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Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2024, 09:59
Replies: 22
Views: 5,444
Posted By NoelEvans

I was very pleased that the airline that we flew...

I was very pleased that the airline that we flew with on Tuesday night avoided Iranian airspace even though it added time to the flight.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
1st Apr 2024, 21:32
Replies: 13
Views: 6,500
Posted By NoelEvans

Does anyone know the answer?

Does anyone know the answer?
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Mar 2024, 09:39
Replies: 62
Views: 23,081
Posted By NoelEvans

Good Posts, both. Far too many pilots are...

Good Posts, both.

Far too many pilots are not taught how and why to use the rudders properly (they are not 'foot rests'"").

Don't 'under-rate' "the older spam cams"!! The old ones that I learnt...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Mar 2024, 07:25
Replies: 13
Views: 6,500
Posted By NoelEvans

One simple question: Does anyone know the age of...

One simple question: Does anyone know the age of the pilot involved? (I'm not interested in any other 'personal' details, just the age.)
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
11th Feb 2024, 09:50
Replies: 9
Views: 3,222
Posted By NoelEvans

Where on earth do the BBC get their 'reporters'...

Where on earth do the BBC get their 'reporters' from??? In that article:Muppets! (Apologies, that it probably an insult to Muppets!)

I hope the pilot gets back flying soon.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Feb 2024, 11:27
Replies: 11
Views: 6,905
Posted By NoelEvans

That is racist and sexist. I have worked...

That is racist and sexist.

I have worked with many fellow airline pilots who have had previous 'ramp' jobs and they have all been good pilots. Who they are, I could not care in the slightest as...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2024, 21:52
Replies: 132
Views: 72,528
Posted By NoelEvans

Not at all!! Just be ready to think ahead. ...

Not at all!!

Just be ready to think ahead.

There is not necessarily any "standard day"!
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Jan 2024, 19:49
Replies: 132
Views: 72,528
Posted By NoelEvans

What is a "standard day"? I have...

What is a "standard day"?


I have experienced three occasions when the airport has been closed on a CAVOK day with light winds. On two occasions the aeroplane behind us had an incident closing...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
24th Jan 2024, 09:40
Replies: 73
Views: 28,257
Posted By NoelEvans

I haven't had a "land after clearance" in the UK...

I haven't had a "land after clearance" in the UK for decades. And that was most likely in the GA world.
Oh dear! The Canadians are 'as bad' as CDG, clearing an aeroplane to land before the one ahead...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
23rd Jan 2024, 08:29
Replies: 73
Views: 28,257
Posted By NoelEvans

In the UK you will not be cleared to land if the...

In the UK you will not be cleared to land if the runway area is still occupied (and that includes aeroplanes that are vacating on the taxiway but not yet past the Cat 1 Hold).

In CDG you can be...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jan 2024, 19:21
Replies: 11
Views: 2,181
Posted By NoelEvans

I learnt very early in my airline career never to...

I learnt very early in my airline career never to waste time at home ironing shirts that I was going to wear some time later somewhere else. If I needed an ironed shirt away from home, then I ironed...
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jan 2024, 09:28
Replies: 16
Views: 2,790
Posted By NoelEvans

"Return to stand" most certainly counts as a...

"Return to stand" most certainly counts as a 'sector' for FTLs.

But I have never entered that in my logbook. For there to be an entry in my Flying Logbook, I need to have actually left the ground.
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Jan 2024, 06:41
Replies: 11
Views: 2,181
Posted By NoelEvans

Agreed... ... and agreed. At home they...

Agreed...

... and agreed.

At home they are on hangers, so no need to fold. (Although at this time of the years I wear a jersey over them, so they are very seldom ironed!)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th Jan 2024, 13:26
Replies: 11
Views: 1,911
Posted By NoelEvans

There appears to some idea that LBA is not at all...

There appears to some idea that LBA is not at all equipped to deal with snow. LBA is equipped to deal with snow and I have seen it doing so very well on many occasions. But it was CAVOK all day. No...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Jan 2024, 22:06
Replies: 11
Views: 1,911
Posted By NoelEvans

"Passenger & SLF"?? (I thought if it was going to...

"Passenger & SLF"?? (I thought if it was going to be moved it should have been "Airlines, Airports ..."!! However.

-7C and 'icy surfaces' in CAVOK and an International Airport is closed????

I...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jan 2024, 19:17
Replies: 73
Views: 28,281
Posted By NoelEvans

It's nice when someone passes that on to ATC! ...

It's nice when someone passes that on to ATC!

I had similar departing EMA in the early hours of 24th Dec a few years ago (a prompt from our airline management!). I was on my way to EDI on a Royal...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Jan 2024, 18:03
Replies: 11
Views: 1,911
Posted By NoelEvans

LBA 17th Jan

Anyone know the real reason for the delays, cancellations and diverts from LBA this morning?...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jan 2024, 19:37
Replies: 35
Views: 10,538
Posted By NoelEvans

Something I should have been doing for a long...

