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Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2024, 16:00
Replies: 111
Views: 33,926
Posted By pax britanica

MBA s and management 'Consultants' are at the...

MBA s and management 'Consultants' are at the heart of this fatal corruption in the corporate world. Of course not every aspect of an MBA course nor every consultancy is flawed but overall they...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 19:07
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

More Boeing woes now they have got proof that...

More Boeing woes now they have got proof that the soon to leave CEo cheated on his taxes by using a private jet ofr personal travel, and not declaring it as taxable. I mean do you really have to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 12:41
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

ATC i missed the beginning and the end so that...

ATC
i missed the beginning and the end so that explains that
I assume she meant the outrigger without going into all the details to the journo in the other seat.

Ive been inside a B52 a few...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 10:50
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

Thread drift While Boeing is rightly getting a...

Thread drift
While Boeing is rightly getting a lot of scrutiny over its Profits before People policy Netflix has another interesting docudrama on the same theme . this time big Pharma is the one in...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2024, 10:42
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

ATC watcher, I saw the CNN B52 item , didn't...

ATC watcher, I saw the CNN B52 item , didn't notice the lady commander tho i must admit.

I thought they didn't make it very clear than losing an engine on B52 is less of an issue than a Triple 7...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Apr 2024, 16:12
Replies: 36
Views: 5,225
Posted By pax britanica

Does anyone publish what percentage of GDP is...

Does anyone publish what percentage of GDP is spent on other big ticket items in Government - 3%can sound alot or a little without other references

For example what percentage do we spend on the...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
9th Apr 2024, 20:37
Replies: 13
Views: 5,286
Posted By pax britanica

A bit of thread drift, the Mars was an amazing...

A bit of thread drift, the Mars was an amazing plane for its time, truly gigantic but compared to a triple7-200. What will . What i wonder might peopel 50 years hence have to comapre witha jum today...
Forum: Rotorheads
3rd Apr 2024, 10:14
Replies: 23
Views: 4,598
Posted By pax britanica

If we now do everything ourselves of this nature...

If we now do everything ourselves of this nature how many more civil servants have we had to employ on transport, food, shipping, technology transfer etc etc etc because of the B word


Of course...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2024, 15:41
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

RobinS49 You are right on target with what...

RobinS49

You are right on target with what you say . what has happened to Boeing exists right across much of America and the UK, complex companies/entities run largely by peopel who understand...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Mar 2024, 11:31
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

I woudl agree with that- CFO is a ahrd one to...

I woudl agree with that- CFO is a ahrd one to find if hes got the guts to hold his ground against pack of rabid Wall Steer Analysts who re mostly looking for unrealistic returns in an unrealistic...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Mar 2024, 16:40
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

Claybird, when you say super savvy CFO do you...

Claybird, when you say super savvy CFO do you mean one who is smart enough to know that Boeing will only fully recover if accounting and financial management issues are focussed on supporting the...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2024, 16:49
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

these guys are good bsuienss men but to run a...

these guys are good bsuienss men but to run a company like boeing which has overriding issues compared to shareholder value like SAFETY which mostly doesnt come into busiens in the way aviation does....
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
19th Mar 2024, 16:32
Replies: 29
Views: 2,648
Posted By pax britanica

I lived near Bovingdon , near not close and...

I lived near Bovingdon , near not close and still in Herts and have vague memories of military pistons heading to or from the airfield. QQ has a great list that would have been fantastic to see for...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Mar 2024, 16:21
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
Posted By pax britanica

Heaven forbid but if there was another Max fatal...

Heaven forbid but if there was another Max fatal crash traced to MCAS or some other bit of dodgy design could the CEO and his colleagues face corporate manslaughter charges.. Corporate ethos is...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2024, 17:53
Replies: 329
Views: 75,187
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Mar 2024, 17:47
Replies: 15
Views: 3,121
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Mar 2024, 12:52
Replies: 66
Views: 32,397
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...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
16th Mar 2024, 17:39
Replies: 4,460
Views: 636,466
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
15th Mar 2024, 16:54
Replies: 1,950
Views: 929,137
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Mar 2024, 12:36
Replies: 6
Views: 4,284
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Mar 2024, 13:38
Replies: 414
Views: 186,539
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Mar 2024, 09:59
Replies: 704
Views: 195,930
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...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
4th Mar 2024, 13:58
Replies: 127
Views: 28,805
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
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Feb 2024, 10:29
Replies: 26
Views: 3,058
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...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th Feb 2024, 12:45
Replies: 26
Views: 3,058
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...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
26th Feb 2024, 11:32
Replies: 200
Views: 47,413
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: 1,139
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Feb 2024, 16:23
Replies: 73
Views: 14,548
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...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Feb 2024, 10:03
Replies: 32
Views: 11,452
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...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Feb 2024, 19:03
Replies: 6
Views: 3,562
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...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
9th Feb 2024, 18:56
Replies: 38
Views: 4,022
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...
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 18:49
Replies: 31
Views: 7,374
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...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
3rd Feb 2024, 14:15
Replies: 26
Views: 3,058
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
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th Jan 2024, 10:50
Replies: 966
Views: 328,626
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...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Jan 2024, 10:24
Replies: 777
Views: 250,149
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...
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