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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
26th Feb 2017, 10:13
Replies: 31
Views: 11,462
Posted By DIA74

PAX FEEDING THEMSELVES

I recall back in the 70's a cabin crew member walking the aisle at night, feeling a warmth as she passed one point. Investigating, she did indeed find pax preparing their own food. I suppose our...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Sep 2015, 09:54
Replies: 126
Views: 63,615
Posted By DIA74

Steeper approach LHR - 18 SEPT

As pax, I experienced a steeper approach into LHR on !8 Sept. Ended in a "robust" landing and fairly fierce breaking. Do not know wind conditions - light storms and turbulence over southern...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2015, 15:19
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,594,826
Posted By DIA74

FDR found ?

It will be interesting to hear, eventually, what the FDR reveals. I keep thinking, Lubitz operated into BCN that morning. It seems his Capt saw no reason to be concerned by his mental state or...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2015, 08:49
Replies: 3,543
Views: 5,594,826
Posted By DIA74

Right wing?

Hi Ana, where did the right wing impact rumour originate please? Has a heart attack or seizure been ruled out as possible explanation for the disaster? Seizures often include involuntary movements...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jul 2014, 08:32
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,235,924
Posted By DIA74

Who to gain?

We are all speculating, but few are asking WHO would have anything to gain by this awful crime. Surely not the rebels - unless they thought it was incoming military. I tend to think Ukraine would...
Forum: Cabin Crew
14th Jul 2014, 16:13
Replies: 169
Views: 56,700
Posted By DIA74

A very British TV programme

Remember, this was made for TV. Drama, bluff, tears, bullies, idiots, whatever. A TV show apparently needs these things to entertain its audience. If they do not get "entertainment", they will...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Apr 2014, 16:07
Replies: 425
Views: 205,739
Posted By DIA74

Director of Being Nice

Didn't RYR recently employ a "Director of being Nice" to improve their image? Their new sales campaign is trying to overcome the perception :)they are a nasty airline to fly with. Smiling, relaxed...
Forum: Cabin Crew
26th Apr 2010, 23:21
Replies: 1,224
Views: 1,316,233
Posted By DIA74

On leaving the brain at home

SLF "Steward, your milk's off."
Steward. "I don't have milk, madam. I am a man." (good natured attempt at levity, passes over head of SLF)
SLF "Well, the milk's off."
Steward. "It's not...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Apr 2010, 22:54
Replies: 18
Views: 12,115
Posted By DIA74

Rich in aviation ?

Good luck to anyone who succeeds. Many more people have lost their fortunes trying to run an airline than have made one. How many airline failures there have been in the past 20 years?

I...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Apr 2010, 17:40
Replies: 32
Views: 4,804
Posted By DIA74

Experience in times of trouble

I have been in airlines and travel most of my life. Personally, I ALWAYS put confidence in a carrier ahead of the ticket price. The industry has a great safety record, and modern aircraft are very...
Forum: Cabin Crew
25th Mar 2010, 10:56
Replies: 47
Views: 12,264
Posted By DIA74

Trickle Boarding better for everyone

A few years back we tried the "trickle boarding" concept on B747 long haul. The cabin was opened earlier. SLF were allowed aboard on arrival at the gate. This almost eliminated queuing and made...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Mar 2010, 13:12
Replies: 315
Views: 73,415
Posted By DIA74

Add-ons

I can see the billboards now. ONE MILLION SEATS FREE on RYANAIR ! use our website, £10, use a card to pay, £20, baggage £50, check in £75, and - oh at the end of the booking you get a new...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2010, 19:11
Replies: 315
Views: 73,415
Posted By DIA74

Pilotless planes

I think all the speculation about "is it technically possible or isn't it", sidelines the major commercial issue. Would your bog standard pax WANT to fly on an aircraft with ONE or NO pilot? ...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Mar 2010, 11:42
Replies: 390
Views: 119,261
Posted By DIA74

The START-UP WE CAN ALL BELIEVE IN

With all these new pilots looking for work but having to pay for TR on top of basic, and so many disgruntled experienced flight and cabin crew around, is the time right to launch - - PPRUNE AIR...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th Mar 2010, 11:22
Replies: 390
Views: 119,261
Posted By DIA74

ATOLS

Thanks for that info re exclusions, Kirbymoorside. It does not appear that Varsity Express paid Links Air, but immaterial anyway. Without an ATOL Bond being in place, pax will, I think, just have...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Mar 2010, 15:37
Replies: 16
Views: 3,747
Posted By DIA74

To Less Hair

NO, - they don't have huge restrooms on FR.

