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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Nov 2022, 19:46
Replies: 11
Views: 2,349
Posted By sTeamTraen

I guess I'm imagining that if you have a loss of...

I guess I'm imagining that if you have a loss of cabin pressure, you get on the ground as soon as possible to try and work out what is wrong with the aircraft. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
26th Nov 2022, 19:32
Replies: 11
Views: 2,349
Posted By sTeamTraen

Three hours at FL100

This flight (https://www.flightradar24.com/AAY9617/2e578e64) got to 24,000 feet, then squawked 7700 and dropped 14,000 feet in 5 minutes, which I assume was due to a loss of cabin pressure. I was...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Sep 2022, 17:45
Replies: 9
Views: 3,627
Posted By sTeamTraen

Thanks for this. From my balcony I can see planes...

Thanks for this. From my balcony I can see planes landing (06L) or taking off (24R) from PMI, which at the height of the summer season has about 70% of the daily number of landings of LHR. The other...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Aug 2019, 09:00
Replies: 6
Views: 5,499
Posted By sTeamTraen

Condor B757 makes emergency landing at PMI (Mallorca)

First report (in German) here. Other sources report that several tyres were blown, runway was blocked for a while, three incoming flights were diverted to Ibiza and Menorca.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th May 2019, 00:21
Replies: 0
Views: 2,698
Posted By sTeamTraen

Finnair plane diverts to Oslo as man nearly dies on board

https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/6jlQo3

Report is in Swedish, but automated translation does a reasonable job.

A passenger on a Finnair flight to New York nearly died when a component of his...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Oct 2018, 10:27
Replies: 61
Views: 29,915
Posted By sTeamTraen

I'm nicking this bit: "Khan reportedly has an...

I'm nicking this bit: "Khan reportedly has an agile style with official paperwork" :D
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Jul 2018, 09:32
Replies: 3
Views: 5,400
Posted By sTeamTraen

While this situation is certainly not optimal,...

While this situation is certainly not optimal, remember that aviation fuel is kerosene, not gasoline. A single spark might very well not set fire to it. I still wouldn't advise smoking before you get...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2018, 21:54
Replies: 265
Views: 177,258
Posted By sTeamTraen

Without wishing to defend RYR, the general issue...

Without wishing to defend RYR, the general issue that you can be employed in one country and as a result can't get a mortgage in another is something the EU probably ought to have a look at.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2018, 17:57
Replies: 265
Views: 177,258
Posted By sTeamTraen

I haven't seen this elsewhere: Ryanair cabin crew...

I haven't seen this elsewhere: Ryanair cabin crew on strike (https://elpais.com/elpais/2018/07/25/inenglish/1532504244_915251.html) today and tomorrow in Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Belgium.
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Jul 2018, 22:20
Replies: 64
Views: 17,446
Posted By sTeamTraen

The Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus are UK...

The Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus are UK territory with the same status as, say, the Falkland Islands. So the EU has no say. (Indeed, the SBAs have never been in the European Union.)

Fun pub quiz...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
16th Jul 2018, 14:05
Replies: 8
Views: 1,993
Posted By sTeamTraen

Thanks for the comprehensive reply!

Thanks for the comprehensive reply!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Jul 2018, 21:46
Replies: 8
Views: 1,993
Posted By sTeamTraen

Where do all the seats come from?

Something I wonder about as a 20-30x/year pax to whom this has only happened to me a couple of times.

Let's say you get to the airport and the plane is cancelled for some technical issue. That's,...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Oct 2017, 19:45
Replies: 24
Views: 4,447
Posted By sTeamTraen

Yes, and I have been told how much it costs to...

Yes, and I have been told how much it costs to deploy the slides, so it would have to be a static setup, with extra-high sides and soft padding all around. But seriously, I'm sure kids would pester...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
19th Oct 2017, 17:26
Replies: 24
Views: 4,447
Posted By sTeamTraen

Living the emergency drill

I have a crazy idea for a fun thing.

I would pay money (say, 20-30 Euros) to be able to do some or all of the following, inside the hull of a plane on the ground:

- have an oxygen mask drop...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Nov 2016, 19:50
Replies: 1,096
Views: 1,234,418
Posted By sTeamTraen

BBC is now reporting that the plane ran out of...

BBC is now reporting that the plane ran out of fuel: Chapecoense air crash: Leaked tape shows plane 'ran out of fuel' - BBC News (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38160713)
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Jul 2016, 00:17
Replies: 41
Views: 30,598
Posted By sTeamTraen

THY8456 looks to be on final approach to IST.

THY8456 looks to be on final approach to IST.
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Jul 2014, 10:56
Replies: 1,644
Views: 2,235,576
Posted By sTeamTraen

Interestingly, bobik_57 is claiming that those...

Interestingly, bobik_57 is claiming that those marks provide evidence in support of an air-to-air missile: bobik_57 - ??? ? ?????? ???????? ??. ?????? ?? "???-?1"...
Forum: Flight Testing
21st Aug 2011, 09:10
Replies: 74
Views: 28,322
Posted By sTeamTraen

Does anyone seriously think that the risk of...

