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Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2008, 14:16
Replies: 116
Views: 13,932
Posted By Cornflake

Grrr Hulko - what an excellent post. what a brilliant...

Hulko - what an excellent post. what a brilliant comparison to Britannia and how things should be done and how things could have been done within poor old shafted BACX. :D:D

Don't believe I've...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
26th Mar 2008, 20:37
Replies: 197
Views: 20,029
Posted By Cornflake

Hear hear! It seems that BA pilots are...

Hear hear!

It seems that BA pilots are fortunate that some of us are less greedy, selfish and arrogant than the BACC representatives have been down the years.

However, if you really want...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
13th Jan 2007, 15:49
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

Have been offered an interview with the orange...

Have been offered an interview with the orange machine, and shall be taking it. The crewroom is becoming a discussion centre, I have never heard so many people in the process of leaving. Any tips on...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
23rd Dec 2006, 08:24
Replies: 12
Views: 2,172
Posted By Cornflake

It must seem like a good option because a lot of...

It must seem like a good option because a lot of people are actively trying to get across from the 14sick, even allowing for the Edinburgh location.
TandemR, you have the connections, do you know...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
2nd Dec 2006, 14:02
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

Has anyone got anything new to say, this thread...

Has anyone got anything new to say, this thread is degenerating into nonsense.:uhoh:
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Nov 2006, 10:32
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

Thumbs up Hmmmm

Anyone who knows MH knows that LP is pretty much accurate. However, slagging him isn't constructive whatever the reasons. Apart from that LP, I think I agree pretty broadly with what you say,...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Nov 2006, 14:07
Replies: 43
Views: 16,872
Posted By Cornflake

Transport Committe Report

I've just followed the link to that Transport Committee report, that appendix is rather interesting reading. I'm glad I don't work for LC anymore, but I'm astonished that they got away with that one....
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Nov 2006, 13:18
Replies: 43
Views: 16,872
Posted By Cornflake

Nowt personal

I don't know the guys involved. I have no axe to grind. I did spend 5 years flying the BN2 for Logy, and I'm afraid I would have to say Machrihanish was very routine. It was a very very common...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
7th Nov 2006, 16:04
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

You make some very good points Prince, whether or...

You make some very good points Prince, whether or not everyone will agree with everything you say is something else. However, it's still FAR too early to be making such big decisions, particularly...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Nov 2006, 13:33
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

Unhappy Nothing here about the TUPE either.....

FLYBE TO BECOME LARGEST REGIONAL AIRLINE IN EUROPE


Flybe announces that it has reached agreement in principle with British Airways whereby it will acquire British Airways’ BA Connect regional...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Nov 2006, 13:01
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

I have a horrendous feeling about the seniority...

I have a horrendous feeling about the seniority lists - if (no, don't laugh!!!) BACON had bought Flybe, would YOU give up your place on the list, and maybe your course or Emb 170 command to one of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Nov 2006, 17:22
Replies: 920
Views: 207,726
Posted By Cornflake

Thumbs down I can just hardly believe this. I have to keep...

I can just hardly believe this. I have to keep pinching myself. How did we get here from where we were before BA bought us? How could this possibly have happened? How did we get such INCOMPETENT,...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Jan 2006, 20:04
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

Thumbs down Re: British (Rentokil) Airways

The poodle must be very good at fortune telling - it looks like the first domino has just been knocked over:
Anger as Co-op closes the door to all on final salary pension schemes
4 Jan 2006...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Jan 2006, 09:42
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

Re: British (Rentokil) Airways

I know we have a big deficit as well, though peanuts compared to the NAPS one I believe. However, talking to our BALPA guys, I understand that ourdeficit is proportionately bigger than the NAPS one....
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Dec 2005, 20:18
Replies: 8
Views: 2,416
Posted By Cornflake

Interesting comment riverboat. I suppose the...

Interesting comment riverboat. I suppose the ultimate question is whther or not the job is worth having at any price? In the 'n' th degree, it goes to whther BA Ts and Cs improve consistently and...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Dec 2005, 19:57
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

With even huger cynicism, I suppose it is because...

With even huger cynicism, I suppose it is because they CAN. And, they know it's not OUR votes which are going to determine the swing which will propel most of them in or out of office, but not out of...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
25th Dec 2005, 16:01
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

Thanks for the heads-up, and a Merry Happy...

Thanks for the heads-up, and a Merry Happy Christmas.
Personally, I think that dour Scots git has hit us 3 different ways:

1. The basic 5 billion theft per year.

2. Less fund money going into...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
24th Dec 2005, 12:28
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

I have to say Tim, you appear much better...

I have to say Tim, you appear much better informed than I - I hope for all our sakes that you are right. My only major doubt is the info I had from my own actuary/adviser, who led me to belive that...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
22nd Dec 2005, 20:46
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

Rhino, you may not like what JW has to say, but...

