorguy

But I really can’t imagine that it is lawful in...

But I really can’t imagine that it is lawful in the UK for an employer to have on his office-wall a graph that shews the month by month decline of numbers of Union members.

There's no breach of...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Dec 2010, 12:18
Replies: 10
Views: 3,097
Posted By Sonorguy

There's also likely to be lots of kit on there...

There's also likely to be lots of kit on there that you don't necessarily want the enemy to be able to analyse in terms of exactly how it functions, particularly the DAS kit that's on some of them.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Nov 2010, 22:09
Replies: 146
Views: 26,317
Posted By Sonorguy

Anyone any idea which a/c type does the Newcastle...

Anyone any idea which a/c type does the Newcastle to Fuerteventura flights?
Forum: Cabin Crew
16th Nov 2010, 11:02
Replies: 4,259
Views: 1,561,104
Posted By Sonorguy

Exactly what I wrote, they can't enforce...

Exactly what I wrote, they can't enforce re-instatement and I've never known them to make this order precisely because it's un-enforceable and bridges have been well and truly burnt by that point...
Forum: Cabin Crew
16th Nov 2010, 09:06
Replies: 4,259
Views: 1,561,104
Posted By Sonorguy

Even had they got the ET applications in on time...

Even had they got the ET applications in on time I doubt it would have made any difference. ETs can't force re-instatement, only compensate if they feel the dismissal is unfair.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Sep 2010, 14:03
Replies: 79
Views: 10,334
Posted By Sonorguy

Only one GA in twenty odd years, but it's quite a...

Only one GA in twenty odd years, but it's quite a GA. When you fly into Kandahar in Afghanistan it's in a darkened RAF Tristar showing no light and with body armour & helmet on. We were very close to...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Sep 2010, 09:41
Replies: 2,279
Views: 341,307
Posted By Sonorguy

DH has already been to the ET to try and get his...

DH has already been to the ET to try and get his job (at an employer he publicly claims to detest) reinstated. The ET had absolutely no difficulty kicking this out. If this is anything to go by those...
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