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Forum: Rumours & News
30th Nov 2015, 12:23
Replies: 74
Views: 30,705
Posted By Calvin Hops

For f**k sake, shut up before full investigation...

For f**k sake, shut up before full investigation completed!

With short turn round times, the flight crew could have completed the walk around checks and then proceeded woth very busy preflight in...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
29th Nov 2015, 21:21
Replies: 4
Views: 4,307
Posted By Calvin Hops

Ha ha ha...he flew helos with the NZ Air Farce! ...

Ha ha ha...he flew helos with the NZ Air Farce!

Always very bellicose...imagine running roughshod and overwhelming an observer on a AKL flight so I heard!:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Maybe...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Jul 2015, 21:42
Replies: 91
Views: 68,602
Posted By Calvin Hops

I think Kilda was referring to a case of a...

I think Kilda was referring to a case of a failure on a proficiency check in KAL by an alteon checker on someone who pulled off a gusty crosswind landing in an almost similar situation but with no...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jun 2015, 22:16
Replies: 13
Views: 8,422
Posted By Calvin Hops

Was at ICN recently and saw a lot of people with...

Was at ICN recently and saw a lot of people with masks, especially Chinese and Japanese passengers. Must be an over reaction due to their SARS experience a dozen suns ago.

Heard from a former...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
1st Jan 2015, 19:46
Replies: 52
Views: 18,023
Posted By Calvin Hops

The extent to which Korean Air top management...

The extent to which Korean Air top management tried to cover up the incident and attempted to intimidate the cabin crew from giving the true account has certainly backfired.

Even the Korean...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Dec 2014, 16:23
Replies: 153
Views: 141,108
Posted By Calvin Hops

Devil I am now an expat instructors at a national flag...

I am now an expat instructors at a national flag carrier in the Orient. What you wrote is very true, not so much because of ppruners not posting but many posts get culled.

Whilst instructing on OE...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
16th Jun 2014, 22:38
Replies: 311
Views: 124,084
Posted By Calvin Hops

You made assumptions ! At the back of your minds,...

You made assumptions ! At the back of your minds, all the negative hogwash you hear about Asians and Asian check airmen made you assume too much, conjuring negative scenarios in your mind.

Bear in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
13th Feb 2014, 11:21
Replies: 181
Views: 38,978
Posted By Calvin Hops

OOL doesn't really need an ILS...just cOOL and...

OOL doesn't really need an ILS...just cOOL and sound approach procedures using GPS/RNP or well constructed VOR approaches.

Many airlines have been flying to Kathmandu using the VOR 02 approach in...
Forum: North America
15th Jan 2014, 18:51
Replies: 355
Views: 137,562
Posted By Calvin Hops

Maybe not now, but years and years ago the blue...

Maybe not now, but years and years ago the blue eye boys did get off easily!
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2014, 18:48
Replies: 69
Views: 35,882
Posted By Calvin Hops

Prince, that was probably a long time ago. Now I...

Prince, that was probably a long time ago. Now I believe KAL flight operations have wise up to that. No more sim retraining for speed excursions less than 20 kts, but lots of crewlink advisories to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
9th Dec 2013, 05:01
Replies: 1
Views: 1,195
Posted By Calvin Hops

Awesome! But then........ Some aussie...

Awesome! But then........

Some aussie motherf****er will come and say it was a horibble landing like the first SQ A380 landing at YSSY because the skipper stretched it a wee bit to get a greaser!...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
9th Dec 2013, 00:14
Replies: 8
Views: 6,065
Posted By Calvin Hops

I CAN VOUCH THAT THE ABOVE IS 100% TRUE! ...

I CAN VOUCH THAT THE ABOVE IS 100% TRUE!

What was even more crazy was a native English speaker, an Aussie recruit, failed his ICAO English test at KAL and was sent home! True, they have the quirky...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
27th Sep 2013, 05:55
Replies: 1
Views: 3,283
Posted By Calvin Hops

Didn't the bristol cowboy dick **** take this job...

Didn't the bristol cowboy dick **** take this job and go around dropping buainess cards all over as an instructor on the nightmare liner ? It figures!
Forum: Tech Log
3rd Feb 2013, 17:21
Replies: 19
Views: 3,801
Posted By Calvin Hops

Thread disappeared because it involved the...

Thread disappeared because it involved the airline we cannot write or talk about on Pprune!
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
2nd Feb 2013, 19:53
Replies: 332
Views: 176,436
Posted By Calvin Hops

The 6/2 arrangement is absolutely ridiculous....

The 6/2 arrangement is absolutely ridiculous. Everytime the agencies advertise a 6/2 duty rotation, I have never bothered to have a second look. 19 days on and 11 days off is doable as it can in...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
2nd Feb 2013, 00:55
Replies: 28
Views: 8,005
Posted By Calvin Hops

Yep, he was washed out at KAL. QR seems like a...

