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Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th Apr 2024, 22:01
Replies: 20
Views: 4,881
Posted By macdo

Happy to add TUI to that list and they did look...

Happy to add TUI to that list and they did look after folk pretty well during covid. In terms of ultimate job security, I don't feel TUI is the equal of BA in job security, but the OP might like the...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th Apr 2024, 09:21
Replies: 20
Views: 4,881
Posted By macdo

Bearing in mind the current geopolitical...

Bearing in mind the current geopolitical situation of the world, is another factor the OP should seriously consider. In spite of setbacks like Covid and UK economic upheaval, the UK pilot and global...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Apr 2024, 15:21
Replies: 20
Views: 4,881
Posted By macdo

I'm old and retired. but the same rules applied...

I'm old and retired. but the same rules applied 30 years ago, unless you have compelling reasons not to, BA is the only logical choice. If you don't like it, it is a lot easier to 'step downwards' in...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th Jan 2024, 22:40
Replies: 204
Views: 153,332
Posted By macdo

I think you need to chill out a bit. I was...

I think you need to chill out a bit.
I was amused by your comment not critical of it.
The take away point I was making was that the effects of poor hotels (and other niggling T&C's) tend to...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Jan 2024, 10:03
Replies: 204
Views: 153,332
Posted By macdo

This did make me chuckle. After 20 odd years of...

This did make me chuckle. After 20 odd years of airline hotel rooms I've had everything from seaview suites to mould infested ruins. Sometimes it is just bad luck. Often it is the airline intention...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Oct 2023, 09:42
Replies: 170
Views: 98,523
Posted By macdo

I don't disagree with your statement, but. The...

I don't disagree with your statement, but. The problem is, if you remove the solidarity of trust between crew members, what replaces it? Trust in management processes to do the right thing? The...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Sep 2023, 23:28
Replies: 170
Views: 98,523
Posted By macdo

This guy showed the stupidity of youth, suicidal...

This guy showed the stupidity of youth, suicidal stupidity to share the details with crew. As someone above said, it's not he 70's or 80's and everyone is watching and waiting for you to drop the...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Sep 2023, 13:01
Replies: 31
Views: 6,502
Posted By macdo

Unless things have much improved around the...

Unless things have much improved around the Balearics, the situation can quickly become quite chaotic in poor weather. Without all the info, I'd imagine the crew made a logical decision to hang...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Sep 2023, 16:46
Replies: 143
Views: 75,759
Posted By macdo

I'm going out on a limb. Mistakenly dropped the...

I'm going out on a limb. Mistakenly dropped the gear. Diverted. Ran out of fuel. Not the first to have the gear down and run dry, nor the last. Good landing mind!
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Mar 2023, 16:23
Replies: 17
Views: 6,936
Posted By macdo

FWIW, a load of my ex colleagues have ended up in...

FWIW, a load of my ex colleagues have ended up in LH cargo and are pretty happy with it. Management BS seems at a lower level and there is a lot a variety and challenges. Not everyone's cup of tea,...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2023, 23:52
Replies: 32
Views: 12,392
Posted By macdo

Quite a few really pathetic posts on this thread....

Quite a few really pathetic posts on this thread. The only things that need to be said are sympathies to the deceased and their families and sympathies to the crew who were trying to save the person....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
17th Jan 2023, 14:21
Replies: 672
Views: 613,108
Posted By macdo

No way to answer that without knowing the pilots...

No way to answer that without knowing the pilots history. 6400 hrs where I am would be average. But, it depends on multiple factors and nothing can be read into to the number.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
18th Jul 2022, 08:58
Replies: 53
Views: 11,162
Posted By macdo

TBH I think you are knit picking. Anyone that has...

TBH I think you are knit picking. Anyone that has been in the industry for 30 years will tell you of fallow periods where there were absolutely no jobs anywhere for UK pilots, let alone adverts for...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Jul 2022, 14:27
Replies: 53
Views: 11,162
Posted By macdo

From what I can see, almost everyone I know who...

From what I can see, almost everyone I know who didn't have a job last year has now got one. Mostly they even have jobs that they want. The ramp up in recruitment of experienced pilots really got...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
14th Jun 2022, 09:51
Replies: 50
Views: 19,298
Posted By macdo

I'm only commenting on this because you used the...

I'm only commenting on this because you used the B word. I don't like whats been said, so lets get it banned, so 21st century. For anyone that worked in aviation prior to the invention of low cost...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2022, 20:06
Replies: 66
Views: 27,127
Posted By macdo

Did this myself with a Skipper who utterly hated...

Did this myself with a Skipper who utterly hated nightstops. Baggage strike in ZTH, middle of the night, we unloaded and loaded an a320 with help from the local rep. Left about 1/2hr late, well...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Mar 2022, 18:34
Replies: 69
Views: 52,185
Posted By macdo

Years ago we had a guy who had logged loads of...

Years ago we had a guy who had logged loads of mil flying, got in, was capable. I believe he got busted when he got a command and someone who should have known him from their previous life didn't....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Feb 2022, 16:14
Replies: 165
Views: 29,101
Posted By macdo

Wizz aircraft and staff stranded in Ukraine

WIZZ were crowing about continuing ops into Ukraine only a day or so ago. Maybe unwise with...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Feb 2022, 13:42
Replies: 360
Views: 193,623
Posted By macdo

Common sense is not very fashionable in the 21st....

