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Search: Posts Made By: Covenant
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Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2003, 01:38
Replies: 43
Views: 6,468
Posted By Covenant

I'm sorry, but whatever the merits of the rest of...

I'm sorry, but whatever the merits of the rest of the piece, an article that starts like this just loses any credibility with me.

As BGPM says: stop the presses! Airbus engaged in sinister...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
29th Mar 2003, 01:57
Replies: 10
Views: 2,923
Posted By Covenant

Bad Company

I have noticed more than one reference to "cowardly" Americans who have stopped flying because of the war.

I would like to suggest that the biggest threat to airlines as a result of the conflict...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jan 2003, 18:27
Replies: 34
Views: 8,441
Posted By Covenant

dontdoit Here is an ever better...

dontdoit


Here is an ever better understatement:



I would say they were alarmed! :)
Forum: Tech Log
11th Oct 2002, 13:55
Replies: 7
Views: 5,873
Posted By Covenant

FlyingForFun That's very interesting! So...

FlyingForFun

That's very interesting! So according to you, you can make an engine produce more power by lowering the nose of the aeroplane? :)

I think you'll find that the extra energy you get...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Oct 2002, 20:17
Replies: 62
Views: 17,896
Posted By Covenant

Eboy

The statistics you linked to are flawed and tend to exaggerate the values for airlines with a greater volume of flights. It may be that this was done unintentionally, or it may be that it was done so...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Sep 2002, 19:33
Replies: 50
Views: 17,671
Posted By Covenant

Pilot Pete

I'm afraid I have to agree with MOR. The "casual factors" if my understanding of English is correct, mean the factors that caused the accident. Here is the excerpt from the report:



No intent...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Sep 2002, 20:10
Replies: 37
Views: 10,386
Posted By Covenant

Hmm, looking at the "prohibited item" list from...

Hmm, looking at the "prohibited item" list from the TSA web site, I notice the inclusion of automatic weapons and hand grenades, but the omission of RPG launchers, AMRAAM missiles and M-1 Abrams...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Jul 2002, 18:26
Replies: 8
Views: 1,482
Posted By Covenant

bodstrup I don't agree. Suicide, whether...

bodstrup

I don't agree. Suicide, whether attempted or committed, is always a selfish act regardless of the way you do it.

To endanger the lives of other people in the act is just doubly...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jul 2002, 14:02
Replies: 79
Views: 20,520
Posted By Covenant

Chuck Hog So you are saying that the...

Chuck Hog

So you are saying that the official investigation overlooked, either deliberately or inadvertently, something in the data that you have managed to discover from looking at a couple of...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2002, 19:11
Replies: 79
Views: 20,520
Posted By Covenant

Rananim My god! You mean an 80 ton aircraft...

Rananim

My god! You mean an 80 ton aircraft travelling downwards at over 100 ft/s doesn't immediately start going up again as soon as you pull the stick back? :D

No it is NOT true that the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Jul 2002, 18:32
Replies: 11
Views: 1,202
Posted By Covenant

Angry Excuse me boris, but you are wrong. I grant...

Excuse me boris, but you are wrong.

I grant that during a steady turn, the resultant acceleration vector on the water would ideally be sufficient for the water to remain level.

This is an ideal...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jul 2002, 16:38
Replies: 175
Views: 68,022
Posted By Covenant

Flash You are correct. "Hydrocarbon:...

Flash

You are correct.

"Hydrocarbon: Any of a class of organic compounds composed only of carbon and hydrogen."

Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) is CH3CH2OH, which means that it is not a hydrocarbon....
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jul 2002, 14:07
Replies: 37
Views: 5,813
Posted By Covenant

Roadtrip! I finally agree with you about...

Roadtrip! I finally agree with you about something! :D
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jul 2002, 14:03
Replies: 175
Views: 68,022
Posted By Covenant

AFAIK, the final test, which is used in court, is...

AFAIK, the final test, which is used in court, is a BAC test taken directly from a blood sample. This level is then extrapolated back to the time of arrest, assuming a standard rate of metabolism....
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jun 2002, 20:01
Replies: 37
Views: 5,813
Posted By Covenant

Engineer There's no problem, but what we are...

Engineer

There's no problem, but what we are talking about is establishing a need.

Surely your only criterion for introducing a ban on something is not simply that there is no problem in doing...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jun 2002, 19:54
Replies: 11
Views: 1,202
Posted By Covenant

This has to be a joke! A swimming pool?? :) ...

This has to be a joke! A swimming pool?? :)

How exactly would they propose to prevent water sloshing all over the place in even the most gentle of banking manoeuvres?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Jun 2002, 19:50
Replies: 6
Views: 1,283
Posted By Covenant

I second that. Good luck to US Airways and their...

