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Search: Posts Made By: MissChief
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Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2024, 00:07
Replies: 1,785
Views: 3,065,571
Posted By MissChief

I disagree. The Captain made the decisions, did...

I disagree. The Captain made the decisions, did not observe what was going on, and chose to go-around, sentencing most to death. Himself included. Standard flight deck gradient in Pakistan. As steep...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Mar 2024, 23:26
Replies: 13
Views: 6,486
Posted By MissChief

Security people in Canada (YVR and YYC...

Security people in Canada (YVR and YYC particularly) can be over-zealous, to put it politely. Crew hated operating home to the UK from these airports. As did I.
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Mar 2024, 14:14
Replies: 118
Views: 69,211
Posted By MissChief

Proper poisoning

Try getting eyedrops in your crew meal halfway across the Atlantic. Some idiot cabin crew member did that (Thomas Cook Airways) and the pilot was incapacitated for hours. Naturally it was covered up...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Jan 2024, 18:58
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,524
Posted By MissChief

If you are approaching to land and informed "we...

If you are approaching to land and informed "we have departure", you would not assume that that transmission meant that you would have a departure AFTER you have landed. That would be irrelevant.
...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
3rd Jan 2024, 17:54
Replies: 1,146
Views: 1,046,524
Posted By MissChief

"We have departure"

Despite JAL 516 being informed "we have departure" and subsequently JAL 166 being told "we have departure", no departing aircraft was cleared to line up on 34R. And then JAL 516 was cleared to land,...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jan 2024, 22:03
Replies: 39
Views: 20,023
Posted By MissChief

Single pilot operation apparently.

Single pilot operation apparently.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Dec 2023, 17:42
Replies: 318
Views: 238,692
Posted By MissChief

Most unlikely.

Most unlikely.
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Dec 2023, 22:34
Replies: 132
Views: 72,480
Posted By MissChief

Jump-seated once from GLA-MAN with an idiot TCX...

Jump-seated once from GLA-MAN with an idiot TCX management pilot, who took plog of 4.6 tons in an empty A330. Legal, but crass. Said idiot got caught out badly using plog fuel on a long one to CUN....
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Oct 2023, 19:40
Replies: 120
Views: 68,259
Posted By MissChief

Looks like a very strange individual.

Looks like a very strange individual.
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Sep 2023, 22:21
Replies: 54
Views: 23,881
Posted By MissChief

QR....

Not a favoured airline by many. No further comment from my side.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Sep 2023, 09:31
Replies: 19
Views: 10,803
Posted By MissChief

Apocryphal story (true) of a chap who had just...

Apocryphal story (true) of a chap who had just passed his Class 1 CAA medical who collapsed and died, suffering a heart attack as he left the examiner's office. So much for his ECG. So much for the...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Aug 2023, 13:36
Replies: 410
Views: 184,766
Posted By MissChief

CFMU? NOP?

CFMU? NOP?
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jul 2023, 10:31
Replies: 98
Views: 84,823
Posted By MissChief

Illogical comment. I have no axe to grind about...

Illogical comment. I have no axe to grind about female pilots, and have every sympathy with those that have been mis-treated in the course of their duties. However, I have an axe to grind about the...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jun 2023, 18:12
Replies: 98
Views: 84,823
Posted By MissChief

Is this really so important? Hardly a flight...

Is this really so important? Hardly a flight safety issue, and not very interesting to most of us. Anyway, well done Ryanair.
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Jun 2023, 16:27
Replies: 5
Views: 4,110
Posted By MissChief

Yes, but...

If they could only stop themselves from executing Sri Lankan maids/slaves, then I would believe progress has been made.
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jun 2023, 20:41
Replies: 1,785
Views: 3,065,571
Posted By MissChief

Crash Report PIA A320 Karachi

After over 3 years, no official report is forthcoming. PIA and the Pakistani authorities are clearly up to their old tricks.

I'll avoid flying in any airline of that country, simply because of...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th May 2023, 22:11
Replies: 24
Views: 8,600
Posted By MissChief

FO was bang to rights. Use the other guy to do...

FO was bang to rights. Use the other guy to do radios and to monitor the essentials such as fuel, navigation, adherence to ATC instructions and to the STAR, along with flight parameters. LAS can be a...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2023, 22:25
Replies: 38
Views: 15,073
Posted By MissChief

727 does fine on 2 engines in the cruise. Heard...

