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Forum: Rumours & News
28th Sep 2009, 00:21
Replies: 23
Views: 11,169
Posted By Desperate

Fly into Tehran (Imam Khomeini) and nightstop on...

Fly into Tehran (Imam Khomeini) and nightstop on a regular basis.

Professional ATC with well spoken English. Modern, well equipped airport and spotlessly clean. As for the people: courteous,...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2009, 13:59
Replies: 125
Views: 26,704
Posted By Desperate

Question Time BBC 2nd July. David Dimbleby...

Question Time BBC 2nd July. David Dimbleby questioning Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman on the subject of I/D cards:

Harman: then there is the question about the airside, which is the airport...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jun 2009, 22:16
Replies: 125
Views: 26,704
Posted By Desperate

"Local rumour has it that at least one of the...

"Local rumour has it that at least one of the airport's management members may have had a financial interest in the companies providing the ID and other 'security' infrastructure."

Anyone with...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th May 2009, 10:04
Replies: 125
Views: 26,704
Posted By Desperate

Excellent news. Worth my 1% on its own.

Excellent news.

Worth my 1% on its own.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th May 2009, 23:38
Replies: 952
Views: 526,337
Posted By Desperate

Again you make the point, and so succinctly :) ...

Again you make the point, and so succinctly :)

When under pressure (and maybe feeling a little bit flushed, eh Positivegee?) it is so easy to type something that looks ok into a keyboard, only for...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th May 2009, 11:37
Replies: 952
Views: 526,337
Posted By Desperate

Quote: "I would have thought that any one...

Quote:

"I would have thought that any one with half a brain would know 1000kgs is a tonne!"

Agreed, but Hot Dog's missing 'k', or zeros (330kgs, 230kgs) shows how significant a typo can be.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2009, 23:32
Replies: 180
Views: 61,325
Posted By Desperate

Scotty Contender for second best post of the...

Scotty

Contender for second best post of the year, after Caulfield's at #108.
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Apr 2009, 09:29
Replies: 180
Views: 61,325
Posted By Desperate

Caulfield - undoubtedly the post of the year....

Caulfield - undoubtedly the post of the year. Thank you.
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Feb 2009, 09:54
Replies: 269
Views: 68,463
Posted By Desperate

Well done to Balpa - but where are the other...

Well done to Balpa - but where are the other unions?

Engineers, ATC, ground workers - we need you all behind this. The time to tell your unions you won't stand for it is now, or rest assured the...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Nov 2008, 10:47
Replies: 245
Views: 35,406
Posted By Desperate

Bruce - an excellent post.

Bruce - an excellent post.
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jan 2008, 18:18
Replies: 309
Views: 83,206
Posted By Desperate

Skylark58 That article should be copied...

Skylark58

That article should be copied worldwide - summed it up perfectly. It should line the walls of every search point in every airport, but it won't of course.

Yet still we endure this...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Dec 2007, 13:12
Replies: 63
Views: 21,922
Posted By Desperate

Aviation's excellent safety record has only been...

Aviation's excellent safety record has only been achieved because people are willing to admit their mistakes without fear of the Police knocking on their door.

As soon as you introduce phrases...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Sep 2007, 10:33
Replies: 79
Views: 32,817
Posted By Desperate

No, ACBus1, he isn't management. Just a...

No, ACBus1, he isn't management.

Just a very good line captain, decent bloke, excellent CRM etc and certainly wouldn't feature on anyone's list of an accident waiting to happen. In fact I can't...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Sep 2006, 17:25
Replies: 58
Views: 13,171
Posted By Desperate

So, according to Sky News, from November (note,...

So, according to Sky News, from November (note, not next month) we can carry liquid toiletries as long as they're in containers no bigger than 100mls.

Anyone know the specific gravity of Colgate 2...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Sep 2006, 23:43
Replies: 58
Views: 13,171
Posted By Desperate

Hardly now the most accessible forum in which to...

Hardly now the most accessible forum in which to discuss the draconian, and senseless, daily stupidity we are forced to endure.

Not a good time to 'close' a thread, Danny. Musicians unions have...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Sep 2006, 17:08
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

My advice is to insist the police are called. The...

My advice is to insist the police are called. The police are bound by a number of rules - PACE (Police & Criminal Evidence Act) and whatever has replaced parts of it.

