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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Apr 2012, 08:15
Replies: 57
Views: 9,685
Posted By cargo boy

It was an N registered Atlas B744 in SonAir...

It was an N registered Atlas B744 in SonAir colors. Still, shows the contempt that the UK government have for the airline industry here in the UK.

There is no such thing as BA or VS not having an...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Dec 2011, 11:30
Replies: 29
Views: 20,425
Posted By cargo boy

Typical of some who are just enthusiasts and have...

Typical of some who are just enthusiasts and have very little real understanding of real life flight operations to cast criticism without all the facts.

Landing with 6,000lb (2,700kg), whilst low...
Forum: Rumours & News
10th Dec 2009, 11:09
Replies: 86
Views: 29,532
Posted By cargo boy

So is Poland. Duh! :ugh:

So is Poland. Duh! :ugh:
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Sep 2009, 10:33
Replies: 6
Views: 2,958
Posted By cargo boy

Devil Virgin Atlantic to lay-off up to 105 pilots

Latest leak from VS HQ; how management arrived at the necessary numbers:

Overheard in The Office:

"OK, So how many pilots do you want to sack this time round?".
"I was thinking maybe a...
Forum: Rumours & News
7th Feb 2008, 06:50
Replies: 28
Views: 8,408
Posted By cargo boy

Thumbs down So... we have a newspaper report about a...

So... we have a newspaper report about a depressurisation incident. As is typical of most newspaper reports, it is extremely inaccurate and full of sensationalist fiction.

Now we have a whole...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Dec 2007, 14:05
Replies: 24
Views: 5,762
Posted By cargo boy

Anyone have any idea, roughly, how many UK...

Anyone have any idea, roughly, how many UK licence holders will be involved?

The reason I ask is because of this "paper saving" exercise. I mean, even if it involved say... 15,000 licence holders,...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2007, 17:48
Replies: 42
Views: 25,790
Posted By cargo boy

Kiddie... you may be familiar with Antigua but...

Kiddie... you may be familiar with Antigua but don't presume you know what it is like taxiing a B744 there. Considering that I regularly fly the B744 into ANU, I am at least qualified to express my...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Dec 2007, 01:14
Replies: 42
Views: 25,790
Posted By cargo boy

Perhaps it's time to get the Antiguans to do what...

Perhaps it's time to get the Antiguans to do what a lot of other "third world'ish" airport authorities do... get a couple of cops to close the road for a few minutes whilst the a/c makes its turn,...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Oct 2007, 15:43
Replies: 13
Views: 2,699
Posted By cargo boy

FFS! Who or what is going to be fined and by...

FFS! Who or what is going to be fined and by whom? At least put some coherence into your post if you want to start discussion.

Are you trying to say that the airlines are going to fine their...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Oct 2007, 09:03
Replies: 129
Views: 52,594
Posted By cargo boy

Hey Rainboe, aside from the armchair pilots, this...

Hey Rainboe, aside from the armchair pilots, this is the greatest thing since sliced bread as far as us jet-lag induced insomniacs are concerned. I mean, we get to read about the incident with input...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
15th Oct 2007, 15:05
Replies: 627
Views: 186,325
Posted By cargo boy

Globespan and their ETOPS approval (removed and now back again)

Bumped into a Globespan crew yesterday who told me that they'd lost their ETOPS approvals and were having to tech stop en route for their trans-Atlantic routes. Yesterdays LPL-JFK had to refuel in...
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
20th Sep 2007, 15:41
Replies: 607
Views: 195,588
Posted By cargo boy

Do any of the amateur sleuths posting on this...

Do any of the amateur sleuths posting on this thread realise that there are TWO Unique Air companies? Unique Air (UK) Ltd and Unique Air International.

Neither company has anything to do with the...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jul 2007, 18:40
Replies: 112
Views: 54,590
Posted By cargo boy

Errr... if AQ are going to put a 'sleeper' in as...

Errr... if AQ are going to put a 'sleeper' in as a pilot, how is the current security regime going to stop him? Oh, soryy, I forgot, he won't have any of that darned exploding toothpaste so he won't...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th Jul 2007, 18:25
Replies: 3,048
Views: 615,626
Posted By cargo boy

Now that's an insult to dead Cod. The security...

Now that's an insult to dead Cod. The security staff management and especially the decision makers at the airports as well as the dictat makers at the DfT are a hopeless bunch reactionsts whose...
Forum: Rumours & News
24th Jun 2007, 20:38
Replies: 44
Views: 25,641
Posted By cargo boy

My sources tell me that the a/c has been given...

My sources tell me that the a/c has been given dispensation to make one flight back to a base where maintenance can be carried out. Apparently there is no restriction on the carriage of passengers so...
Forum: South Asia and the Far East
21st Jun 2007, 09:31
Replies: 24
Views: 3,481
Posted By cargo boy

Flying an a/c from the left hand seat does not...

Flying an a/c from the left hand seat does not equal command hours. If someone is offering you a command job and you have no experience then you are bull****ting your way.

