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Forum: Fragrant Harbour
9th Apr 2024, 19:11
Replies: 11
Views: 3,458
Posted By anxiao

This looks genuine. Let us not eat our young...

This looks genuine. Let us not eat our young here.

Anyone with relevant info?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Apr 2024, 18:35
Replies: 173
Views: 30,242
Posted By anxiao

Wonderful stuff LB, humorous and fascinating. ...

Wonderful stuff LB, humorous and fascinating.

I liked the point about the forecaster drawing the transept with Constable cumulus. In the days of BEA Tridents into Gibraltar in the early 1970s the...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Apr 2024, 19:46
Replies: 173
Views: 30,242
Posted By anxiao

Please, please continue. You write very well and...

Please, please continue. You write very well and the subject matter is fascinating. Having been briefed by your ilk for 42 years I feel I know the metal of the character...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
1st Apr 2024, 16:11
Replies: 36
Views: 15,804
Posted By anxiao

Spoke to a guy at an airshow recently who's son...

Spoke to a guy at an airshow recently who's son has been accepted for the cadet course. "Is that in Adelaide?", I asked. No probably not. They do 9 months in Hong Kong for ground school as it has...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2024, 19:18
Replies: 18
Views: 3,839
Posted By anxiao

Late 1960s, probably '67 or '68, as an 'orrible...

Late 1960s, probably '67 or '68, as an 'orrible Air Cadet we did a squadron visit to Finningly, then a Vulcan base. In the hangars a very patient tech explained the start sequence of the QRA Vulcans,...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Dec 2023, 19:55
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

This from todays email update from ISW. One of...

This from todays email update from ISW. One of the most concise and clear summaries of what is at stake here.

Nataliya Bugayova

December 22, 2023

Allowing Russia to win its war in Ukraine...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2023, 18:41
Replies: 33
Views: 5,373
Posted By anxiao

Yes indeed Bugged, many a flight with said...

Yes indeed Bugged, many a flight with said gentleman and kept a spare new hat in my locker for years to fly with him. Saved a lot of aggravation.

As a slight thread drift, I also remembering...
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Nov 2023, 01:04
Replies: 22
Views: 3,163
Posted By anxiao

Going back to Nav lectures in 1969, we were told...

Going back to Nav lectures in 1969, we were told of a case in WW2, or just after, in the RAF where a Nav training flight set off from Tripoli to fly due south for a hundred miles, do a 180 and...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Nov 2023, 16:58
Replies: 51
Views: 23,483
Posted By anxiao

Noted Netstruggler. I had missed that.

Noted Netstruggler. I had missed that.
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Nov 2023, 00:50
Replies: 51
Views: 23,483
Posted By anxiao

It appears from the press that he had refused to...

It appears from the press that he had refused to be vaccinated for Covid. That alone is an indicator of a person with a problem with an authority gradient, the bedrock of CRM. Refusal to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Nov 2023, 00:23
Replies: 51
Views: 23,483
Posted By anxiao

In the days when pilots were hired from the...

In the days when pilots were hired from the military or from other airlines, one of the jobs of the Chief Pilot was to ring around squadrons and other chief pilots to get a rough idea of who had...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2023, 01:41
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

Chinese/Iranian/DPRK materiel coming ashore and...

Chinese/Iranian/DPRK materiel coming ashore and airlifted onward? Not easy to get it through the Bosporus these days. Maybe not DPRK as Vladivostock would make more sense.
Forum: Military Aviation
31st Aug 2023, 18:21
Replies: 18
Views: 3,299
Posted By anxiao

I love the phrase at the end of the article from...

I love the phrase at the end of the article from the, "Cowboy StateDaily", (sic), from artee.

"...Brannaman said, adding that the response of local firefighters to the crash was shockingly fast."...
Forum: Tech Log
28th Aug 2023, 09:12
Replies: 4
Views: 1,134
Posted By anxiao

Apologies for the lack of detail. The flight is...

Apologies for the lack of detail. The flight is CPT-FRA, so closed airspace may well be one issue, the cruise Mach of the 340 series the other.

Thank you for your inputs.
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2023, 21:36
Replies: 4
Views: 1,134
Posted By anxiao

Flight Times

As an ex airline pilot I am confused about a flight I shall take this week.

When I booked it, the elapsed time was 11.50, and unfortunately I did not notice the aircraft in use. A week ago the...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2023, 20:59
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

Pure disingenuous obfuscation and deliberate...

Pure disingenuous obfuscation and deliberate delaying tactics, which have been discussed above.

The tech manuals could have been translated in a week, bilingual flight and tech trainers were...
Forum: Military Aviation
18th Aug 2023, 20:31
Replies: 55
Views: 12,988
Posted By anxiao

indeed Lockstock, I have met exceedingly well...

indeed Lockstock, I have met exceedingly well trained pilots from those and several other countries who have been though ETPS. "Empire" being the active word, most were from the UK commonwealth, but...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Jul 2023, 19:50
Replies: 94
Views: 47,420
Posted By anxiao

Discode at #42, I was there at BA in the late...