Rhino, you may not like what JW has to say, but sadly (for us) he is absolutley correct. The prioritisation rules of our (and most if not all) DB schemes is fixed, the pensioners take priority over...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
22nd Dec 2005, 15:55
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

The usual suspects - the usual irrelevances...

This is developing very well, but unfortunately as ever has become a debate between people defending their current advantages and those who (not un-naturally) envy them, and see no reason why they...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Dec 2005, 10:31
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

Ouch!

Thanks for that. The burning question though is that if, for example, one has, say ten years accrued, does that ten years preserve at ten years worth of 48ths of present salary, then uplifted in line...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
21st Dec 2005, 09:47
Replies: 72
Views: 9,580
Posted By Cornflake

Unhappy British (Rentokil) Airways

:( First Qu.
How long do you reckon before the first airline appears to close the final salary scheme to existing staff? Remember BA doing that to Brymon in the early nineties, and BA again...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Jan 2005, 17:27
Replies: 261
Views: 72,842
Posted By Cornflake

Dear Mel, Great to hear from you. Many...

Dear Mel,

Great to hear from you. Many congrats, glad to hear it isn't over yet!
A brilliant pilot, a ballsy character, and a beautiful girl - I wish you all the very best for the future! You...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Dec 2004, 17:40
Replies: 16
Views: 4,168
Posted By Cornflake

It's really comical how quickly and easily...

It's really comical how quickly and easily Carnage and Tandem alwways rise to the bait.........:}
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Dec 2004, 16:33
Replies: 12
Views: 3,962
Posted By Cornflake

That was around the time I was graduating from...

That was around the time I was graduating from 170 RNEFTS at Church Fenton.

I don't know but it's been said...Air Force Wings are made of Lead,

Left,,,,,,,Rydda, Leff.....

I don't know but...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
11th Dec 2004, 16:29
Replies: 32
Views: 7,710
Posted By Cornflake

I believe not, very sadly. I would like to hear...

I believe not, very sadly. I would like to hear that I was wrong......
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2004, 16:28
Replies: 261
Views: 72,842
Posted By Cornflake

4468, I can only imagine you are a robot! For...

4468, I can only imagine you are a robot! For heavens sake, we all know that females do the same job as us, in some cases to a higher standard! However, does that mean you don't treat them with a bit...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
8th Nov 2004, 20:12
Replies: 32
Views: 7,710
Posted By Cornflake

Snoop Joining Mainline?? HA!

Indeed you are right. I can't wait to read the first mainline post. As to what will happen, well, as granny said, 'No-one ever lost money by overestimating the amount of suckers in the world'. There...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Nov 2004, 21:34
Replies: 261
Views: 72,842
Posted By Cornflake

4468, I have to admit my junior friend Little P...

4468, I have to admit my junior friend Little P is right, (I have 16 years in!). Why do you guys have to start losing the thread? You've seen the argument; and thanks to RMC you've been given the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Oct 2004, 19:34
Replies: 261
Views: 72,842
Posted By Cornflake

The BALPA chair person for BACX is a very...

The BALPA chair person for BACX is a very experienced operator, whose own 'interfaces' with TDF and his chums are well known. The lady Captain in question should have no worries about the outcome of...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Oct 2004, 18:42
Replies: 261
Views: 72,842
Posted By Cornflake

As ever, ignorance is not only bliss, but reveals...

As ever, ignorance is not only bliss, but reveals that it doesn't know what it is talking about!

1. jordan (an appropriate name for ignorance) - it is precisely because no-one is FORCED to work...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Oct 2004, 15:39
Replies: 261
Views: 72,842
Posted By Cornflake

Not much change there then, mainliners...

Not much change there then, mainliners demonstrably not interested in anything resembling outreach. Turkeys and Xmas spring to mind, because inevitably, as seen with Cathay, once management starts...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th May 2004, 16:36
Replies: 230
Views: 64,222
Posted By Cornflake

I know it's been said, quoted and rewritten.........

I know it's been said, quoted and rewritten...... however, well said Yeovil.


I am sure, somewhere out there, there really ARE some BA pilots who might just have struggled through military...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Apr 2004, 08:07
Replies: 55
Views: 15,452
Posted By Cornflake

Tandemrotor, I have never read anyone's posts...

Tandemrotor, I have never read anyone's posts with as much despair and irritation as those of yourself and your BA ilk. You know perfectly well:

Don't misquote me - I never used the term...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
29th Apr 2004, 21:34
Replies: 55
Views: 15,452
Posted By Cornflake

A lot of people ARE leaving, probably not as many...

A lot of people ARE leaving, probably not as many as exaggerated on here. However, it is probably what our so-called management want. Redundancy of a kind was offered, but it was more the perception...
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