Something I should have been doing for a long time... Although, I'm only about a month behind now, so shouldn't take too long. (After half a century, I should have learnt my lesson by now!!)
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2024, 19:26
Replies: 32
Views: 14,216
Posted By NoelEvans

For a like-for-like assessment of the safety in...

For a like-for-like assessment of the safety in different countries, have a close look at that link above, then go onto the https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice website and see the updated...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2024, 09:32
Replies: 35
Views: 10,538
Posted By NoelEvans

No airline has ever 'stamped' my logbook and...

No airline has ever 'stamped' my logbook and no-one has ever wanted to see any airline 'stamp' in my logbook.

The only 'stamp' that I have had in my logbook over the past several years was for my...
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2024, 09:21
Replies: 32
Views: 14,216
Posted By NoelEvans

Just don't go there. I grew up there and won't go...

Just don't go there. I grew up there and won't go back, for one major reason: the violent crime.

Just read this before thinking of going there:...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
31st Dec 2023, 16:23
Replies: 69
Views: 28,116
Posted By NoelEvans

With an Aerospace Engineer and an Astrophysicist...

With an Aerospace Engineer and an Astrophysicist in the family, we always find those comments about "rocket science" to be very amusing!!
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
30th Dec 2023, 10:42
Replies: 672
Views: 613,066
Posted By NoelEvans

There should NOT be. Yes.

There should NOT be.



Yes.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Dec 2023, 16:26
Replies: 672
Views: 613,066
Posted By NoelEvans

Agreed. Agreed, we should not "cover it up"....

Agreed.

Agreed, we should not "cover it up". But refusing to accept that fatigue could have played a part is a "cover up" on its own!! Fatigue is not an "excuse", if it is a factor it is a reason....
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
29th Dec 2023, 09:05
Replies: 672
Views: 613,066
Posted By NoelEvans

Almost nothing said about possible fatigue in...

Almost nothing said about possible fatigue in that report, other than "Previous rest period" -- "​As per CAAN requirements" and a fleeting reference to a "SHELL model" for Human Factors.


The...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
28th Dec 2023, 22:22
Replies: 125
Views: 72,913
Posted By NoelEvans

"Well said" as well!! (I've also spun an...

"Well said" as well!!

(I've also spun an aeroplane or few... Harvard, C150/C152. PA28, PA38, R2160, DH82a... and taught people to spin, ;) )

Let's stick to being gentlemen!! :)
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
27th Dec 2023, 07:54
Replies: 125
Views: 72,913
Posted By NoelEvans

"Tech" doesn't fly aeroplanes. If the basics are...

"Tech" doesn't fly aeroplanes. If the basics are not learnt and understood properly then just don't fly. All those basics in understanding that have gone missing in this incident can be taught on a...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Dec 2023, 12:34
Replies: 445
Views: 128,264
Posted By NoelEvans

Please tell me that that is not real??!!

Please tell me that that is not real??!!
Forum: Rumours & News
14th Dec 2023, 12:55
Replies: 132
Views: 72,528
Posted By NoelEvans

If I arrived somewhere safe and sound, so did my...

If I arrived somewhere safe and sound, so did my cargo.
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
14th Dec 2023, 12:50
Replies: 125
Views: 72,913
Posted By NoelEvans

... like this crash?

... like this crash?
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Dec 2023, 17:05
Replies: 132
Views: 72,528
Posted By NoelEvans

If you are diverting and are, for example, given...

If you are diverting and are, for example, given routing to a point to hold or you are being given very extensive routing possibly to fit in with other traffic and you do not have the fuel for that...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
12th Dec 2023, 10:55
Replies: 47
Views: 16,111
Posted By NoelEvans

Poor basic training is so often the problem. Do...

Poor basic training is so often the problem. Do not push forward when landing a tricycle (nose-wheel) undercarriage aeroplane. Full Stop.

In some training organisations there is far, far too much...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Dec 2023, 08:21
Replies: 132
Views: 72,528
Posted By NoelEvans

What is sufficient fuel for me? Sufficient for...

What is sufficient fuel for me? Sufficient for the circumstances. There is no 'set number', it will vary as the circumstances vary.

I am very serious that declaring a Mayday kept them safe. As you...
Forum: Accidents and Close Calls
6th Dec 2023, 05:46
Replies: 20
Views: 6,668
Posted By NoelEvans

What has that got to do with it? Very likely.

What has that got to do with it?

Very likely.
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Dec 2023, 12:04
Replies: 445
Views: 128,264
Posted By NoelEvans

Please let us know what airline you fly for so...

Please let us know what airline you fly for so that I can ensure that they are on my "do not fly with them" list. (Similar to the way that SFO has gone onto my "do not fly to there, unless you have...
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