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25th Aug 2020, 22:32
Replies: 864
Views: 1,084,347
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Would that have been before the days when you had...

Would that have been before the days when you had to click your microphone button, in the air, to turn on the runway lights at FALA?
19th Aug 2020, 17:54
Replies: 77
Views: 20,521
Posted By cavortingcheetah

A forty seat aircraft in 1969 that appeared to...

A forty seat aircraft in 1969 that appeared to have JATO?
I suppose that the days of water methanol are long forgotten?
16th Oct 2019, 10:51
Replies: 5
Views: 2,602
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Prostate cancer metastasis typically occurs in...

Prostate cancer metastasis typically occurs in the bones, lymph nodes, lungs, liver and brain. It is that last possibility that gingers up the UK CAA somewhat. I think it is true to say that the...
14th Oct 2019, 16:25
Replies: 2
Views: 1,396
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Many long African moons ago I dod some flight...

Many long African moons ago I dod some flight training with and for these people.
​​​​​​FTS Grand Central.
They're as commercial a bunch as the rest of them but always had a pretty good ethos and a...
14th Jul 2019, 23:57
Replies: 5
Views: 5,575
Posted By cavortingcheetah

But I would have thought, disingenuously speaking...

But I would have thought, disingenuously speaking of course, that you've precisely proved your own point. In other, carefully chosen words, if one hundred and forty SAA pilots have left the airline...
8th Jul 2019, 07:16
Replies: 8
Views: 8,544
Posted By cavortingcheetah

And there was I thinking it was called Jomo.

And there was I thinking it was called Jomo.
5th Jul 2019, 05:20
Replies: 5
Views: 5,575
Posted By cavortingcheetah

https://onemileatatime.com/south-african-airways-a...

https://onemileatatime.com/south-african-airways-a350/

There's a story on the thing, leased old junk, I'll be bound.
I shall continue to fly business KLM to EHAM transit there with a nice pod at...
4th Jul 2019, 18:42
Replies: 5
Views: 5,575
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Disingenuously speaking, is it possible that the...

Disingenuously speaking, is it possible that the pilots still receive such poor salaries and perks that they are the most overpaid and ovearperked long haul pilots in the industry?
Or was that just...
4th Jul 2019, 16:36
Replies: 8
Views: 8,544
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I had a neat if rather redundant (2015) article...

I had a neat if rather redundant (2015) article on bush flying in Botswana that I thought I would post. I used to do a lot of flying in Botswana and found the article very accurate. I would have...
16th Jun 2019, 12:22
Replies: 6
Views: 4,318
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Go and get your Class 1 certificate before you...

Go and get your Class 1 certificate before you have been told that you do need a hip replacement. That way you will (probably) not have to stretch anything on the medical form and also, if the time...
7th Jun 2019, 13:42
Replies: 11
Views: 7,745
Posted By cavortingcheetah

You should have been there in the days of the...

You should have been there in the days of the little red pillar box control tower. Rwy 35 then, as now, is the runway of choice, as indeed is 03 at Smuts, whereas, of course, you need rocks in your...
8th Mar 2019, 16:52
Replies: 5
Views: 4,583
Posted By cavortingcheetah

From October 12th 2005. Not quite sure...

From October 12th 2005.


Not quite sure about the 'Lady' bit. The daughter of a Baron would bear the title 'The Honourable', as in The Hon. Miss/Mrs XYZ.
I think only one Baron Buxton in English...
6th Mar 2019, 06:12
Replies: 28
Views: 24,030
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Back in the glory days, as far as I remember of...

Back in the glory days, as far as I remember of course, on SAA the Captain was the Captain, wherever he was. The licence system broke down into......

ATPL. No weight restriction.
SCPL. Weight...
2nd Mar 2019, 16:12
Replies: 28
Views: 24,030
Posted By cavortingcheetah

In another life I do remember someone I know very...

In another life I do remember someone I know very well meeting three pilots from: (edited to read: somewhere up northwest in Africa, near that bulgy bit) pilots at the CAA at Waterfall. They'd just...
23rd Jan 2019, 13:03
Replies: 2
Views: 1,940
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Forgive me for being nasty and sceptical but...

Forgive me for being nasty and sceptical but isn't your second question a matter for security? After all, which do you want, a job with Air Seychelles or an airside pass at what is, after all, an...
Forum: Cabin Crew
18th Jan 2019, 22:36
Replies: 9
Views: 4,013
Posted By cavortingcheetah

By US norms then, you should tip 20% of the pre...

By US norms then, you should tip 20% of the pre tax ticket amount. I am quite sure that such a prospective increase in IRS undeclared emolument would lead to considerably more than just a flourish...
16th Jan 2019, 22:31
Replies: 4
Views: 1,398
Posted By cavortingcheetah

It's difficult to write nicely about one's...

It's difficult to write nicely about one's experiences with the SA CAA medical authority and avoid libel possibilities.
I had some dealings with them a few years back and involved my specialist...
22nd Dec 2018, 22:03
Replies: 104
Views: 38,877
Posted By cavortingcheetah

In a case confirmed to me in the UK, five weeks...

