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Forum: Rumours & News
6th Oct 2012, 23:26
Replies: 518
Views: 213,910
Posted By talent

My mate suggests Room with a view's statement...

My mate suggests Room with a view's statement about the Valencia maydays appears to be based on a statement Mick issued saying that the IAA report (on the Ryanair website) was the final report into...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Oct 2012, 21:13
Replies: 518
Views: 213,910
Posted By talent

Enjoy the View says "this incident is closed and...

Enjoy the View says "this incident is closed and hopefully buried." Hopefully buried perhaps, but certainly not closed. According to a Spanish mate The Spanish accident investigators CAIAIC are...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Oct 2012, 14:05
Replies: 518
Views: 213,910
Posted By talent

But it does say new policy in place since last...

But it does say new policy in place since last month. Pilots seem to have to explain if they land with more fuel than anticipated. Anonymous Captain says there is pressure on pilots to load less...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Oct 2012, 14:02
Replies: 518
Views: 213,910
Posted By talent

Good question. Story not clear on that point.

Good question. Story not clear on that point.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Oct 2012, 13:54
Replies: 518
Views: 213,910
Posted By talent

According to today's Irish Daily Mirror (page 14)...

According to today's Irish Daily Mirror (page 14) Ryanair has recently reduced the amount of extra fuel its Captains can take without seeking approval. They could take 300 kg (on top of trip fuel +...
Forum: Cabin Crew Wannabes
11th Sep 2012, 14:58
Replies: 7
Views: 8,198
Posted By talent

The Crewlink course is only acceptable to Ryanair...

The Crewlink course is only acceptable to Ryanair which actually (through an intermediary and some smoke and mirrors) gives the course. Although it is provided via Crewlink, the course is usually...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Sep 2012, 10:24
Replies: 36
Views: 18,744
Posted By talent

a330jockey: Given that there hasn't been a...

a330jockey:

Given that there hasn't been a major change in the construction of aluminium aircraft since the 1960s I wonder if the modern rarity of aircraft losses due to turbulence is not due to...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Sep 2012, 10:14
Replies: 36
Views: 18,744
Posted By talent

Stator Vane: At Mount Fuji it wasn't a DC-8, was...

Stator Vane: At Mount Fuji it wasn't a DC-8, was a Boeing 707 and it belonged to a British airline, BOAC and I just happened to be reading about it last night (in a great book on air crash...
Forum: Cabin Crew Wannabes
11th Apr 2012, 22:31
Replies: 7
Views: 16,006
Posted By talent

Ryanair Cabin Crew

Sorry - I never addressed your actual questions. Yes, you are much better off working for another airline. No, your choice of base is meaningless. They will send you where they want, not where you...
Forum: Cabin Crew Wannabes
11th Apr 2012, 22:23
Replies: 7
Views: 16,006
Posted By talent

Ryanair Cabin Crew

Some facts you may not be aware of. No other airline charges you so much for your training, no other airline (by its own admission) fires between 10% and somewhere near 30% of its new trainees in...
Forum: Cabin Crew
9th Nov 2011, 10:23
Replies: 1
Views: 3,525
Posted By talent

Ryanair Calendars

My niece is starting with Ryanair soon and is worried about onboard sales. She has heard of new cabin crew disciplined or even let go becasue they didn't sell enough to pax. In particular she's...
Forum: Cabin Crew
31st Jul 2011, 19:27
Replies: 2
Views: 3,684
Posted By talent

Ryanair

Anything is better than Ryanair. If you can get into BA or Virgin you'll earn more and be treated with a lot more respect. You'll also enjoy your work and have a lot more fun. Get out of Ryanair as...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2011, 17:03
Replies: 1,357
Views: 809,242
Posted By talent

I imagine MondeZetec might have a specific...

I imagine MondeZetec might have a specific operator in mind but in any well supervised environment no operator should be allowed to push at the boundaries of the envelope, and if there is one that...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Feb 2011, 15:58
Replies: 1,357
Views: 809,242
Posted By talent

FDR

Mad Jock,
Any idea what make and model FDR was fitted? Sunstrand or was it another one? 16 paramaters is still quite limited even for the early 1990s.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2011, 14:37
Replies: 1,357
Views: 809,242
Posted By talent

Prop blades

I'm more interested in why prop blades on the left engine survived while they are bent/sheared off (hard to tell) on the other side. Did this mean the left engine had stopped some time prior to...
Forum: Cabin Crew
15th May 2010, 08:49
Replies: 24
Views: 3,656
Posted By talent

I teach dinghy sailing sometimes in my local club...

I teach dinghy sailing sometimes in my local club (near Dublin, Ireland) and unlike pre-takeoff briefings, the lifejacket drill is eagerly watched because these folks know they are going in the drink...
Forum: Cabin Crew
5th May 2010, 08:27
Replies: 67
Views: 15,781
Posted By talent

Surprised that few people are focussing on the...

Surprised that few people are focussing on the safety aspect of all this.

