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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
1st Jun 2004, 19:24
Replies: 11
Views: 3,569
Posted By Bob Brown

Thanks everyone. Just curious as it was not...

Thanks everyone. Just curious as it was not actually raining over my house and the cloud was fairly high, but suspected it would be weather related.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th May 2004, 14:52
Replies: 11
Views: 3,569
Posted By Bob Brown

Go-arounds at Gatwick

Living in Crawley we do not have many a/c overhead as we are parallel to the runway. In the last ha;f an hour there have been at least 4 a/c go-around.

Is the weather the problem or something...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Mar 2004, 12:04
Replies: 31
Views: 6,201
Posted By Bob Brown

Military escort over London

Just been told that a commercial jet was being escorted by two military jets over central London. Anyone know anymore?
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2004, 19:36
Replies: 15
Views: 3,920
Posted By Bob Brown

Thanks, I was begining to wonder if my mate was...

Thanks, I was begining to wonder if my mate was making it up. He said the engineers had to fly into another caribbean island and then use a light a/c to get to the island as the 777 had blocked the...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Jan 2004, 19:19
Replies: 15
Views: 3,920
Posted By Bob Brown

Antigua closed as BA jet in the mud?

I heard from a BA loader (OK we were in the pub) that one of BA's finest has put one in the mud closing Antigua.
Does anyone have any more information? Is it true even?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Dec 2003, 18:05
Replies: 12
Views: 1,921
Posted By Bob Brown

There are many reasons. Lights dimmed ...

There are many reasons.

Lights dimmed

1. The lights are dimmed to improve the PAX night vision.
2. The lights are dimmed so you and the cabin crew can see out.
3. The lights are dimmed to...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
12th Dec 2003, 18:58
Replies: 10
Views: 3,056
Posted By Bob Brown

Full Emergency LGW Last night

The wife got home last night and said that there had been a full emergency going on.
Anyone know if it was anything interesting?
Forum: Questions
12th Dec 2003, 18:06
Replies: 8
Views: 1,082
Posted By Bob Brown

Sounds right to me, that is why you should ensure...

Sounds right to me, that is why you should ensure you have adequate travel insurance. Does your Company have a group policy?
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2003, 00:08
Replies: 12
Views: 3,612
Posted By Bob Brown

£900M................................................

£900M...................................................................................
Forum: Terms and Endearment
11th Dec 2003, 23:09
Replies: 42
Views: 17,792
Posted By Bob Brown

Many years ago, at the end of their engineering ...

Many years ago, at the end of their engineering apprenticeship a whole years intake were offered jobs as Cabin Crew with B-Cal as they had no vacancies in engineering.
After a year or two when...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
28th Nov 2003, 22:23
Replies: 8
Views: 703
Posted By Bob Brown

Depends what car you have, if I can have a drive...

Depends what car you have, if I can have a drive and .......

my house?
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Nov 2003, 00:33
Replies: 8
Lgw
Views: 1,087
Posted By Bob Brown

Lst time I checked, 26R/08L was only an emergency...

Lst time I checked, 26R/08L was only an emergency runway. LGW only has one, that being 08R/26L.

Bring on the second runway! :ok:
Forum: Questions
21st Nov 2003, 21:11
Replies: 1
Views: 773
Posted By Bob Brown

live broadcast from 35000 feet

Noel Edmonds used to do it every christmas from one of the Virgin 74's.

Oh how the ramp crew used to love coming in for that one flight on Christmas Day!
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
21st Nov 2003, 20:30
Replies: 1
Views: 681
Posted By Bob Brown

Hypothetical Charter

A friend of mine has aske a hypothetical question regarding the cost of chartering something like a DC-10 for a trip to Lagos, Nigeria. The idea is that it would carry around 300 people there, turn...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
22nd Oct 2003, 00:32
Replies: 6
Views: 1,200
Posted By Bob Brown

Thanks FlapsOne. I am not having a pop at them,...

Thanks FlapsOne.
I am not having a pop at them, they did a good job. I was just curious as to the reason for the delay having had no information whilst in the terminal or on the flight.

We booked...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Oct 2003, 21:03
Replies: 22
Views: 1,959
Posted By Bob Brown

Flying back fro Zurich on Sunday, I had to take...

Flying back fro Zurich on Sunday, I had to take off my boots to be x-rayed. I could however still but a swiss army knife at the gate!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Oct 2003, 20:25
Replies: 6
Views: 1,200
Posted By Bob Brown

Ezy5008 19/10

Does anyone know whatthe delay was on this flight?
I was on this flight and all I could make out was that the cabin crew were complaining that they had had a 13 hour day (on call then being called...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Oct 2003, 01:06
Replies: 33
Views: 4,063
Posted By Bob Brown

Mobile Telephones in Aircraft

A few months ago, Mrs BB acidentally left her phone on in her bag when we flew from Gatwick to Dalaman.
Got the phone out when we arrived at the hotel and had several txt mesages from the various...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jul 2003, 21:44
Replies: 13
Views: 928
Posted By Bob Brown

I have a BTEC in Aerospace studies, spent 6 years...

