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18th Mar 2024, 17:53
Replies: 295
Views: 60,090
Posted By pax britanica

Russia of late has tended to focus on rebuilding...

Russia of late has tended to focus on rebuilding the Soviet Union rather than expanding/invading non traditional Soviet countries . That probably works quite well with some elements of Russian...
18th Mar 2024, 17:47
Replies: 10
Views: 2,225
Posted By pax britanica

Not huge support for Cons in Somerset these days...

Not huge support for Cons in Somerset these days after betrayal of farmers and influx of blow ins from London and SE . Often a Lib Dem stronghold in the past the SW may return to something like that...
18th Mar 2024, 12:52
Replies: 18
Views: 4,426
Posted By pax britanica

Sudden twang Well done for adding a...

Sudden twang

Well done for adding a correction/caution to that.
it was speculated that the Captains state of mind influenced what happened but it was never proven . Essentially he had a row in...
16th Mar 2024, 17:39
Replies: 4,382
Views: 618,730
Posted By pax britanica

SLXO I have seen that RJ?146 meandering...

SLXO

I have seen that RJ?146 meandering about that part of the world I live just south of Frome and out in deepest darkest summerset could even hear it on one occasion even though it was fairly...
15th Mar 2024, 16:54
Replies: 1,925
Views: 893,100
Posted By pax britanica

The recent postings on here referring to loose...

The recent postings on here referring to loose bolts, inappropriate practices for fastening things, deviations from standard procedures are to my mind, and I am a telecoms guy not aerospace , serious...
15th Mar 2024, 12:36
Replies: 6
Views: 3,247
Posted By pax britanica

Pleased to hear the news about the QR A380...

Pleased to hear the news about the QR A380 delaying retirement

Just flown LHR-DOH in J on one and perhaps the best trip ever from a great many and cabin crew told me they were almost always full...
14th Mar 2024, 13:38
Replies: 409
Views: 181,094
Posted By pax britanica

Seemingly a very strange list of external...

Seemingly a very strange list of external participants, almost as though they were chosen for lack of knowledge in the airline business and or IT systems or complex infrastructure projects. While...
13th Mar 2024, 09:59
Replies: 509
Views: 136,043
Posted By pax britanica

Boeing probably is a case of too big to fail. ...

Boeing probably is a case of too big to fail.

There have to be minimum two airliner manufacturers and essentially that's what we have now. All the talk about re engining the lovely 75 and building...
4th Mar 2024, 13:58
Replies: 109
Views: 25,242
Posted By pax britanica

rog747 thanks for your little addendum -lead...

rog747

thanks for your little addendum -lead me to re read a really nice nostalgia thread
PB
29th Feb 2024, 10:29
Replies: 26
Views: 2,840
Posted By pax britanica

rog 747, well I will find out soon enough but...

rog 747, well I will find out soon enough but given the way insurers lie and cheat on just about everything to avoid claims I cannot say I am optimistic, but will dropa note on ehre. the main point i...
28th Feb 2024, 12:45
Replies: 26
Views: 2,840
Posted By pax britanica

Hello to all the helpful contributors and...

Hello to all the helpful contributors and commentors on here

Well this was not the best holiday i ahve ever had since after only 5 days a dire emergency back hom emeant we had to return to the UK...
26th Feb 2024, 11:32
Replies: 200
Views: 46,602
Posted By pax britanica

A different slant to flying and an interesting...

A different slant to flying and an interesting one are two books by Mark Vanhoenacker an airline pilot who is gay and writes about his life on the way to and on the flight deck time in certain global...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Feb 2024, 11:02
Replies: 3
Views: 994
Posted By pax britanica

I dont know whether flight experience means from...

I dont know whether flight experience means from th flight deck or as passenger .
I spent many, many hours being transported around the world on the 74 and thought it very nice-perhaps the L1011 was...
15th Feb 2024, 16:23
Replies: 73
Views: 13,932
Posted By pax britanica

Living for many years in Camberley ie between...

Living for many years in Camberley ie between Wokka world at Odiham and London Chinooks were always scooting up and down the M3 and very noisy -I would have been mostly off to one side. But is there...
15th Feb 2024, 10:03
Replies: 32
Views: 11,198
Posted By pax britanica

Of course this is just some small Asian nation...

Of course this is just some small Asian nation where bribery and corruption are common and of course never happen in Global Britain. I think RR are in no position to boost profits and strengthen...
12th Feb 2024, 19:03
Replies: 6
Views: 3,464
Posted By pax britanica

This kind of 'controller error' incidents happen...

This kind of 'controller error' incidents happen all over, and the one incident in France is dwarfed by the numerous recent incidents , often much worse ,in the USA where completely the opposite...
9th Feb 2024, 18:56
Replies: 38
Views: 3,808
Posted By pax britanica

pretty bleak picture painted here -a Ryanair...

pretty bleak picture painted here -a Ryanair world not just aviation where only the price matters, although, to be fair to Ryanair, they do go to a lot of the way places.

Since moving from LHR...
8th Feb 2024, 18:49
Replies: 31
Views: 7,210
Posted By pax britanica

Some years ago i used to go to a regular...