If you have any...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Jun 2007, 13:06
Replies: 22
Views: 7,357
Posted By cargo boy

Question Now, I'm not blaming the pilots here so there's...

Now, I'm not blaming the pilots here so there's no need for anyone to get too hysterical even if I'm being a bit cynical, but is it just me or does it appear to everyone else that the chances of...
Forum: Tech Log
31st May 2007, 11:11
Replies: 47
Views: 19,767
Posted By cargo boy

Give us a break! :ugh: So, based on one...

Give us a break! :ugh:

So, based on one journalists interpretation we have a judge, jury and executioner telling us all that the crew must have ignored the possibility of turbulence and then...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th May 2007, 14:11
Replies: 309
Views: 82,608
Posted By cargo boy

Errr... I seem to remember two terrorist bomb...

Errr... I seem to remember two terrorist bomb attacks on the London Transport system, one succesful and another successful one on the Madrid railway system. Now, how many times have you had to go...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2007, 11:19
Replies: 160
Views: 78,733
Posted By cargo boy

For heavens sake! Would the amateurs who are...

For heavens sake! Would the amateurs who are trying to impress us with their limited knowledge of jet aircraft flying and EFATO handling please go off to the spotters section where their ramblings...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd May 2007, 13:55
Replies: 309
Views: 82,608
Posted By cargo boy

Devil And this one;...

And this one; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykzqFz_nHZE&mode=related&search= applies to both sides of the Atlantic.

If I may relate a personal experience from a few weeks ago as I was passing...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 15:06
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

There you go again bjcc:It COULD have been...

There you go again bjcc:It COULD have been alcohol in his blood IF he had been drinking the night before the flight. However, I know the pilot and I know his colleagues and I know he is not the type...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 13:03
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

There you go again! This pilot didn't have any...

There you go again! This pilot didn't have any alcohol in his blood or breath. He had high Ketone levels but that is an indication of high Acetone not Alcohol!

The breath test machine cannot...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 11:21
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

It helps in as much as your implication of...

It helps in as much as your implication of possible guilt: "But that test result was then not the time of arrest."

It is your consistent pontification, based on a past career which I have reason...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 10:46
Replies: 81
Views: 23,448
Posted By cargo boy

There are a myriad of rules and regulations...

There are a myriad of rules and regulations regarding access to the flight deck whilst airborne. Sadly, the ones that allowed many of us to have visitors were irrevocably changed after 9/11 even...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 10:12
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

So, does the attending police officer also have...

So, does the attending police officer also have to suspect that an offence has been commited, ie. also smell what might be alcohol on the pilots breath or does he just whip out breath testing kit...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 07:48
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

Typical... a wannabe whose closest experience to...

Typical... a wannabe whose closest experience to doing the job is sitting as a pax down the back and is considering a late career change. Has an opinion on everything and little experience to back it...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Apr 2007, 13:11
Replies: 23
Views: 6,601
Posted By cargo boy

Ah, the voice of a 'theorist' who has probably...

Ah, the voice of a 'theorist' who has probably never even trid it in the sim with two ADC's giving conflicting data. :rolleyes:

Why do these people always jump in with their assumptions that it...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Apr 2007, 10:36
Replies: 33
Views: 13,346
Posted By cargo boy

Oh come on! Please tell me the Russians aren't...

Oh come on! Please tell me the Russians aren't that stupid. Who on earth puts two student/trainee pilots in BOTH seats on a multi crew transport aircraft and then sends them solo?

More likely the...
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Apr 2007, 20:51
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

So, here we have it! A scumbag, lying journalist...

So, here we have it! A scumbag, lying journalist from the Sun newspaper breaks the story with a total fabrication about being arrested on the flight deck and being handcuffed and led out under arrest...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Apr 2007, 11:20
Replies: 41
Views: 15,387
Posted By cargo boy

Interesting... If you are required by Ryanair...

Interesting... If you are required by Ryanair management to take your own bottle of water after filling it up on the 'free' water provided in the crew room, how do you get more than about 400ml past...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2007, 18:03
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

Anyone arguing or complaining about not being...

Anyone arguing or complaining about not being able to have a 'drink' between flight duties should have serious read of the sticky thread at the top of this forum. As pointed out by Lyle Prouse, if...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2007, 14:13
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

No one here should be having a go at the security...

No one here should be having a go at the security personnel that alerted the police to the fact that a pilot about to operate a flight smelt of alcohol if that is really what they smelt. The police...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2007, 03:06
Replies: 262
Views: 94,181
Posted By cargo boy

Just to avoid everyone posting repetitive links...

Just to avoid everyone posting repetitive links to the same story, click here (http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=&ie=UTF-8&ncl=1114908385&filter=0) for all the stories in one go. :hmm:
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Mar 2007, 00:54
Replies: 157
Views: 42,302
Posted By cargo boy

This really is getting pathetic. Keep going guys....

This really is getting pathetic. Keep going guys. I reckon less than 24 hours to getting this thread shut down with all that anonymous bravado. I'm sure Monarch are really worried that some anonymous...
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