In a case confirmed to me in the UK, five weeks for a sentinel node biopsy result following a positive diagnosis of aggressive malignant melanoma. That is obscene.
14th Dec 2018, 21:40
Replies: 5
Views: 2,194
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I suspect that will depend on why you were...

I suspect that will depend on why you were prescribed Amitriptyline in the first place and of course, the dosage you were prescribed will tend to corroborate or confirm the reason for the...
13th Nov 2018, 08:05
Replies: 13
Views: 3,838
Posted By cavortingcheetah

You say that BP readings at home are usually okay...

You say that BP readings at home are usually okay but you imply that under stress, as white coat syndrome, the readings become elevated. Long term raised blood pressure can lead to permanent damage...
30th Oct 2018, 10:55
Replies: 10
Views: 13,537
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Cigarette packet take off = +- 33%. It might...

Cigarette packet take off = +- 33%.
It might not be applicable but be warned though, SA income tax system will change very soon and there will be no such thing as a self determined non resident ex...
17th Oct 2018, 09:08
Replies: 8
Views: 2,132
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Surely there is a reasonable chance that the...

Surely there is a reasonable chance that the medical examiner meant he should bring along any results he already has in his possession?
You can't second guess a blind test or else where do you stop....
16th Oct 2018, 06:47
Replies: 7
Views: 2,808
Posted By cavortingcheetah

It's quite a while ago that I was in this boat...

It's quite a while ago that I was in this boat but what I did was:
Went to FTS at FAGC and bought their notes on Air Law and Procedures.
Went to Avex at FALA and bought their notes on Air Law and...
15th Oct 2018, 14:10
Replies: 7
Views: 2,808
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I hope the following cut and paste will help you....

I hope the following cut and paste will help you. It's from Part 61.
As I remember, you'll need to make a booking to write Air Law and Procedures. It's a computer exam and the result is...
16th Sep 2018, 09:48
Replies: 8
Views: 3,641
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Man o' war man. It could be nothing more than...

Man o' war man.
It could be nothing more than that your captan wanted to impress the #1 with his cocky banter (sic) while rubbing her nose in the fact that her present lover was the captain of the...
13th Sep 2018, 22:14
Replies: 8
Views: 3,641
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I expect he wears a Breitling Navitimer.

I expect he wears a Breitling Navitimer.
12th Sep 2018, 21:16
Replies: 2
Views: 1,588
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Perhaps you can access this 1965, Lerner and...

Perhaps you can access this 1965, Lerner and Loewe lyric movie with Bulgarian subtitles? You must watch the movie in the spoken English, a language which of course, not being British, you probably...
12th Sep 2018, 20:37
Replies: 4
Views: 2,870
Posted By cavortingcheetah

As I understand it all in these days of...

As I understand it all in these days of obfuscation, you have to do your initial UK Class 1 (or whatever you want to call it type of medical) with one of about four centres.
I had a look at one of...
13th Aug 2018, 23:52
Replies: 234
Views: 36,320
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Take advantage of the luxury of permitted prunian...

Take advantage of the luxury of permitted prunian numerical superiority. Wander over to the cabin crew pages and start listing the number of flight attendants with whom you've flow united and just...
13th Aug 2018, 23:24
Replies: 4
Views: 2,263
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Lanseria Flight Centre would appear,...

Lanseria Flight Centre would appear, incongruously enough, to be located these days at FAGC (Grand Central) and not at FALA (Lanseria).
What Saffa pilot says is spot on the reference point.
I think...
13th Aug 2018, 22:04
Replies: 100
Views: 54,422
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Just to clear up an anomaly, if you research ...

Just to clear up an anomaly, if you research
UK CAA Policy for the Medical Certification of Pilots and ATCOs with Diabetes
through the usual internet channels, you'll come straight to the link...
12th Aug 2018, 22:28
Replies: 234
Views: 36,320
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Lockheed Constellation. Bristol Britannia. ...

Lockheed Constellation.
Bristol Britannia.
Aérospatiale/BAC Concorde.
Miles Messenger.
Persian Carpet.
De Havilland Tiger Moth.
Grumman Goose.
J31 Turbomeca Astazou,
Vickers Viscount.
A...
12th Aug 2018, 21:48
Replies: 234
Views: 36,320
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Hell man, I can remember flying the Atlantic with...

Hell man, I can remember flying the Atlantic with propellers, via Gander to Shannon and into London and then back the other way. Then I discovered that you could go by ocean liner, you know, not the...
12th Aug 2018, 21:40
Replies: 5
Views: 1,941
Posted By cavortingcheetah

I rather thought, in my medically misinformed...

I rather thought, in my medically misinformed way, that there was plenty of evidence internationally as to the therapeutic benefits of cannabis oil and indeed the weed itself.
Britain may be a small...
11th Aug 2018, 15:09
Replies: 100
Views: 54,422
Posted By cavortingcheetah

Google this up and perhaps you'll find the...

Google this up and perhaps you'll find the answers you seek.
It's a fifteen page PDF download.



UK CAA Policy for the Medical Certification of Pilots and ATCOs with Diabetes

Information...
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