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Forum: South Asia and the Far East
17th Dec 2018, 10:50
Replies: 235
Views: 500,172
Posted By Birdstrike737

Don’t Parc it here

Rishworth has a very mediocre reputation and Parc, forget about it. Parc does not do anything for pilots they don’t absolutely have to — Parc is out for Parc, and that’s it.
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
17th Dec 2018, 10:35
Replies: 38
Views: 22,557
Posted By Birdstrike737

Sounds a lot like a certain gigantic Chinese...

Sounds a lot like a certain gigantic Chinese airline based in Guangzhou. The agencies advertise all over the internet things like reverse-roster bases in LAX and JFK which they have no intention of...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Oct 2018, 05:34
Replies: 2,099
Views: 1,464,678
Posted By Birdstrike737

It’s OK to offer a hypothesis!

To those of you admonishing your colleagues for tossing around first-impressions while “bodies are still warm,” THAT’S WHAT WE DO! WE’RE PILOTS! This thread is not a news organization, it’s a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Oct 2018, 05:08
Replies: 3
Views: 8,285
Posted By Birdstrike737

Lion Air 737 Max off Jakarta

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-asia-46014463
Forum: Middle East
14th May 2018, 22:45
Replies: 134
Views: 80,449
Posted By Birdstrike737

Withheld pilot records?

i heard from a Chinese recruiter that EK pilots can no longer get the necessary records they need for a CAAC license? If true, that’s a kind of slavery. Pilots should always be MOBILE, able to...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
5th Jan 2017, 19:00
Replies: 20
Views: 10,162
Posted By Birdstrike737

Cleared up

Yeah a GA aircraft landed gear-up. On the only jet runway at a busy jet airport. An airport which has a small GA parallel runway.

~sigh~
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
5th Jan 2017, 17:34
Replies: 20
Views: 10,162
Posted By Birdstrike737

LIML accident or incident?

Anyone know what's going on at Milan Linate? I was boarding a Lufthansa flight, commuting to work, and the airport was suddenly "closed for an an accident." I called the ATIS landline and got the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
1st Jan 2017, 11:31
Replies: 226
Views: 181,505
Posted By Birdstrike737

RYR is confusing

Tomuchwork: I was based in Rome for 8 years, flying for Ryanair. I know you don't want to start a Ryanair-bashing session here, but it's pretty tough to talk about Ryanair without airing a bit of...
Forum: North America
1st Oct 2016, 22:29
Replies: 149
Views: 126,590
Posted By Birdstrike737

Pilot fired for doing his job

Lucky him, he's in the states and can easily exercise his legal rights. If he was flying for a low-cost carrier in Europe, he would be wasting his time (LOTS of time, and money) trying to sue the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
18th Feb 2016, 09:06
Replies: 21
Views: 8,769
Posted By Birdstrike737

Nothing gets better by wishing....

Well put, Rat 5. What I saw up-close at RYR was a pilot workforce composed mostly of people who thought they were profiting from O'Leary's crimes, never realising that they were in fact among the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Feb 2016, 12:41
Replies: 21
Views: 8,769
Posted By Birdstrike737

I really hope I'm wrong about money flowing from...

I really hope I'm wrong about money flowing from Ryanair to IALPA/RPG. Any other theory to explain their mindblowing incompetence?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Feb 2016, 10:40
Replies: 21
Views: 8,769
Posted By Birdstrike737

Getting the blindfolds off the RYR pilots

I don't work for Ryanair anymore, so technically it is not in my interest to care about those who do. Technically. The fact is, however, if a large and financially successful...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Feb 2016, 02:23
Replies: 31
Views: 9,798
Posted By Birdstrike737

Ryanair explained simply

http://youtu.be/PaOe_LVEF6M

http://youtu.be/KeCP338AOKM

http://youtu.be/vlmI10qjRds
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Feb 2016, 02:17
Replies: 21
Views: 8,769
Posted By Birdstrike737

ECA/RPG/IALPA

It is high time for the pilots of legacy carriers to circumnavigate the inept ECA. There is an emergency going on in Europe, the fire warning bell is sounding, and the ECA is still fumbling around...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Feb 2016, 02:14
Replies: 57
Views: 28,681
Posted By Birdstrike737

Ryanair explained in simple terms

http://youtu.be/PaOe_LVEF6M

http://youtu.be/KeCP338AOKM

http://youtu.be/vlmI10qjRds
Forum: Middle East
10th Feb 2016, 02:10
Replies: 74
Views: 29,474
Posted By Birdstrike737

For the German pilots' union

It is high time for ECA-backed unions to circumnavigate the inept ECA. There is an emergency going on in Europe, the fire warning bell is sounding, and the ECA is still fumbling around looking for...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
22nd Aug 2015, 20:31
Replies: 40
Views: 16,749
Posted By Birdstrike737

spot on about the ECA

Rat 5 you are a scholar and an airman of sage wisdom. Thank you for that post. You put it right on the line, as it lay, in Europe at the moment. Every word of it -- I wish I could grab every...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
22nd Aug 2015, 06:57
Replies: 13
Views: 10,387
Posted By Birdstrike737

more to the story

The way GTD went quiet is worth recounting.