Some years ago i used to go to a regular international telecoms event in DC and for various reasons became quite friendly with the Costa Rican delegate. A very suave character with excellent English...
3rd Feb 2024, 14:15
Replies: 26
Views: 2,840
Posted By pax britanica

Well once again thanks to people for their...

Well once again thanks to people for their comments on ehre

We did in the end change our minds and go back to Sri Lanka but LK Biz class are very very expensive so it QR via Doha.

PB
29th Jan 2024, 10:50
Replies: 934
Views: 312,362
Posted By pax britanica

Both active in the telecoms world where income...

Both active in the telecoms world where income from and both a joke, as are managements who hire consultants hired to look at core competence , its like hiring someone to sleep with your partner if...
25th Jan 2024, 10:24
Replies: 743
Views: 238,264
Posted By pax britanica

LHR looks to becomes an airp[ort just serving...

LHR looks to becomes an airp[ort just serving London, and entering a irreversible gradual decline and go the way of so many other UK ventures and the country
The location doesnt work any more...
14th Jan 2024, 14:39
Replies: 5
Views: 1,497
Posted By pax britanica

I do understand about what is sadi about making...

I do understand about what is sadi about making fun of such things but the reality is that honest people do often get sucked into them and lose financially. There have been plenty of examples on...
13th Jan 2024, 18:01
Replies: 5
Views: 1,497
Posted By pax britanica

Just for a laugh

From the Royal Gazette, newspaper of Bermuda, it is possibly the most unrealistic proposed air route ever even compared to the occasional fantasies on Pprune . Perhaps the completely new aircraft...
4th Jan 2024, 19:12
Replies: 26
Views: 2,840
Posted By pax britanica

Very many thanks everyone, some very useful...

Very many thanks everyone, some very useful information. At the moment I am looking Qatar with a Biz class pp of £3300. The Turkish website still doesnt like me so I have asked my trav agent to check...
3rd Jan 2024, 17:35
Replies: 26
Views: 2,840
Posted By pax britanica

Many thanks for replies , at the moment Icannot...

Many thanks for replies , at the moment Icannot get past their byzantine online booking system which seems impossible to enter return trip dates

PB
3rd Jan 2024, 08:55
Replies: 26
Views: 2,840
Posted By pax britanica

Istanbul and Turkish Airlines

Planning a trip at end feb to Sri Lanka. V expensive or no PE on Sri Lankan. Turkish offer a much better deal but have no experience of them or interchange at new Istanbul airport.
Any views from...
11th Dec 2023, 16:28
Replies: 76
Views: 15,765
Posted By pax britanica

I think that in general anyone who watches ...

I think that in general anyone who watches mainstream TV series that covers their industry finds a fair number of faults which means of course that pretty much everything is full of erors its just...
7th Dec 2023, 18:45
Replies: 76
Views: 13,652
Posted By pax britanica

Ryanairs punctuality is largely because they fly...

Ryanairs punctuality is largely because they fly to an airport that no one else uses and is 80Km from where you actually want to go to. But many of these airports suit quite a lot of people who are...
6th Dec 2023, 18:38
Replies: 7
Views: 3,249
Posted By pax britanica

But it hardly sounds like something that will...

But it hardly sounds like something that will make a massive difference to air travel and certainly isnt a another world leading Brexit benefit.

Surely in the global world of airline travel what...
6th Dec 2023, 18:16
Replies: 206
Views: 52,934
Posted By pax britanica

Finningley boy I hope you were never a pilot...

Finningley boy

I hope you were never a pilot as you clearly cannot tell right from left if you think the current government is radical left wing .

I am not one for glorification of things that...
6th Dec 2023, 14:36
Replies: 279
Views: 124,442
Posted By pax britanica

Bergrie, WHBM Thanks for your very...

Bergrie, WHBM

Thanks for your very interesting replies.
I know the crew didnt often do the whole trip from end to end very often and operated Joburg or HK to LHR sectors .As yousaya few days off...
6th Dec 2023, 09:21
Replies: 279
Views: 124,442
Posted By pax britanica

Did BOAC/BA allow cabin crews to interchange...

Did BOAC/BA allow cabin crews to interchange between 707/VC10 back in the day . I always thought that if Iwas crew of either kind I would want to be on the fleet that did the amazing Tokyo-Hong...
5th Dec 2023, 13:19
Replies: 7
Views: 3,249
Posted By pax britanica

Plans My reaction was exactly the same. i...

Plans

My reaction was exactly the same. i read it and thought that looks interesting but as soon as I saw Gov.uk realised it is most likely another pathetic benefit of Brexit which doesn't really...
1st Dec 2023, 16:58
Replies: 23
Views: 10,184
Posted By pax britanica

Try reading 'The Smartest Guys in the Room' the...

Try reading 'The Smartest Guys in the Room' the Enron story of how a small American natural gas pipeline operator became one of the biggest companies on Wall Steet.
They moved from a business model...
27th Nov 2023, 18:09
Replies: 56
Views: 5,433
Posted By pax britanica

Trident 3 3 proper engines and an oversize and...

Trident 3
3 proper engines and an oversize and unbelievably noisy APU boost engine or must t be a mix of jet and prop.


Also from the real past the Fairey Rotadyne, another fuel to noise unit...
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