As long as you're not...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Sep 2006, 20:35
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

mfaff Your earlier posting floated the fanciful...

mfaff
Your earlier posting floated the fanciful notion of an entirely bogus crew – flight deck and cabin crew - somehow appearing in the correct security channel at the correct time with the...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2006, 09:30
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

mfaff You clearly have not the faintest idea...

mfaff

You clearly have not the faintest idea what you're talking about.

Brakedwell gave you just one example of where reality and your fantasy world differs, yet you persist with your ignorant...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Sep 2006, 22:34
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Quite simply, they were better organised and took...

Quite simply, they were better organised and took their fight to the media effectively. That's where the battles are won - all the broadsheets carried their very legitimate concerns. They even got...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Sep 2006, 15:20
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Globaliser - you've missed the point of all this....

Globaliser - you've missed the point of all this. Confrontation, with the resulting stress and anxiety just before preparing a large passenger airliner for departure, leads to mistakes. Those...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Sep 2006, 09:00
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate ...

Transport Security and Contingencies Directorate
Department for Transport
5th Floor
Southside
105 Victoria Street
LONDON SW1E 6DT

T: 020 7944 2781
F: 020 7944 2170...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2006, 13:16
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Thanks for the contact details MJ May I...

Thanks for the contact details MJ

May I suggest we make a start with this today - address and phone number as above. It's time we took this outside into the (un)real world.

We should also post...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Sep 2006, 18:02
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

At least it's a start. So far we're only...

At least it's a start.

So far we're only preaching to the converted on this site and BALPA have done sweet f.a.

Why don't we append all the farcical events that have been posted on the threads...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Sep 2006, 18:32
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Journalists - are you reading this? Then for...

Journalists - are you reading this? Then for God's sake start publishing. Should do wonders for Marmite sales, as well as highlight the abject stupidity we (professional pilots) are up against.
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Aug 2006, 23:18
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Do not be intimidated by these people! You are...

Do not be intimidated by these people! You are not committing any offence, particularly while complying with the conditions of your licence. The entire flying community needs just this publicity, a...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Aug 2006, 16:35
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

Balpa Calls for Stakeholders Summit That was...

Balpa Calls for Stakeholders Summit

That was the original thread - two weeks and 136 postings ago.

Can anybody tell me what's happened since? Why are we pilots still treated like terrorists?...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Aug 2006, 10:50
Replies: 419
Views: 104,502
Posted By Desperate

Brighton Pebbles I have to agree with Moist...

Brighton Pebbles

I have to agree with Moist on this - there is overwhelming support from the cabin crew I've been flying with over the past weeks. It's not really surprising because we all try to...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Aug 2006, 20:36
Replies: 419
Views: 104,502
Posted By Desperate

Find another job!

Find another job!
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Aug 2006, 19:47
Replies: 419
Views: 104,502
Posted By Desperate

Brighton Rocks If you are not a professional...

Brighton Rocks

If you are not a professional pilot then why are you posting on a professional pilots' rumour network?

More to the point, why get so agitated by the overwhelming vote of no...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Aug 2006, 17:17
Replies: 1,031
Views: 244,624
Posted By Desperate

There was never a suggestion that Anne Murphy was...

There was never a suggestion that Anne Murphy was 'turned' into trying to blow up the El Al flight out of LHR, as some fantasists on this site would love to believe. She was a pregnant, naive Irish...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jan 2005, 19:48
Replies: 164
Views: 47,658
Posted By Desperate

bjcc I worry about you, I really do. ...

bjcc

I worry about you, I really do.

Due to a former life, I am probably better qualified than many to give my tuppenceworth about the Old Bill. Plod are a strange group: there are some really...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th May 2004, 11:58
Replies: 61
Views: 12,933
Posted By Desperate

Maxi101 asks if the '90 minute' advice of maximum...

Maxi101 asks if the '90 minute' advice of maximum travelling time is to the car park or to the place of report.

If you ask the CAA - as I have - they will tell you it's to the place of report....
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2004, 12:53
Replies: 61
Views: 12,933
Posted By Desperate

Remember Selby? Driver (allegedly) fell asleep,...

Remember Selby? Driver (allegedly) fell asleep, vehicle & trailer went down the embankment onto railway line. Hit by a train - passengers on train were killed.

Driver was charged with causing...
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