Discode at #42, I was there at BA in the late '70s as a co-pilot and could see 15 years of Belfast shuttles ahead of me.

BEA in those days had a roster system, so it did not matter how senior in...
Forum: Military Aviation
13th Jul 2023, 11:16
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

Reddit has a registration wall, so link is only...

Reddit has a registration wall, so link is only for Reddit subscribers.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Jun 2023, 08:54
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

Perhaps the danger for Ukraine is that now Wagner...

Perhaps the danger for Ukraine is that now Wagner has control of the materiel in the Rostov area it will be forwarded much more efficiently to the front lines than it was under the Russian military...
Forum: Military Aviation
19th May 2023, 18:08
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

Having read the Memorandum for WG162 CC on the...

Having read the Memorandum for WG162 CC on the UKR AF Baseline Pilot Assessment, I think it makes interesting reading. What perhaps needs to be taken into consideration is the environment in which...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
10th May 2023, 20:30
Replies: 16
Views: 6,001
Posted By anxiao

Plainpilot11 you make a good case. I am no longer...

Plainpilot11 you make a good case. I am no longer employed by CX and no longer a member but if your monthly dues are around HKD1200 a month your figure is correct.

That is not chump change...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
10th May 2023, 20:22
Replies: 20
Views: 7,971
Posted By anxiao

From my experience as a recently joined very...

From my experience as a recently joined very junior pilot into a big airline, being put into ground duties including on the desks at LHR many, many years ago, it was like being put out to stud.
...
Forum: Military Aviation
29th Apr 2023, 17:09
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

Nutloose post #217, I must have got some dust in...

Nutloose post #217, I must have got some dust in my eye when she said at the end of the interview, "...that it is a country worth fighting for, and that's why I am here.."

Now if only the...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Apr 2023, 12:24
Replies: 38
Views: 6,471
Posted By anxiao

Wetstart at #9 had me mopping coffee off the...

Wetstart at #9 had me mopping coffee off the keyboard. :}

I just like the ballon pricking effect of all those intense pilots who have pre-printed forms that are, "better than yours..."
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Apr 2023, 19:21
Replies: 141
Views: 26,390
Posted By anxiao

Thank you Yellow Sun at post #48. That is a...

Thank you Yellow Sun at post #48. That is a fascinating read on the V bomber Nav.

Several times in the 1960s I visited Lindholme as an ATC cadet and flew air experience on the Handley Page...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Apr 2023, 19:56
Replies: 10,329
Views: 4,612,026
Posted By anxiao

One fascinating aspect of petit platea's link is...

One fascinating aspect of petit platea's link is the Molfar sites's tools section. The ability of a private individual to access such OSINT tools and use them to find detailed intelligence is to me...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Apr 2023, 20:14
Replies: 13
Views: 3,712
Posted By anxiao

Very much agree Samy. From thinking a water...

Very much agree Samy. From thinking a water bottle has got down your back to discovering it was a cobra shows a very cool operator.
Forum: Military Aviation
24th Mar 2023, 18:56
Replies: 7
Views: 2,271
Posted By anxiao

I agree Wetstart. An invitation to one of their...

I agree Wetstart. An invitation to one of their dining-in nights will be gold...
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Mar 2023, 17:44
Replies: 16
Views: 3,354
Posted By anxiao

Had a chuckle at the link that MATELO provided...

Had a chuckle at the link that MATELO provided with the GEN about Cobra Warrior. Apparently UK Joint Helicopter Command are operating out of RAF Lemming, which will give everyone a collective chance...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Mar 2023, 12:15
Replies: 77
Views: 25,802
Posted By anxiao

Rt Hon Jim, you have it in one. A pilot's job is...

Rt Hon Jim, you have it in one. A pilot's job is on the flight deck, not chatting up the crew. Absence from the flight deck should be kept to an absolute minimum in 2 crew operations, to reduce risk....
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
1st Mar 2023, 10:58
Replies: 7
Views: 4,304
Posted By anxiao

I think the OP's point is that it is usual for an...

I think the OP's point is that it is usual for an HR department in an international airline to have a good English standard. In Hong Kong it used to be so, but since 1997 in Hong Kong "state" schools...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
26th Feb 2023, 09:53
Replies: 54
Views: 24,298
Posted By anxiao

Possibly the same outfit. I re-tested a New...

Possibly the same outfit. I re-tested a New Zealand guy in HKG who had been given a 5 by some outfit there and he was obviously a 6 within ten seconds of talking to him.

I'm still not sure how...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Feb 2023, 13:38
Replies: 14
Views: 11,760
Posted By anxiao

I wish employment Judge G Tobin or his Asian ilk...

I wish employment Judge G Tobin or his Asian ilk had been involved in the 49s case. Having read the judgement I think there would have been a more equitable decision in what was in some ways a...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Feb 2023, 08:25
Replies: 107
Views: 53,990
Posted By anxiao

I note that the Jon Ostrower account states that...

I note that the Jon Ostrower account states that the aircraft arrived in SFO, did a two and a half hour turnaround and then departed to ORD. I have not read the MM for a triple but I would have...
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