When I put my name and picture on the website and took responsibility for it, I expected to be sent a contract termination letter the next day. It took...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
21st Aug 2015, 15:55
Replies: 26
Views: 19,899
Posted By Birdstrike737

In case anyone still cares....

Good news: Amsterdam "reverse roster" base opening Sept. 1 with 8 captains, expected to get to 25 captains within a year and will then be considered a Europe-wide 777 captain's reverse-roster base.
...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2015, 15:43
Replies: 13
Views: 10,387
Posted By Birdstrike737

Thanks to you all....

I've been a very infrequent visitor to PPrune in recent months, but just read these posts. It's always nice to hear that my project was on the right track and that its first-try failure was not due...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2015, 14:47
Replies: 40
Views: 16,749
Posted By Birdstrike737

Aviation Finishing School to the World

If/when EASA ever adopts the FAA's rule that you must have at least 1,500 hours before you can sit in the F/O seat of a medium/large aircraft on scheduled air carrier duty: Ryanair's game is over.
...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Aug 2015, 11:25
Replies: 5
Views: 4,595
Posted By Birdstrike737

Don't DO IT!

DO NOT, I repeat: DO NOT buy property in Italy.

I did exactly what you are talking about: was based in Rome with Ryanair, and bought what seemed like a nice, inexpensive country home 45 minutes...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
28th Jun 2015, 13:29
Replies: 3
Views: 2,917
Posted By Birdstrike737

Spectrum Aviation: 737 classics in Italy for summer

Has anyone checked into this ad going around from a small agency in Ireland? They're seeking captains and first officers for 737 classics, 3 months only, to start right away. Base Italy but no info...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Apr 2015, 22:58
Replies: 13
Views: 10,387
Posted By Birdstrike737

GTD Aviation

I wasn't following PPrune much last year but just had my attention directed to this thread. I'm the founder of GTD, and I'm the guy who got sacked for trying to upend the current scheme of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Feb 2015, 20:31
Replies: 258
Views: 140,718
Posted By Birdstrike737

Article in Aviation Week on Europe's Low Cost Pilots

Sorry it's not accessible right now if you don't have a subscription to AW&ST, but it should be open to non-subscribers in a week or two:

Poor Work Conditions For Many European LCC Crews |...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
9th Feb 2015, 00:56
Replies: 44
Views: 13,835
Posted By Birdstrike737

Inexperience = oh no!

"And with actual flying experience i mean pilots who flew real aeroplanes before they got into airlines. Its all very well to have 10000 hours - but if its all airline time you have virtually zero...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
9th Feb 2015, 00:22
Replies: 26
Views: 19,899
Posted By Birdstrike737

I dunno!

Lots of people trying for the China Southern 777 direct-entry captain job these days, including more than a few Emirates 777 drivers. Either things are worse than reported at Emirates, or the CSA...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
6th Feb 2015, 23:55
Replies: 26
Views: 19,899
Posted By Birdstrike737

RUMOUR control...

Medical checks in China: it's not as overboard as you sometimes hear. Yes, they nearly always "find something," and you have to fix it. I have not heard of a liver biopsy but a friend of mine...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
6th Feb 2015, 12:03
Replies: 26
Views: 19,899
Posted By Birdstrike737

China Southern reverse-roster "bases"

It's actually a little more complicated. At CSA the fleet manager is "God" and decides these things without any other managerial interference. The Airbus 330 pilots with Australian citizenship are...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
22nd Jun 2014, 19:00
Replies: 16
Views: 8,816
Posted By Birdstrike737

"Authorized"

>So the question is, was the person who gave you your EASA
>check "authorized by the Administrator?"

THAT is the question I hope to get answered this week. I've heard that there is a kind...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
21st Jun 2014, 12:15
Replies: 16
Views: 8,816
Posted By Birdstrike737

Using EASA currency when flying on FAA certificate

I have ATP and 737 type ratings on both FAA and EASA licenses and have flown scheduled air carrier PIC for thousands of hours on both continents, but have the following situation:

1. Last LPC in...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd May 2014, 10:45
Replies: 425
Views: 205,353
Posted By Birdstrike737

@PigeonVoyageur

"If this is genuine, I'll remove my previous post and submit my sincere apologies for having been completely wrong."

Check out the GTDaviation website and maybe hire a speechwriter for that big...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
1st Mar 2014, 17:26
Replies: 425
Views: 205,353
Posted By Birdstrike737

Thanks

Pablo Diablo,

Thanks for passing out the word here. Sorry that in my first posted response to Pig. Voy. I used your call sign by mistake. Problem is now corrected.

Let's make Spring 2014 "The...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
1st Mar 2014, 17:15
Replies: 425
Views: 205,353
Posted By Birdstrike737

?????

Pigeon Voyager, what planet are YOU from? Ryanair headquarters?

Do you really think that a reputable law firm in Luxembourg would lend its name to a "Nigerian Scam?" How many "Nigerian Scams"...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Jan 2012, 08:28
Replies: 1,412
Views: 469,333
Posted By Birdstrike737

RE: a. the stall warning trigger threshold...

RE:

a. the stall warning trigger threshold "cooks off" at a LOWER AoA and remains silent at deep-stall AoA's (i.e. any attempt to stick fwd [and thus lower the nose] triggers a quite deterrent...
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