To be sure, it's the "little people" Ryanair fly. Latest fares are on a sliding scale according to how many inches tall pax are. Fares are a...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Mar 2010, 08:48
Replies: 531
Views: 86,883
Posted By DIA74

Whoops

SMALA and ABUSING THE SKY - By one of those weird coincidences of life (or is it the Law of Attraction?) I was at a trade do this weekend and got talking to three people who are ex FR. Basically,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Feb 2010, 16:01
Replies: 35
Views: 6,707
Posted By DIA74

Thanks chaps

Thanks for your responses. I will check Wikipedia out.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Feb 2010, 15:59
Replies: 18
Views: 4,860
Posted By DIA74

Ambassador

Try posting on the "Where are they now" Forum calling all ex Ambassador Staff. You could get some replies from crews on that one.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Feb 2010, 15:43
Replies: 35
Views: 6,707
Posted By DIA74

Acronym QNH

Answer please.

This question has always been, for me, like one of those you don't ask the Doctor for fear it might make you look an idiot for not knowing the answer to already.

QNH is an...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Feb 2010, 20:15
Replies: 531
Views: 86,883
Posted By DIA74

Thanks, smala01

smala01 - Many thanks for your response. I am pleased to read FR do not cut corners on maintenance. For the record, I am not a nervous pax. I have been in the airline and travel industry for 40 +...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Feb 2010, 00:47
Replies: 531
Views: 86,883
Posted By DIA74

FR in a world of their own

Air travel is very safe, but not a business where corners should be continually cut. A refusal to refund when THEY cancel a flight or change it by several hours, to me, suggests probable avoidance...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Feb 2010, 23:04
Replies: 40
Views: 11,732
Posted By DIA74

Kiltrash

Kiltrash - Your preferential carriers are low cost, so do you imagine your £10 fare pays for excellent standards of maintainence? FR, for example, have had many incidents for such a new...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Feb 2010, 22:57
Replies: 18
Views: 7,982
Posted By DIA74

Public awareness of risk vs cost

I've said this before on other threads, but I have been on the retail side of travel as well as airlines, and 99pc of the public ONLY look at the price. There will be one helluva outcry if an...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th Jan 2010, 00:42
Replies: 85
Views: 10,576
Posted By DIA74

UMs seats

Back in the bad old days at LHR we had specific seats for UMs, and did not seat anyone but UMs in those rows unless we were chock, in which case check in would ask an adult couple if they would mind...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jan 2010, 19:00
Replies: 47
Views: 9,028
Posted By DIA74

Profiling Makes Sense To Me

Sorry - a P.S. to my posting a minute ago!

My ship mates - thousands of elderly and infirm folk - were highly unlikely to be terrorists. Think of the overwhelming mass of visa processing and...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jan 2010, 18:41
Replies: 47
Views: 9,028
Posted By DIA74

Victory for terrorism ?

Obviously the Americans want to feel safe from bombers, but ever increasing restrictions on ordinary travelers are handing a VICTORY to the terrorists, and discouraging people from traveling, which...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Jan 2010, 18:04
Replies: 51
Views: 6,063
Posted By DIA74

Easy & Ryan

I use EZY several times a year and find them okay for short haul. My experience is they have matured over the past several years, especially since absorbing GB.

Before leaving the ground ...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jan 2010, 16:00
Replies: 69
Views: 26,726
Posted By DIA74

Passengers Should Demand Safety / Training

Having had both an airline and travel agency career, I have often been dismayed by passengers' obsession with the cheapest fare, but lack of concern as to how this translates into their safety and...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Oct 2009, 00:08
Replies: 701
Views: 209,413
Posted By DIA74

Autopilots

I understand a flight plan is loaded in the box prior to dep, with waypoints right up to the expected arrival runway When autopilot is selected it follows the flight level and way points to dest. ...
Forum: Cabin Crew
10th May 2009, 15:20
Replies: 109
Views: 51,167
Posted By DIA74

Talking Hard Landings

PIK/LON late night, I looked out the window on approach and we appeared to be very high. Suddenly dropped pretty fast, hit runway with a couple of thumps, then everything went into reverse with a...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Feb 2009, 09:16
Replies: 0
Views: 579
Posted By DIA74

Cathay Pacific LHR/HKG/SYD

Does any kind person know if CX are one of those airlines that have a facility to pay to upgrade from Peasant class to Club onboard? I am flying LHR HKG SYD this week and wondered if I might be...
Forum: Cabin Crew
7th Feb 2009, 09:45
Replies: 79
Views: 21,572
Posted By DIA74

Upgrading the innocent party

Not quite the same thing, but we had a pax at LHR who refused to sit next to a a black girl for a long haul. He said his company did a lot of business with us and demanded an upgrade. The crew...
Forum: Cabin Crew
31st Jan 2009, 13:31
Replies: 109
Views: 51,167
Posted By DIA74

Antipodean Pilots' sense of humour.

Many many years ago when Qantas flew the 707 LHR/JFK (that's giving away my age!) we were all somewhat amused by the Capt's farewell announcement , which went something like

"They tell me...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jan 2009, 10:54
Replies: 30
Views: 7,171
Posted By DIA74

Smile Nodding off in the cruise

Just to lighten the proceedings, chaps, is there any truth in the rumour that PHUKET got its name after pilots kept missing it?
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