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13th Jan 2020, 19:52
Replies: 16
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The last option wasn't mine, it was my wife's. I...

The last option wasn't mine, it was my wife's. I didn't ask her whether she was being serious or not. We were over Sudan or Libya or somewhere like that at the time.
13th Jan 2020, 16:36
Replies: 16
Views: 4,269

Me (after about three hours): Any idea when I'll...

Me (after about three hours): Any idea when I'll be allowed to go to the loo?
Cabin crew (who was walking around past my seat anyway): <Shrugs>
Me: Well, it'll have to be soon.
Cabin crew: Off you...
12th Jan 2020, 10:16
Replies: 16
Views: 4,269

Passenger bladder capacity

When a captain turns on the "fasten seat belt" sign, saying we might be going to hit some turbulence, but then leaves it on for hour after hour after hour (with exactly no actual turbulence...
21st Dec 2019, 21:30
Replies: 96
Views: 39,318

Have you ever heard the phrase "victim...

Have you ever heard the phrase "victim blaming"?
21st Dec 2019, 13:47
Replies: 96
Views: 39,318

Our next flight is on Air France. We are...

Our next flight is on Air France.

We are making the assumption that they have, by now, taught their pilots stall recovery, at least to PPL standard.

That is, however, easier to do than...
21st Dec 2019, 10:51
Replies: 3
Views: 1,165

Air France IFE?

I've got an Air France long haul flight coming up, and they keep sending me emails telling me to download their app so that I can access the IFE.

Does this mean that as I don't have a smartphone I...
1st Nov 2019, 19:18
Replies: 93
Views: 66,369

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mary-beard-heat...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/mary-beard-heathrow-airport-security-made-me-strip-to-my-scrappy-undies-pnz5c3k37
25th Oct 2019, 13:07
24th Oct 2019, 14:52
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,752,825

Unless that "do not" changes to "used not to,...

Unless that "do not" changes to "used not to, before the 737 MAX returned to service".

I have been in the habit of noting the aircraft type out of mild curiosity after I've bought the ticket. If...
19th Oct 2019, 07:25
Replies: 4,656
Views: 4,752,825

Regardless of what deal they stitch up with the...

Regardless of what deal they stitch up with the regulators, they'll have to earn back the trust of the punters if those things aren't going to fly empty.

I, for one, an never going to get into one.
18th Oct 2019, 14:45
Replies: 719
Views: 564,230

No. (Plenty of people will speculate, and...

No.

(Plenty of people will speculate, and some claim inside information, but nobody knows.)
14th Oct 2019, 21:30
Replies: 18
Views: 3,506

Better, surely. A cold call to 121.5, they don't...

Better, surely. A cold call to 121.5, they don't know where you are[#], whereas a Farnborough radar controller does.

[#] At least, not if my most recent practice pan is anything to go by. I called...
14th Oct 2019, 10:36
Replies: 18
Views: 3,506

Teaching you which local services you...

Teaching you

which local services you should talk to when doing the club's standard XC training routes

and teaching you

how to decide for yourself whom, if anyone, you want to talk to just...
8th Oct 2019, 09:56
Replies: 30
Views: 10,651

Nobody has claimed that floatplane flying is...

Nobody has claimed that floatplane flying is cheap!

If you're getting the rating you're hanging around paying for a hotel for a week with nothing much to do except fly (once you've spent a couple...
4th Oct 2019, 16:54
Replies: 10
Views: 3,517

A favourite way to kill yourself in a floatplane...

A favourite way to kill yourself in a floatplane is to land on water with the wheels down.

I have decided that this will never happen to me because I will never get into an amphibian.

(Other...
4th Oct 2019, 16:51
Replies: 47
Views: 10,578

Possibly - in VMC I might miss a VAC warning...

Possibly - in VMC I might miss a VAC warning light coming on if the other pump was still working. But the other occasion involved the altimeter needle jumping around, and I'd have noticed that in VMC.
4th Oct 2019, 11:49
Replies: 47
Views: 10,578

It does know when it's in cloud though! - all the...

It does know when it's in cloud though! - all the suction pump failures and pressure instrument failures I've had have been in IMC.
3rd Oct 2019, 08:38
Replies: 18
Views: 2,826

I did try a VFR flight simulator once upon a...