I have a BTEC in Aerospace studies, spent 6 years as an Aircraft Avionics engineer and still cant believe that something weighing in at 100 tonnes can fly!
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jul 2003, 20:06
Replies: 40
Views: 11,445
Posted By Bob Brown

QANTAS B747 evacuation

So there was no pre-flight safty demo and no one was told to read teh emergency instruction card in the seat pocket.

Sounds more like 'I panicked and forgot, but it was not my fault as no-one...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Jun 2003, 23:01
Replies: 36
Views: 4,432
Posted By Bob Brown

Ryanair chalks up another celebrity turn-down

I guess that the Queen would be refused travel then. Lat time I heard, she does not have a passport or licence, and even if she did get one during the War when driving the ambulances, would she have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Mar 2003, 11:27
Replies: 0
Views: 775
Posted By Bob Brown

Blast rocks Philippines airport

From the bbc website...


An explosion has ripped through Davao City airport on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, killing at least 15 people

...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Feb 2003, 13:26
Replies: 27
Views: 3,692
Posted By Bob Brown

LGW Expansion

I agree with teh expansion of Gatwick. the single runway has been at saturation for years.
It always seems funny to me that the majority of people that complain about the potential noise, live...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jan 2003, 10:56
Replies: 152
Views: 27,273
Posted By Bob Brown

Easy life! Maybe not so easy for you commuter...

Easy life! Maybe not so easy for you commuter types, but for the long haul types amongst you this is what seems to be a typical week.

Day 1. Check in and prepare for the long flight ahead. Check...
Forum: Rumours & News
21st Jan 2003, 08:59
Replies: 152
Views: 27,273
Posted By Bob Brown

Moonraker: I think you will find...

Moonraker:



I think you will find that it is an average of 40 hours over a 17 week period.

Is the 900 hours limit total duty time or just the flying element?

If it is total duty time...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2003, 13:24
Replies: 90
Views: 31,354
Posted By Bob Brown

ATPMBA Surely you should look at it...

ATPMBA



Surely you should look at it the other way. They have up to 8 times the experience of landing in poor conditions than someone that flys long haul with the same hours, or to put it...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2003, 13:02
Replies: 341
Views: 82,135
Posted By Bob Brown

So you are now being asked to do 5 on 3 off....

So you are now being asked to do 5 on 3 off. Regardless of # of sectors, what is the total number of hours worked in that time (sign in to sign out)?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
14th Jan 2003, 14:30
Replies: 14
Views: 1,874
Posted By Bob Brown

Nnnnnnnnnooooooooooo!

I have sent my son (now 8) to Malaga for a holiday with my mother who lives out there for the last two summers.

The only airline from LGW that offers the UNMIN service is BA. With their fairs it...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Dec 2002, 07:46
Replies: 29
Views: 4,999
Posted By Bob Brown

Man Arrested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2613779.stm
Forum: Cabin Crew
27th Dec 2002, 13:00
Replies: 3
Views: 1,562
Posted By Bob Brown

A little more respect for the role of cabin crew please!

Not worked for any airlines for some years now, but..........

Have cabin crew attitudes changed? Do they show respect for passengers and ground crew now?

When I was an engineer at Bad Attitude...
Forum: Questions
15th Aug 2002, 07:59
Replies: 24
Views: 2,687
Posted By Bob Brown

Many years ago whilst doing my apprenticeship...

Many years ago whilst doing my apprenticeship with B-Cal Engineering, I was given the task by the technical teams to establish if the DC-10/10's being used by Cal-Air were costing more to maintain...
Forum: Questions
14th Aug 2002, 14:01
Replies: 12
Views: 1,503
Posted By Bob Brown

DC-10-30 has 4 greens

DC-10-30 has 4 greens
Forum: Questions
14th Aug 2002, 13:55
Replies: 24
Views: 2,687
Posted By Bob Brown

Several years ago, BA/B-Cal code shared with...

Several years ago, BA/B-Cal code shared with Sabena and used to have a route that went from Brussels-Gatwick-New York.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
31st Jul 2002, 13:35
Replies: 4
Views: 1,012
Posted By Bob Brown

The legal requirement is 20 days leave including...

The legal requirement is 20 days leave including bank holidays as the minimum.
Many 9-5 jobs now only give 20 days + bank holidays and so not increment with time.
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
29th Jul 2002, 11:31
Replies: 1
Views: 529
Posted By Bob Brown

BA Web Fares

Who or what decides what BA are going to charge for a paticular flight?
I understand that there are a number of seats at each price on each flight etc but imagine this......

Over the weekend I...
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