Yep, he was washed out at KAL. QR seems like a good fit for him.
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
26th Dec 2012, 15:46
Replies: 22
Views: 9,724
Posted By Calvin Hops

Well freaksome was billy freewheelie's sim...

Well freaksome was billy freewheelie's sim partner during 777 training! So how can he dob his buddy? Maui was in audit, lambasting the koreans for protecting their pilots for bad practices! Yet he...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Nov 2012, 20:08
Replies: 37
Views: 24,398
Posted By Calvin Hops

Loose lips

Looks like this is a bad case of loose lips. A lot of information about this episode, which did happened, was dished out in the biannual safety meetings for expat captains. Now that this is now...
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
6th Oct 2012, 08:53
Replies: 73
Views: 32,342
Posted By Calvin Hops

Wow, you ain't a skygod but your user name is...

Wow, you ain't a skygod but your user name is INTIMIDATING!
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
6th Oct 2012, 08:49
Replies: 64
Views: 42,763
Posted By Calvin Hops

If a good brown noser at the flight admin...

If a good brown noser at the flight admin recruitment knows how to play the game, she/he will probably direct you to contact a pilot recruitment agency connected to Fiona. Good luck!
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
2nd Aug 2012, 00:21
Replies: 64
Views: 42,763
Posted By Calvin Hops

It's great to bail out at your own terms rather...

It's great to bail out at your own terms rather than be unceremoniously dumped when the crunch comes. The crunch is sure in the works. They have lost some 38% of their cargo business and Samsung has...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
28th Nov 2011, 05:54
Replies: 10
Views: 6,913
Posted By Calvin Hops

Wilkinson? The fly past ace? Wasn't he washed out...

Wilkinson? The fly past ace? Wasn't he washed out from Korean Air some time ago?
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
23rd Nov 2011, 06:50
Replies: 25
Views: 8,320
Posted By Calvin Hops

Most of the younger Korean pilots dream of...

Most of the younger Korean pilots dream of opportunities of giving their children an overseas English education away from the pressure cooker Korean system. The sandpit and SEAsian offer such...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
21st Nov 2011, 16:17
Replies: 25
Views: 8,320
Posted By Calvin Hops

What a f**ked up system CX, QF, BA, etc employ?!!...

What a f**ked up system CX, QF, BA, etc employ?!!

Imagine a specialist or surgeon starting as an intern again; what kind of archaic jurassic practices these silly legacy airlines keep to this day?
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Nov 2011, 16:07
Replies: 39
Views: 29,879
Posted By Calvin Hops

desertdude...before you chide a guy, please for...

desertdude...before you chide a guy, please for your own credibility, do your own homework. Those post icons ain't no cutey when you are dead wrong. You only make haejungkuk more credible when people...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
16th Oct 2011, 23:20
Replies: 53
Views: 11,507
Posted By Calvin Hops

It is a bit disconcerting reading about the close...

It is a bit disconcerting reading about the close ties of ex MAS boss with the government machinery; I hope this does not extend to legal matters when an aggrieved employee takes up an industrial...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
19th Jun 2010, 00:45
Replies: 40
Views: 10,210
Posted By Calvin Hops

Ha ha nice try, but it has nothing to do with the...

Ha ha nice try, but it has nothing to do with the recent crewlink message. My incident happened some 5 years ago. Lest someone claim that things have changed since then, well they have but the same...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
25th May 2010, 04:47
Replies: 40
Views: 10,210
Posted By Calvin Hops

bd, I said I picked up an aircraft...

bd, I said I picked up an aircraft downline...true. However i only accepted it after getting maintenance control and the outstation mechanic to apply the necessary procedures.

Are you trying hard...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd May 2010, 02:27
Replies: 568
Views: 318,315
Posted By Calvin Hops

I agree with woody......can never overemphasise...

I agree with woody......can never overemphasise that once the reversers are deployed, the pilot is really committed to stop. From preliminary reports, this seem to be the likely case.
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
23rd May 2010, 02:24
Replies: 18
Views: 4,673
Posted By Calvin Hops

Richard get a brownie point for every poor sod he...

Richard get a brownie point for every poor sod he drags to the safety meetings. Right about empire building but unfortunately it's an empire of riff raffs. A foreign skipper was docked for returning...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
22nd May 2010, 20:47
Replies: 40
Views: 10,210
Posted By Calvin Hops

Gotta agree with Chuck; I pick up an aircraft...

Gotta agree with Chuck; I pick up an aircraft downline after it was dispatched from ICN with a deferred items. The MEL relief was wrongly applied and the outbound crew were lucky not to have another...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Sep 2009, 22:25
Replies: 115
Views: 23,675
Posted By Calvin Hops

potteroo..........are you referring to a certain...

potteroo..........are you referring to a certain MAS TRE known as dynamite? Well, I learnt a lot from this unassuming gentleman especially during the period when we had chaos in the Malaysian skies...
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