1. US stats show that 4000 cabin crew injured annually either attempting to help pax shove bags into lockers or by same...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Nov 2008, 14:12
Replies: 104
Views: 43,211
Posted By talent

Testing for mental illness

Apart from answering a declaration that you have/have not suffered a mental illness or seen a psychiatrist, does anyone know of any pilots asked to undergo a psychiatric examination?

Don't want...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Sep 2008, 15:09
Replies: 113
Views: 45,755
Posted By talent

"Did they reach a high enough altitude for the...

"Did they reach a high enough altitude for the (lack of) pressurisation to trigger the oxygen masks, or did the pilots activate the masks - if so, why?"

My Question also. Seems strange, especially...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Aug 2008, 10:53
Replies: 47
Views: 9,815
Posted By talent

Would you not think it is such an important item...

Would you not think it is such an important item (how much useful consciousness do you have left once the masks drop?) that it merits a briefing? In Europe so many low-cost carriers are using...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jun 2008, 21:45
Replies: 53
Views: 23,223
Posted By talent

I think airline people are getting their jockeys...

I think airline people are getting their jockeys in a twist over something which may never affect them. I don't know if they have changed their policy since but when I spent a forthnight with the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2008, 21:46
Replies: 42
Views: 5,935
Posted By talent

Big problem I forecast is that when the onboard...

Big problem I forecast is that when the onboard Pico cell is switched off, pax will have their mobiles turned on anyhow in the belief that, once MOL says it's OK, you can use them any time. Below...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Mar 2008, 22:42
Replies: 32
Views: 12,805
Posted By talent

Bia Botal, What about the crew vans in Dublin? ...

Bia Botal,
What about the crew vans in Dublin?
Talent
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2008, 18:16
Replies: 105
Views: 32,180
Posted By talent

The various investigations lacked three things...

The various investigations lacked three things which most air accident sleuths would say is almost essential to solving a crash mystery.
1. No FDR
2. No CVR
3. Very little wreckage.

There is a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2008, 15:46
Replies: 105
Views: 32,180
Posted By talent

Panop, I heard that broadcast on RTE and it all...

Panop,
I heard that broadcast on RTE and it all seemed plausible until I heard one of the witnesses say the plane flew so low that he could see the pax through the windows. Hmmm ...

BTW, that...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2008, 15:35
Replies: 105
Views: 32,180
Posted By talent

Just a spotter, WAnt to pull you up on your...

Just a spotter,
WAnt to pull you up on your reasons for the crash of EI-AOF June 22, 1967. This was, of course, the Aer Lingus Viscount on a training flight.

"The accident report blamed...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2008, 14:07
Replies: 7
Views: 3,577
Posted By talent

Newforest2, Thanks, I'll follow up those...

Newforest2,
Thanks, I'll follow up those references.
Talent
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2008, 14:04
Replies: 7
Views: 3,577
Posted By talent

Jabberwok, Many thanks - that's a very fine...

Jabberwok,
Many thanks - that's a very fine photo.
Talent
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Feb 2008, 15:56
Replies: 7
Views: 3,577
Posted By talent

1989 Partnair Convair Crash off Denmark

Does anyone know if there was a good English language account ever written about this disaster in any of the magazines, or a newspaper, or a book even?

thanks
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
17th Feb 2008, 15:18
Replies: 83
Views: 23,231
Posted By talent

It's nice to keep old aircraft flying but I would...

It's nice to keep old aircraft flying but I would not like to suffer the sad fate of the firefighters whose ageing Hercules came asunder in midair in 1994, and another in 2002. Or the crew of the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Feb 2008, 09:27
Replies: 15
Views: 2,910
Posted By talent

MNNET, Although pilot error was effectively...

MNNET,
Although pilot error was effectively given as the cause by the NTSB I would say that the real error was not omitting to follow a checklist, or failing to notice the misset rudder but in...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Feb 2008, 18:46
Replies: 15
Views: 2,910
Posted By talent

MNTTECH, I think you're right about the date....

MNTTECH,
I think you're right about the date. I'm relying on increasingly frail memories. My memory of the investigation was that the DAR who authorised the ferry flight was a light aircraft man...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Feb 2008, 17:44
Replies: 15
Views: 2,910
Posted By talent

They seem to have had a patch of bad luck back in...

They seem to have had a patch of bad luck back in 1991 when a 707 they were selling to the US military crashed after a wingstrike on take-off from an Arizona boneyard killing two. When the NTSB...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jan 2008, 15:56
Replies: 477
Views: 130,674
Posted By talent

EASA and the Q400

Actually EASA has just now reconfirmed its faith in the airworthiness of the Q400. Just spotted this on an EASA bulletin:

EASA meeting with Transport Canada Civil Aviation and National Aviation...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2008, 11:38
Replies: 477
Views: 130,674
Posted By talent

So far SAS is the only one complaining, makes you...

So far SAS is the only one complaining, makes you wonder?
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