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Forum: Rumours & News
27th Feb 2004, 12:54
Replies: 60
Views: 14,659
Posted By theblipdriver

aaaahhhh...sounds familiar to me! In...

aaaahhhh...sounds familiar to me!
In Switzerland, they are doing sightseeing trips with a zeppelin from an old military airfiled. the people now complain that passengers may look "into their...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2004, 18:59
Replies: 133
Views: 31,085
Posted By theblipdriver

@ASFKAP

There are many Danish controllers in Zurich, both in ACC and APP/TWR.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2004, 17:20
Replies: 133
Views: 31,085
Posted By theblipdriver

the day after the überlingen desaster, the...

the day after the überlingen desaster, the biggest newspaper in Switzerland named his initials and the village he was living in, and they mentionned his nationality. With help of the internet phone...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Nov 2003, 11:12
Replies: 70
Views: 12,894
Posted By theblipdriver

oh, come on, this film has been made somewhere in...

oh, come on, this film has been made somewhere in the desert of nevada :E

do you really believe he just fliew to saddam airport to wish his troops a nice thankgiving?
Forum: Military Aviation
19th Aug 2003, 23:07
Replies: 8
Views: 1,929
Posted By theblipdriver

C-17 and C-130 is quite the same...

just read this nice little sentence on bbc online:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/3159895.stm

Last year the Pentagon agreed to pay $23m to fit laser protection systems to four C-17...
Forum: African Aviation
28th Jun 2003, 19:36
Replies: 0
Views: 941
Posted By theblipdriver

Question safety in djibouti?

Hello there,
I will (maybe) go to djibouti for one week in november, along witn my girlfriend to visit her father; he's working for the french military down there. my concerns are now about safety:...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2003, 20:24
Replies: 43
Views: 6,434
Posted By theblipdriver

@PT / TWA800

Hello,
I also heard of the theory of a missile. There were several aircraft which did some "strange things" in this region. TWA800, SWR111, Egyptair, etc. The only reason I don't believe the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2003, 03:52
Replies: 43
Views: 6,434
Posted By theblipdriver

the earth population is some 5 billions. so, you...

the earth population is some 5 billions. so, you don't count china, india and some other well populated countries to this earth? ;)

i still prefer flying airbus, if just as passengers. if i have...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
31st May 2003, 21:33
Replies: 3
Views: 619
Posted By theblipdriver

Concorde to Washington???

I thought, after the "minor" disagreements between US and the French, this was a joke. OK, on the other hand, it shows the Yanks each day what they were NOT able to build :E

cheers, al
Forum: Rumours & News
18th May 2003, 17:58
Replies: 42
Views: 10,406
Posted By theblipdriver

ATC Zurich

hi,
have to agree that the situation in LSZH is not really good, but it's not (only?) fault of the atc. in fact, the restrictions from germany cause a lot of delay. it's ridiculous to force the big...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
16th May 2003, 19:26
Replies: 20
Views: 2,258
Posted By theblipdriver

@robertovesco

so, that's the reason why swisspilots are trying to copy the "french way of success"? :E striking in order to become profitable?

cheers
Forum: Military Aviation
4th May 2003, 08:57
Replies: 24
Views: 6,836
Posted By theblipdriver

latest bbc-report

MSS has been shot dead after he tried to flee a secret bunker. however, his body denied...

cheers
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
3rd Oct 2002, 21:57
Replies: 5
Views: 1,175
Posted By theblipdriver

well, that's a known downside of ops. generally,...

well, that's a known downside of ops. generally, i have been regarded as a travel agent, which always booked the worst hotels (obviously, you have to know all hotel in the world, if you work in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
30th Sep 2002, 22:08
Replies: 8
Views: 1,376
Posted By theblipdriver

bad news... air switzerland has fired 58...

bad news...
air switzerland has fired 58 people, 47 in berne (the hub of the former air engiadina, the bancrupt company which has been bought by air switzerland). most of them were former employees...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
19th Sep 2002, 15:16
Replies: 8
Views: 1,376
Posted By theblipdriver

was this airline ever MEANT to take off??

just my two cents...

the company was founded after the collapse of SWR. they want to establish a charter network to the destiations swissair gave up because they made not sufficient profits....so...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
17th Sep 2002, 17:21
Replies: 14
Views: 2,139
Posted By theblipdriver

Re: Swiss Security Gap

in this case - how can you give passengers KNIVES to eat? isn't it dangerous? or you could attack the pilots and pop their eyes out with a teaspoon?

honestly, i think there are things in aviation...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Aug 2002, 21:00
Replies: 66
Views: 10,860
Posted By theblipdriver

And just to make it clear, it is all in...

And just to make it clear, it is all in connection with former Crossair and not with former Swissair.


PLEASE TAKE CARE...................., because I care about SWISS Internation Airlines!

...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Aug 2002, 14:11
Replies: 66
Views: 10,860
Posted By theblipdriver

how to define safety??????

to 126.9

so, you prefer to fly with other "safer" airlines? like lufthansa, which almost crashed an airbus because of a mis-connection of the captains joystick? or like alitalia, which smacked a...
Forum: ATC Issues
17th Aug 2002, 20:34
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,451,596
Posted By theblipdriver

slip of the tongue...

the ones which still happen to me are:

hotel rolf gomeo (golf romeo...) and the classical "slide glope". but only when i'm really overstressed.

and last week heard twice a heading 365 in...
Forum: ATC Issues
24th Jul 2002, 19:32
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,451,596
Posted By theblipdriver

geneva tower

...once a female trainee wanted to say "line-up behind landing fokker", and she ended saying "line-up behind f**king lander"....

cheers
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jul 2002, 00:45
Replies: 74
Views: 20,528
Posted By theblipdriver

very good, that's exactly what we need right now...

very good, that's exactly what we need right now - ex-SWR and ex-CRX-people bashing each other. this times should be over now, because THERE IS ONLY ONE AIRLINE LEFT!!! I preferred SWR too from the...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Jul 2002, 22:18
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,451,596
Posted By theblipdriver

it's not funny for everyone (especially for...

it's not funny for everyone (especially for pilots...but what do they do in this forum anyway? :D ) : our first IFR-Voice lesson: "the two most important rules for an atco: ONE: never apologise on...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Jul 2002, 03:31
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,451,596
Posted By theblipdriver

some other good ones from our training: during...

some other good ones from our training:
during emergency training: one acft cruising at FL330, crossing traffic at FL310, and (murphy :-) the upper one had a engine failure. so the pilot reported...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Jul 2002, 01:14
Replies: 46
Views: 9,108
Posted By theblipdriver

Re: Is UK ATC Creaking at the seams?

Officials in charge of air traffic control have denied that safety has been compromised and said that the latest reports have yet to be fully investigated. --------------------

Well, The last...
Forum: ATC Issues
11th Jul 2002, 00:44
Replies: 1,636
Views: 2,451,596
Posted By theblipdriver

Re: ATC Humour

the best thing i heard in my training (we almost had to stop the exercise - we bursted into laughter) was during practising weather avoidance headings in an early stage of the ATC school. trainee...
Forum: ATC Issues
10th Jul 2002, 01:09
Replies: 62
Views: 11,395
Posted By theblipdriver

hello romeowiz, i agree with you in every...

hello romeowiz,
i agree with you in every point. i know many people from zurich acc (i was training as a atco, but got fired during training. tough job). it is HORRIBLE! everyone knows it could...
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