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19th Mar 2024, 07:51
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
19th Mar 2024, 07:17
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
18th Mar 2024, 18:25
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
16th Mar 2024, 11:48
Replies: 50
Views: 17,513
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...
16th Mar 2024, 11:40
Replies: 18
Views: 5,453
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....
16th Mar 2024, 11:26
Replies: 6
Views: 3,260
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.
16th Mar 2024, 07:19
Replies: 491
Views: 311,585
Posted By Plastic787

so they’re not leaving then?

so they’re not leaving then?
10th Mar 2024, 08:39
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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)
6th Mar 2024, 08:03
Replies: 86
Views: 25,962
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...
2nd Mar 2024, 16:02
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
2nd Mar 2024, 15:04
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
15th Feb 2024, 10:59
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Views: 468,557
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...
15th Feb 2024, 07:44
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
14th Feb 2024, 18:41
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
14th Feb 2024, 16:05
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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....
12th Feb 2024, 06:53
Replies: 295
Views: 60,135
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.
9th Feb 2024, 06:10
Replies: 107
Views: 54,821
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...
8th Feb 2024, 10:42
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
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...
3rd Feb 2024, 14:31
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

Which was my entire point. If you’ve never flown...

Which was my entire point. If you’ve never flown an Airbus the 320 will serve you perfectly well enough to give you a heads up enough to display your non technical skills. No need whatsoever to bust...
3rd Feb 2024, 08:31
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

A couple of hours in an A320 sim would prepare...

A couple of hours in an A320 sim would prepare you more than adequately for an A380 sim assessment.
1st Feb 2024, 21:10
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

Hits your pension much more significantly than...

Hits your pension much more significantly than that in the long run though. As with everything it requires careful consideration.
31st Jan 2024, 23:28
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

Which sadly also isn’t a guarantee and doesn’t...

Which sadly also isn’t a guarantee and doesn’t help you out on reserve!
30th Jan 2024, 22:50
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

how exactly do you propose you’re going to get a...

how exactly do you propose you’re going to get a worse scenario than almost zero revenue coming in? That’s not a downturn that’s a shutdown. My words were you are not going to see worse than that and...
29th Jan 2024, 16:07
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

But that, in my opinion, is a very myopic...

But that, in my opinion, is a very myopic decision to your own detriment. Covid, as I said before, was an almost total ground stop to the entire industry. Virtually zero revenue coming into the...
28th Jan 2024, 15:39
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

which line would that be exactly? There’s no line...

which line would that be exactly? There’s no line to be swallowed it’s a matter of simple fact, which some would appear incapable of grasping.
27th Jan 2024, 19:20
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

Those pilots unlucky enough to have been binned...

Those pilots unlucky enough to have been binned off the 747 and 380 fleets were made redundant on seniority and seniority alone.

The safe seniority line did not move an inch as a result of the...
26th Jan 2024, 16:35
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

busdriver01 has already beaten me to it above but...

busdriver01 has already beaten me to it above but - during the worst downturn for aviation we are ever going to see in our lifetimes (if WWIII broke out I think we’d have bigger problems to worry...
25th Jan 2024, 15:26
Replies: 41
Views: 22,350
Posted By Plastic787

Had a departure from Jersey (A319) once delayed...

Had a departure from Jersey (A319) once delayed by a Blue Islands ATR Pilot who announced that we had a hatch open as we taxied past them on stand. Fire Service came out to have a look and after...
24th Jan 2024, 16:42
Replies: 132
Views: 71,510
Posted By Plastic787

Depends where it was purchased and also the cost...

Depends where it was purchased and also the cost to tanker it when it’s not burnt itself. The airline accountants will disagree with you even if I don’t necessarily myself.
22nd Jan 2024, 09:44
Replies: 491
Views: 311,585
Posted By Plastic787

Perhaps Branson learned of a different way to...

Perhaps Branson learned of a different way to treat people on Epstein’s island?
20th Jan 2024, 11:03
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

it certainly can be (fragile) I think the issue...

it certainly can be (fragile) I think the issue is nothing is getting fixed properly because a) Emirates are hoovering up all the spare parts and b) we lost a fair amount of engineering experience...
19th Jan 2024, 19:11
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

The 380 is the best kept secret in the company....

The 380 is the best kept secret in the company. By far the best fleet IMHO. SIN comes back in March, HKG rumoured end of year, LAX already back on the fleet for the summer. Still not a huge variety...
14th Jan 2024, 07:21
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

No tech questions.

No tech questions.
14th Jan 2024, 04:55
Replies: 32
Views: 13,981
Posted By Plastic787

If you mean was it outside the gates, yes that...

If you mean was it outside the gates, yes that has been answered and yes it was but by the matter of a few hundred meters if that. Enough you might say but still truly shocking, especially when...
5th Dec 2023, 12:42
Replies: 899
Views: 468,557
Posted By Plastic787

Before I left the fleet there were a couple of...

Before I left the fleet there were a couple of Training FO appointments that almost universally raised eyebrows amongst the captains I flew with. Don't tell me they’re making trouble already.
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