I did try a VFR flight simulator once upon a time. It was back in the days when scenery was generic, so the field shapes etc didn't match reality, and in particular the main navigational aids that...
1st Oct 2019, 21:16
Replies: 18
Views: 2,826

I used RANT to practice each IR(R) lesson...

I used RANT to practice each IR(R) lesson beforehand. I'm pretty sure this saved me several hours in the air and a significant amount of money.

Doesn't give a realistic flying experience, but does...
1st Oct 2019, 17:38
Replies: 10
Views: 3,517

Yes, I've done it.

Yes, I've done it.
22nd Sep 2019, 19:11
Replies: 48
Views: 37,259

A couple of observations. (1) The old Paddy...

A couple of observations.

(1) The old Paddy Ashdown joke. He was in a meeting in his HQ in Bosnia, which was next door to a petrol station. His staff were getting all worked up about this being a...
12th Sep 2019, 18:26
Replies: 27
Views: 9,323

I have decided that I will solve this one by...

I have decided that I will solve this one by never flying an amphibian.
20th Aug 2019, 18:23
Replies: 14
Views: 3,396

If I were paying an instructor to sit next to me...

If I were paying an instructor to sit next to me and they did "not provide any guidance" I would think I was wasting my money, no?
19th Aug 2019, 21:39
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,892,628

I don't. I don't use London taxis. I'm not rich...

I don't. I don't use London taxis. I'm not rich enough, and I have difficulty imagining who might be able to afford them (when not on expenses).
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18th Aug 2019, 19:16
Replies: 15
Views: 3,659

I can't get my head around how someone can be...

I can't get my head around how someone can be sent solo without having demonstrated competence at deciding when to go around.
18th Aug 2019, 19:15
Replies: 13
Views: 4,236

Nope, Brnik. My only ever flying lesson from a...

Nope, Brnik. My only ever flying lesson from a capital city's main international airport!
18th Aug 2019, 16:54
Replies: 13
Views: 4,236

Well, there's not much danger of accidentally...

Well, there's not much danger of accidentally crossing an international border if you fly in mainland Britain, because you'd notice crossing the sea.

But I went flying in Slovenia once, and that's...
15th Aug 2019, 19:41
Replies: 11
Views: 2,394

An instructor once asked me to plan a radio nav...

An instructor once asked me to plan a radio nav route for IMCR training. Just to make a change from VORs and NDBs I put in something like 30 miles' worth of a DME arc. Instructor seemed to think this...
14th Aug 2019, 22:56
Replies: 2,429
Views: 2,892,628

Not for the first time. There was that...

Not for the first time.

There was that accident that everybody knew was due to being overweight. Until it turned out that it wasn't.
11th Aug 2019, 10:37
Replies: 30
Views: 10,651

Around twice the hourly cost of a landplane....

Around twice the hourly cost of a landplane. Supposedly (others here probably know the real reason) because what would be a minor landing accident in a landplane typically results in capsizing a...
10th Aug 2019, 21:27
Replies: 6
Views: 1,778

I'd avoid the UK. Any training and/or licence you...

I'd avoid the UK. Any training and/or licence you acquire might evaporate on 30 October due to #brex****.
19th Jul 2019, 22:02
Replies: 8
Views: 8,459

If someone with no night rating phoned you and...

If someone with no night rating phoned you and asked you to light up a grass strip with your headlights would you:

(a) choose to become complicit in whatever the outcome was, or:
(b) tell them to...
17th Jul 2019, 19:07
Replies: 55
Views: 34,368

What is a "full instrument failure"? If...

What is a "full instrument failure"?

If you're contemplating a cloud break you're in an IFR certified machine, aren't you, so for a "full instrument failure" you have to lose both vacuum and...
12th Jul 2019, 20:45
Replies: 4
Views: 1,622

Do not misdiagnose an electrical fire as an...

Do not misdiagnose an electrical fire as an engine fire, shut down the engine unnecessarily, crash into houses, and die. As has happened.

Which accident report was the first thing that leapt to my...
1st Jul 2019, 22:10
Replies: 36
Views: 17,568

#NotAllSchools On the climb out I pointed...

#NotAllSchools

On the climb out I pointed out to the instructor that the oil pressure was rather higher than usual (outside the green but below the red).

He took control, flew a circuit, and we...
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