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Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Apr 2024, 14:17
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Overtime to keep it simple.

Overtime to keep it simple.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Apr 2024, 14:13
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Tax deductible in many domiciles ;-)

Tax deductible in many domiciles ;-)
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Apr 2024, 09:45
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Are you joining direct LH? If so you should...

Are you joining direct LH? If so you should eclipse what you’re earning as FO/SFO at easyJet without too much bother from day one (Capt is a different story) even after the substantially better pay...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Apr 2024, 11:29
Replies: 869
Views: 502,279
Posted By Plastic787

Only relevant if you’re going to retire to...

Only relevant if you’re going to retire to Romania. What percentage of Wizz Air Pilots does that actually apply to? You can kick that can as far down the road as you like if you want to bury your...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2024, 13:56
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

The biggest drop off is the guys near the top of...

The biggest drop off is the guys near the top of the P77L list taking their command and going from their pick of five day Punta Canas and Cape Towns etc to then slogging it out to the east coast five...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2024, 12:39
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Judging by May 777 rosters the first person I’ve...

Judging by May 777 rosters the first person I’ve seen on iBid who has got more than one full weekend off (excluding Part Time weeks or leave/duty free week) sits at just over 2700 on the MSL. That’s...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2024, 09:18
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Definitely true for long haul where the...

Definitely true for long haul where the demographic is a bit different but during my time on short haul I never failed to get peak summer leave right from the very beginning. I’m guessing because it...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Apr 2024, 15:39
Replies: 869
Views: 502,279
Posted By Plastic787

Not much changed then in over ten years.

Not much changed then in over ten years.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Apr 2024, 15:29
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Which sounds better on paper. In reality it’s...

Which sounds better on paper. In reality it’s more like stolen moments at home and can actually be more frustrating in its own way than being away from home for the duration of a block.

I would...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Apr 2024, 21:14
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

I think the idea is to make the A380 pilots fly...

I think the idea is to make the A380 pilots fly the A350 too but not vice versa so you can utilise the A380 guys and girls more when it’s quiet so it would end up a smaller training footprint than...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Apr 2024, 20:40
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

If that turns out to be true it’s not...

If that turns out to be true it’s not particularly surprising, the 787-10 has better operating economics than the A350-900 on the vast majority of stage lengths that the 777-200s currently perform...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Apr 2024, 08:19
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

the key word here is replace. BA ordering any...

the key word here is replace. BA ordering any amount of 787s and A350s as replacement aircraft to those retirements will not generate additional vacancies but will be filled by internal transfer (no...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Apr 2024, 10:40
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Read my post again

Read my post again
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Apr 2024, 10:16
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Also just from looking at iBid I haven’t seen a...

Also just from looking at iBid I haven’t seen a single DEP join on the 787 in the last year or upcoming as far as May so unless there’s swathes of Virgin escapees from the A350 or Emirates 777 pilots...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Mar 2024, 17:42
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

good luck. It’ll be dire straits for the company...

good luck. It’ll be dire straits for the company before that happens. By the way, just to correct GS-Alpha’s comments above ever so slightly on a small detail, Airbus to Airbus type conversion freeze...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Mar 2024, 23:29
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

So why was this “suitable for long haul”...

So why was this “suitable for long haul” stipulation not a thing just a few short years ago where the exact same set of circumstances you have just described were extant? Am I incorrect in saying...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Mar 2024, 10:47
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

The suitability for Long Haul thing is a bit of a...

The suitability for Long Haul thing is a bit of a red herring in my opinion. The way the BA sim assessment always worked was that if you passed the sim you were deemed capable of passing any BA type...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Mar 2024, 07:51
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

I’ve heard that exact same argument made ten...

I’ve heard that exact same argument made ten years ago too. We can all run pessimistic disaster scenarios until the cows come home, it’s no way to live your life. In any case that still beats the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Mar 2024, 07:17
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

It very much depends on your motivations. It’s a...

It very much depends on your motivations. It’s a very personal decision. The money for being LHS easyJet can quite frankly go take a walk when you’re sat relaxing on the beach downroute vs multiple...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
18th Mar 2024, 18:25
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Just out of interest why the urge on Pprune to...