Does anyone seriously think that the risk of cancer is even close to the risk of getting killed by the flight itself?

I very much doubt whether typical personal life insurance policies (which...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Feb 2011, 11:56
Replies: 77
Views: 25,412
Posted By sTeamTraen

This is what happened to me. I was stopped at...

This is what happened to me. I was stopped at STN for a too-big ziploc bag that had been no problem at FKB 24 hours earlier. Had the people at FKB queried it, I would have gone to the back of the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Feb 2011, 08:48
Replies: 5
Views: 1,445
Posted By sTeamTraen

Excellent. I can see the lads in the back room...

Excellent. I can see the lads in the back room having some fun with that at the Christmas party. ;)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
9th Feb 2011, 07:43
Replies: 77
Views: 25,412
Posted By sTeamTraen

Yesterday at STN, I was in the security queue...

Yesterday at STN, I was in the security queue (just behind a nice Irish lady who had a 90ml drum of expensive face cream confiscated by the female tray-loader, for no obvious reason other than that...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Feb 2011, 13:25
Replies: 79
Views: 30,175
Posted By sTeamTraen

Well, yes, except that of course Pax numbers...

Well, yes, except that of course Pax numbers continue to rise because RYR and co have made it possible for people to travel, who never could before.

Eevn five years ago, there is no way a bunch of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
7th Feb 2011, 07:04
Replies: 79
Views: 30,175
Posted By sTeamTraen

Ah, the joys of online translation. Apart from...

Ah, the joys of online translation. Apart from all the funny bits where people's names get translated or not, this bit contains a gem.

The original is:


So the translation should say:
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Sep 2010, 21:09
Replies: 66
Views: 30,607
Posted By sTeamTraen

Presumably if the pax had all had their seat...

Presumably if the pax had all had their seat belts on and not been headbutting the lockers as a result, the damage to all would have been less. It's surely time that wearing belts throughout the...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Sep 2010, 09:57
Replies: 71
Views: 22,752
Posted By sTeamTraen

At my non-aviation place of work, I have recently...

At my non-aviation place of work, I have recently become closer to our hiring process, and I'm shocked at what I'm discovering. We have a couple of director-level people making $200K/year who have...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Sep 2010, 09:47
Replies: 66
Views: 30,607
Posted By sTeamTraen

Some, maybe, but not "most". See here...

Some, maybe, but not "most". See here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_luggage) or here (http://honeymoons.about.com/od/airlinessites/qt/carry-on-bag-size-limit.htm). I just checked the official...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jan 2010, 20:02
Replies: 61
Views: 10,008
Posted By sTeamTraen

There is something to be said for airport...

There is something to be said for airport security. Between this bloke, the guy in the US who tried to open the door, the drunks with their bomb threat the other day, none of them also had a weapon...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Jan 2010, 22:06
Replies: 13
Views: 2,599
Posted By sTeamTraen

Why are all the seats the same width? I...

Why are all the seats the same width?

I suggest removing one seat from a couple of rows and making the seats in that row wider - in fact on some planes that might not even be necessary, if the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Jan 2010, 21:59
Replies: 8
Views: 993
Posted By sTeamTraen

This might not be entirely unrelated to a case a...

This might not be entirely unrelated to a case a couple of years back where a very large AF passenger was refused access to a Paris-Tokyo (I think) flight unless he paid for the second seat (which...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Jan 2010, 19:37
Replies: 10
Views: 1,871
Posted By sTeamTraen

Sprinting suspect

I recall that on 22 July 2005 we were all told that Jean-Charles de Menezes had vaulted the barrier at Stockwell tube station while being pursued by police, wearing a big padded jacket with all wires...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Jan 2010, 21:31
Replies: 48
Views: 17,106
Posted By sTeamTraen

>>just don't fly with garuda.. i'm not gonna put...

>>just don't fly with garuda.. i'm not gonna put my life in their hands.
Good Airline.. Run Under Dutch Administration. :)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Jan 2010, 06:47
Replies: 58
Views: 9,431
Posted By sTeamTraen

One would hope that the shift patterns would take...

One would hope that the shift patterns would take that into account, and not make it predictable who is scanning and supervising at any one gate.

Of course, one would also hope that the people are...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
5th Jan 2010, 21:29
Replies: 1,718
Views: 422,200
Posted By sTeamTraen

Oh please. There was no danger because as it...

Oh please. There was no danger because as it turned out, there was no bomb. Had there been a bomb, there would have been danger. The security people didn't know that at the time.

Of slightly...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
5th Jan 2010, 20:43
Replies: 58
Views: 9,431
Posted By sTeamTraen

I must have missed the bit where they said that...

I must have missed the bit where they said that these measures would replace any existing ones.

Oh, hold on, is that a pig taxiing on runway 24? Why, yes it is... so I guess you're right! :)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th Jan 2010, 18:11
Replies: 85
Views: 20,421
Posted By sTeamTraen

Funny, I'd have thought the opposite. If they're...

Funny, I'd have thought the opposite. If they're doing profiling based on physical appearance, there's a lot of "swarthy Middle Eastern" types. But apparently they're doing it based on behaviour,...
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