Common sense is not very fashionable in the 21st. century.
Display some and someone will quickly point out the error of thinking like that.
The root cause is fear of legal liability.
IMHO
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Feb 2022, 11:16
Replies: 9
Views: 14,115
Posted By macdo

Bit of a sad tale all round and you could discuss...

Bit of a sad tale all round and you could discuss the command decisions he made. Interesting that he made a claim for 1.7m but only got the maximum UK unfair dismissal cap of 89k. If that total claim...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Jan 2022, 22:37
Replies: 87
Views: 48,474
Posted By macdo

Brake Fans? Even so it seems short for a 130kt...

Brake Fans? Even so it seems short for a 130kt reject.
EK cropping up on here a bit too often for my liking.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th Dec 2021, 23:01
Replies: 33
Views: 14,804
Posted By macdo

Tube drivers work in a very small, difficult to...

Tube drivers work in a very small, difficult to access industrial bubble, backed up by powerful and aggressive union, the union which has a some times during the last few decades had the sympathy...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
27th Sep 2021, 22:30
Replies: 204
Views: 153,332
Posted By macdo

Not condoning it, but what did you expect? And...

Not condoning it, but what did you expect?
And do think its going to get better, or even return to pre-covid T&C's.?
You'd be better off driving a truck.
The race to the bottom has stepped up a...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Jun 2021, 20:10
Replies: 146
Views: 75,713
Posted By macdo

Sick If Tui had opened its recruitment to...

Sick

If Tui had opened its recruitment to publicly, they would have indeed been inundated with applicants, can't argue with that. From an economic POV recruiting from the TCX pool was efficient...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
15th Jun 2021, 09:07
Replies: 146
Views: 75,713
Posted By macdo

I suppose in this highly stressful year it is...

I suppose in this highly stressful year it is inevitable that fear will drive people to think bad things. But it is worth remembering that when TCX went under, TUI were embarking upon expansion which...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th May 2021, 14:54
Replies: 735
Views: 413,117
Posted By macdo

MrZed By coincidence, I spoke to someone...

MrZed

By coincidence, I spoke to someone this morning who is very high on the list of those likely to be taken back. Nothing happening just now.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
24th May 2021, 18:54
Replies: 1
Views: 3,172
Posted By macdo

BA261 div to Moscow.

Reported on Twitter in the last hour that BA261 London to Islamabad has diverted into Moscow after being unable to traverse airspace in the Belarus and Ukraine area. Not a fun day out for the crew...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd May 2021, 09:41
Replies: 2,033
Views: 1,650,561
Posted By macdo

Clop_Clop You are absolutely right. Workers...

Clop_Clop

You are absolutely right. Workers trying to organise labour in the early 20th century learnt the hard way how hard employers would push back against the Unions, up to and including the...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
18th Apr 2021, 10:15
Replies: 2,033
Views: 1,650,561
Posted By macdo

I doubt it, I remember virtually the same...

I doubt it, I remember virtually the same sentence being used to describe us in 1999. Since then, pilot demand has ebbed and flowed, during times of oversupply the same chant re-surfaces and there is...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2021, 16:14
Replies: 23
Views: 14,233
Posted By macdo

Poor old Simon Calder got a kicking on Twitter...

Poor old Simon Calder got a kicking on Twitter for referencing the notam requirement for the Welsh announcement, pilot distraction and the Air Canada wrong runway incident. The nationalists came out...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2021, 12:58
Replies: 27
Views: 23,589
Posted By macdo

737 MAX some airframes withdrawn from service.

Credit to Daily Telegraph 13:49 9th April 21
"Boeing is back in the headlines: Southwest Airlines is removing 30 of its 58 Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes from its schedule after a notification from the...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
10th Feb 2021, 17:01
Replies: 231
Views: 211,479
Posted By macdo

I loved this comment because in some ways it is...

I loved this comment because in some ways it is true. You will often meet undereducated, degree-less, uncultured pilots who have had a perfectly acceptable airline career. You'll also meet some of...
Forum: Questions
3rd Feb 2021, 07:13
Replies: 35
Views: 11,352
Posted By macdo

what next Yes I do know people who have got...

what next

Yes I do know people who have got jobs within the last 12 months, Turkey, Vietnam and Malta. All experienced pilots. I am told that RYR have recently started TR courses. However, I have...
Forum: Questions
2nd Feb 2021, 16:33
Replies: 35
Views: 11,352
Posted By macdo

That is not true. Over the last few weeks I have...

That is not true. Over the last few weeks I have seen some adverts for aircrew in Europe which have required an EASA license, one such less than an hour ago for an airline that is reasonably well...
Forum: Questions
2nd Feb 2021, 07:06
Replies: 35
Views: 11,352
Posted By macdo

I think the saying is up #### creek without a...

I think the saying is up #### creek without a paddle, unless the politicians get their act together on this. Which, with the current situation in the UK, seems unlikely. An update from BALPA...
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