I second that. Good luck to US Airways and their subsidiaries. I know that it's a rather obvious choice for me anyway, but they are definitely my carrier of choice for both domestic and transatlantic...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jun 2002, 19:01
Replies: 37
Views: 5,813
Posted By Covenant

on-board duty-free

R1

Personally agree with you about on-board duty free. But the reasons you gave (i.e. terrorism) are very different from the air-rage ones that are the subject of this thread. It is a very valid...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Jun 2002, 17:13
Replies: 37
Views: 5,813
Posted By Covenant

Banning duty free alcohol isn't the answer

I have every sympathy for flight crew who have to deal with drunk, rude or otherwise obnoxious passengers, but I take exception to the current tendency to believe that every ill in "society" can be...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jun 2002, 16:03
Replies: 41
Views: 9,838
Posted By Covenant

Precisely JAFCon. And IF your're a complete...

Precisely JAFCon.

And IF your're a complete w**ker, then I hope you get strung up by the balls.

It's so easy to jump on smokers these days isn't it? Wildfire starts: media say it was a...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jun 2002, 17:32
Replies: 21
Views: 4,655
Posted By Covenant

Angry Not again!

If this thread turns into another US v UK slanging match, we all know who to point the finger at.... again.

Roadtrip, why is it that you can never resist making some snide or outright insulting...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jun 2002, 19:49
Replies: 179
Views: 51,700
Posted By Covenant

Thumbs up Do you know what's scary? This is being acted out...

Do you know what's scary? This is being acted out in just about every industry across the world at the moment. Don't think that the airlines are alone in being afflicted by beancounters.

The...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Jun 2002, 19:38
Replies: 209
Views: 19,253
Posted By Covenant

Cool Ooer

http://www.phys.psu.edu/~randy/misc/crackpot/cuckoo.jpg
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jun 2002, 17:48
Replies: 209
Views: 19,253
Posted By Covenant

And young student Z's reasons for taking airline...

And young student Z's reasons for taking airline C are that they engage in none of these safety practices but offer an extremely low price!

Surely you're not suggesting that all regulations should...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2002, 15:52
Replies: 39
Views: 8,875
Posted By Covenant

Talking Why do they call it Australia when I hear it's...

Why do they call it Australia when I hear it's full of convicts? I guess Wormwood Scrubbs was already taken :D
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Apr 2002, 19:15
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

llamas From the specificity of my example,...

llamas

From the specificity of my example, you correctly deduce that I was referring to a particular case.

The incident I referred to happened maybe a month or two ago and was reported in the...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Apr 2002, 18:06
Replies: 49
Views: 12,573
Posted By Covenant

Question Some of you seem to be advocating the...

Some of you seem to be advocating the availability of un-edited CVR transcripts but not the actual raw data. In terms of privacy (which I understand is the most important - or at least most...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Apr 2002, 17:44
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

Addendum

Having read my previous post, I feel I should add a follow-up regarding a big difference between British and US culture which could account for the disparity of opinion on this subject.

I have...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Apr 2002, 17:21
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

Not Yank bashing

NX211
Good post; I fully agree with you. However, if we are to address the problems in any area of our lives, we cannot do it by ignoring the deficiencies. There are deficiencies in the security...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2002, 18:01
Replies: 45
Views: 14,100
Posted By Covenant

Exclamation I think some people are missing the point here. ...

I think some people are missing the point here.

The pathologist surely didn't mean to say that it was the actual rate of climb that caused the stowaways to die. Rather, he was referring to the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Apr 2002, 17:07
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

llamas If it is found, as I suspect, that...

llamas

If it is found, as I suspect, that she was the victim of an inefficient and confusing security system, or simply made an honest mistake, will you eat your words publicly on this forum?
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2002, 20:05
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

Hand Solo I never meant to imply that BA...

Hand Solo

I never meant to imply that BA were bypassing security procedures, simply that there is security fast tracking going on at PHL.

Maybe I'm just bitter about twice waiting in a 2 hour...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2002, 18:56
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

On a related issue, I have noticed that some...

On a related issue, I have noticed that some airlines (BA is one) appear to have come to some deal with PHL authorities to fast track their business passengers through the inevitably enormous queues...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Apr 2002, 18:38
Replies: 60
Views: 9,299
Posted By Covenant

Strangely enough, the very next week, Thursday...

Strangely enough, the very next week, Thursday 28th February, I was flying out of PHL from terminal A, and there was another security alert involving a passenger breaching security. Once again,...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jan 2002, 01:19
Replies: 34
Views: 2,443
Posted By Covenant

Post The comparison with the hotel industry does not...

The comparison with the hotel industry does not hold water. Hotels do not ask you to pay for your hotel room beore you arrive. If Airlines allowed you to "book" a flight over the phone without paying...
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