Just out of interest why the urge on Pprune to not refer to easyjet by name, rather “an orange airline”? Ooooh cryptic :) Is it a little bit like how actors refuse to name Macbeth and call it the...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2024, 11:48
Replies: 52
Views: 21,369
Posted By Plastic787

If he was harbouring a grievance against Boeing...

If he was harbouring a grievance against Boeing and was already suicidal then intimating that he was not suicidal - and that should anything happen it definitely wasn’t suicide - then taking your own...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2024, 11:40
Replies: 18
Views: 6,381
Posted By Plastic787

I often wonder if I’d have had the inspiration to...

I often wonder if I’d have had the inspiration to make this my career had I not done (or had my dad ask for) the exact same. Had in flight visits with Lufthansa, Emirates, British Airways and Virgin....
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Mar 2024, 11:26
Replies: 6
Views: 4,262
Posted By Plastic787

I know the airline accountants have a different...

I know the airline accountants have a different view on the aircraft but for a passenger it’s by far the most comfortable ride in the sky.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th Mar 2024, 07:19
Replies: 495
Views: 326,416
Posted By Plastic787

so they’re not leaving then?

so they’re not leaving then?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Mar 2024, 08:39
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

it’s part of the free travel zone now post Covid....

it’s part of the free travel zone now post Covid. Doesn’t cost anything to/from LHR.

(obviously more relevant to the sim assessment though)
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Mar 2024, 08:03
Replies: 90
Views: 30,673
Posted By Plastic787

Looks like I’m gonna have to be the one calling...

Looks like I’m gonna have to be the one calling BS here. Unless Lady S’s 777 command was one of the protected Midland LH positions there’s no way she could have achieved any LH command in under 12...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Mar 2024, 16:02
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

That’s not HMRC’s concern or remit. The only...

That’s not HMRC’s concern or remit. The only thing they care about is if you are resident or not and what your UK working percentage is to determine your tax liability. What you pay to another...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Mar 2024, 15:04
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

You’ll find it’s nights in the UK now and not 183...

You’ll find it’s nights in the UK now and not 183 days anymore. All dependent on your number of ties to the UK. If you’ve two or more it’ll be 90 nights before you’re considered resident. If it’s...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Feb 2024, 10:59
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Nope. The bottom of the 777 is horrific. If on a...

Nope. The bottom of the 777 is horrific. If on a month with no leave 6 trips a month is not uncommon at all although more frequently it seems to be five and a half (with a trip that carries out into...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Feb 2024, 07:44
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

Funnily enough I was told by a TSC it’s unlikely...

Funnily enough I was told by a TSC it’s unlikely to be paired with the 787 due to the 777/777-9 both having TAC and the 787 not. Do not underestimate the possibility of yet another standalone fleet...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Feb 2024, 18:41
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

But on no other fleet will you be going to such...

But on no other fleet will you be going to such senior places as SIN & JNB so regularly as a junior pilot if you ever see them at all (unlikely). HKG rumoured to be coming back soon too. The...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Feb 2024, 16:05
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

I’d also add because there is nothing shorter...

I’d also add because there is nothing shorter than three days on the A380 and the maintenance is done in Manila any Time Assignable duty they use to make your roster up to CAP is completely unusable....
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Feb 2024, 06:53
Replies: 329
Views: 75,085
Posted By Plastic787

The 2% is guideline it is in absolutely no way...

The 2% is guideline it is in absolutely no way mandated. Go read the charter. Trump is frankly insane at this point.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Feb 2024, 06:10
Replies: 107
Views: 56,294
Posted By Plastic787

Have done both easyjet and BA and I can tell you...

Have done both easyjet and BA and I can tell you Short Haul at BA LHR (despite not being the glamour gig) is night and day easier and less fatiguing than easyJet (well easyjet LGW as that was my...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Feb 2024, 10:42
Replies: 1,106
Views: 553,676
Posted By Plastic787

You don’t necessarily have to do hotlines, both...

You don’t necessarily have to do hotlines, both hotlines and staff travel tickets do the job although obviously you don’t collect your tier points on the latter. Staff travel is a pain granted and...
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