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Forum: Military Aviation
11th Jan 2015, 21:51
Replies: 66
Views: 22,921
Posted By Bongodog1964

Distance 1-way from RAF Mildenhall, Bury Saint...

Distance 1-way from RAF Mildenhall, Bury Saint Edmunds, EN IP28 8NG, United Kingdom to London, UK: 129.7 km (80.6 mi) via M11.

Driving time: 1 h 36 min (if traffic allows).

I live a few miles...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Jan 2015, 09:02
Replies: 66
Views: 22,921
Posted By Bongodog1964

Terrible news for Mildenhall, there's not much...

Terrible news for Mildenhall, there's not much around there apart from farmland and trees. The local economy will take a big hit. Who has a need for a large military installation in the back end of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Sep 2013, 16:34
Replies: 14
Views: 3,983
Posted By Bongodog1964

This story stretches the imagination to breaking...

This story stretches the imagination to breaking point. We are expected to believe that a member of gate staff working indirectly for Easyjet can look down the queue and pick out visually a person...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jul 2013, 10:53
Replies: 158
Views: 45,322
Posted By Bongodog1964

Mother in distress (or drama queen in need of...

Mother in distress (or drama queen in need of guidance) captivep was correct, you booked "use it or lose it" tickets. If you then don't use any part of them your only redress is via your insurance...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Aug 2012, 10:50
Replies: 42
Views: 16,325
Posted By Bongodog1964

Sarah.... Firstly, Social Charges are just...

Sarah....

Firstly, Social Charges are just another name for tax! HMRC or whoever your authority is takes this money and passes it onto the Treasury. Your HR dept (if PAYE) calculate the 2...
Forum: Military Aviation
9th Jan 2012, 21:25
Replies: 16
Views: 6,176
Posted By Bongodog1964

Aren't the RAF Tristars L1011-500's ? all the...

Aren't the RAF Tristars L1011-500's ? all the quoted documents refer to other models
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2012, 11:05
Replies: 128
Views: 35,384
Posted By Bongodog1964

Quote: Look on the bright side, its the 1st...

Quote:
Look on the bright side, its the 1st time that the RAF have ever operated a new tanker, all the predecessors have been other peoples cast off.
Don't recall the Trimotor being a tanker prior...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Jan 2012, 17:12
Replies: 128
Views: 35,384
Posted By Bongodog1964

Airbus have around 350 outstanding A330 orders,...

Airbus have around 350 outstanding A330 orders, production rates have been increased in order to meet demand. Airlines ordered 97 gross (83 net) from Jan - Nov last year.

Whilst it is true that...
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Sep 2011, 20:17
Replies: 90
Views: 17,679
Posted By Bongodog1964

what a surprise (not), the company who decided...

what a surprise (not), the company who decided to get out of civil aircraft by selling their 30% stake in Airbus and invest the proceeds into defence, even though we were already seeing military...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th May 2011, 22:29
Replies: 276
Views: 75,873
Posted By Bongodog1964

Reported today in the Cambridge News,...

Reported today in the Cambridge News, redundancies at Marshalls as the MOD have cancelled the Tristar cockpit upgrade "without warning"

I would have thought that being so far behind schedule that...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Jun 2010, 13:12
Replies: 2,279
Views: 341,963
Posted By Bongodog1964

This wasn't during a strike but to cope with day...

This wasn't during a strike but to cope with day to day disruption. With poor training. On your days off. I did say not as cabin crew. Managers in BA aren't what you would expect in other industries...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
6th Jun 2010, 20:43
Replies: 2,747
Views: 825,237
Posted By Bongodog1964

Quite a few BA 777's don't have AVOD, as their...

Quite a few BA 777's don't have AVOD, as their entertainment systems weren't able to be converted. These were the 1st of the GE engined models.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th Jun 2010, 14:26
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,257
Posted By Bongodog1964

Diplome Quote: I would agree with most of...

Diplome
Quote:
I would agree with most of your post except that I don't believe this dispute will lead to the demise of BA., quite the opposite.
Hi, sorry, it's part of a much longer series of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jun 2010, 09:59
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,257
Posted By Bongodog1964

BAssa's membership figure shown on their website...

BAssa's membership figure shown on their website is falling by about three members per day at present. How long does it take for a member to resign and no longer be counted ? By rights as stated by...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jun 2010, 09:07
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,257
Posted By Bongodog1964

It is hardly surprising that we have on the one...

It is hardly surprising that we have on the one hand strikers claiming that solidarity to the cause is hardening, yet the evidence all suggests the opposite. It is without doubt true that there is a...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Mar 2010, 10:04
Replies: 40
Views: 6,135
Posted By Bongodog1964

If I was as unhappy with BA (or any other...

If I was as unhappy with BA (or any other organisation) as you appear to be, I would never touch them with a bargepole, yet you have been moaning for years about BA and continue to let them have your...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Mar 2010, 09:58
Replies: 40
Views: 6,135
Posted By Bongodog1964

So when they contacted you to ask if they had...

So when they contacted you to ask if they had charged you, why did you give them the wrong answer ?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Mar 2010, 09:39
Replies: 40
Views: 6,135
Posted By Bongodog1964

Lets get this right: By his own admission,...

Lets get this right:

By his own admission, the man gets a call from BA "have we charged you for the tickets" he says he checked with his credit card company then went back to BA and said "no you...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Mar 2010, 21:47
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,257
Posted By Bongodog1964

Quote: Cabin crew who are failing to report are...

Quote:
Cabin crew who are failing to report are being suspended indefinitely
Surely, if the strike is legal, to suspend the staff striking must be illegal. Looks like we're going back to the dark...
Forum: Cabin Crew
20th Sep 2009, 06:29
Replies: 22
Views: 6,662
Posted By Bongodog1964

This just shows how incompetent and useless the...

This just shows how incompetent and useless the Crown Prosecution Service is:
The incident took place in an Indian airliner somewhere over Asia, and they fail to realise that a UK court will not...
Forum: Cabin Crew
6th Jul 2009, 16:25
Replies: 6,533
Views: 1,119,316
Posted By Bongodog1964

nuigini

Oh my heart bleeds come down to the real world 10 days off a month think yourself lucky dear. My husband is a funeral director and can get called out up to three times in a night but still manages to...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2009, 14:57
Replies: 143
Views: 36,511
Posted By Bongodog1964

I really can't see what people are moaning about....

I really can't see what people are moaning about.

You have to put your liquid items in a bag, and place them in a tray for scanning, just the same as the passengers.

It's taken longer to...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
13th Oct 2008, 09:59
Replies: 38
Views: 3,348
Posted By Bongodog1964

Blue Ray; where are you coming from ? To...

Blue Ray; where are you coming from ?

To summarise:
Number of planes affected 3
Number of planes seriously damaged 0
Number of passengers injured 0
Number of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
11th Jul 2008, 21:44
Replies: 17
Views: 3,419
Posted By Bongodog1964

You might be better off with 2 + 2 at the side as...

You might be better off with 2 + 2 at the side as the exit from the middle seats in the block of 4 is through the feet of the passengers in the next row; which is a bit of a step over for small legs...
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