727 does fine on 2 engines in the cruise. Heard one go paxing from Benghazi to Tripoli, positioning with the local lot, and all went fine. Guess they were used to it. Early 2001, I recall.
Forum: Middle East
13th Apr 2023, 21:55
Replies: 1,044
Views: 631,843
Posted By MissChief

Unhappiness

EK seems now to be an unhappy airline to work for, and Dubai is clearly an unhappy and expensive place to live in. Abu Dhabi and Doha sound very similar, with Doha offering even less freedoms for...
Forum: Middle East
5th Apr 2023, 22:26
Replies: 1,061
Views: 854,041
Posted By MissChief

Careful up there guys. Locals can be seriously...

Careful up there guys. Locals can be seriously dodgy, esp LH seat. SOP's are not always adhered to. And, as for remuneration...Turkish Lira is heading to worthless.
Forum: Middle East
5th Apr 2023, 22:20
Replies: 1,241
Views: 937,780
Posted By MissChief

Enjoy Doha, folks. Fun place to live.

Enjoy Doha, folks. Fun place to live.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Mar 2023, 21:11
Replies: 1
Views: 1,598
Posted By MissChief

Great news. This may signal a major change in...

Great news. This may signal a major change in international air travel, sincerely.
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Feb 2023, 19:19
Replies: 32
Views: 11,003
Posted By MissChief

Think of salary structures. Most Long Haul...

Think of salary structures. Most Long Haul operators promote pilots from their Short/Medium Haul Ops. Would SH/MH folk take a big drop in earnings to work as a back-up cruise pilot on the LH fleet?...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
16th Jan 2023, 22:55
Replies: 672
Views: 612,840
Posted By MissChief

Poor piloting in all probability. The FDR and CVR...

Poor piloting in all probability. The FDR and CVR should answer the questions and theories here. Best now to wait, but not to forget. After all, Pokhara is not Buffalo. It is an insignificant...
Forum: Middle East
9th Jan 2023, 21:27
Replies: 219
Views: 223,663
Posted By MissChief

Cannot blame Brian. Many better opportunities...

Cannot blame Brian. Many better opportunities back in Europe, without the stresses of living in Dubai.
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
3rd Jan 2023, 17:49
Replies: 13
Views: 5,455
Posted By MissChief

OK. No problem for me now.

OK. No problem for me now.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
2nd Jan 2023, 08:50
Replies: 35
Views: 11,232
Posted By MissChief

Lucky lady, if foolish. Mountain passes are not...

Lucky lady, if foolish. Mountain passes are not for the novice, as she evidently is. Mountain flying requires specific knowledge not covered in any PPL syllabus. I would venture to suggest that this...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
2nd Jan 2023, 08:41
Replies: 13
Views: 5,455
Posted By MissChief

Hardly news of significance, more like a...

Hardly news of significance, more like a promotional message.
Forum: Middle East
21st Nov 2022, 09:36
Replies: 20
Views: 21,643
Posted By MissChief

Bit surprising to be attracted to any ME-based...

Bit surprising to be attracted to any ME-based flying job. Esp if you are Swiss-based. Takes all sorts though. Good luck.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
18th Nov 2022, 22:13
Replies: 61
Views: 53,460
Posted By MissChief

Hmm. Not good. Training exercise on an active...

Hmm. Not good. Training exercise on an active runway?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
30th Sep 2022, 12:50
Replies: 128
Views: 25,271
Posted By MissChief

So the SFO seated next to me has a beard and...

So the SFO seated next to me has a beard and moustache, and is wearing a skirt with tights. And perhaps facial and eye make-up.

This will distract me, and at the same time make me feel...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Sep 2022, 18:39
Replies: 16
Views: 4,253
Posted By MissChief

Idiocy

What a foolish comment. The low-hours pilots graduating from Hamble, Oxford and Perth had not simply completed 200 hours GA flying. How inaccurate. Au contraire, one can complete 5000 hours of GA...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Sep 2022, 18:35
Replies: 266
Views: 109,478
Posted By MissChief

What on earth is it with the French? I flew on...

What on earth is it with the French? I flew on contract for Air France back in the day, out of CDG and ORY. The confidence of both pilots and ATC was occasionally misplaced. And it only takes an...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jul 2022, 12:56
Replies: 266
Views: 109,478
Posted By MissChief

On the first approach, why did the PF not engage...

On the first approach, why did the PF not engage TOGA and thereby initiate to go-around as soon as the aircraft reached the indicated MDA? (It appears not from the diagrams above).

And why did...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jul 2022, 21:54
Replies: 54
Views: 30,015
Posted By MissChief

Hmmm....comms between cabin crew and cockpit crew...

Hmmm....comms between cabin crew and cockpit crew in EK? Limited, to put it mildly.
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