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Search: Posts Made By: Earthmover
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Forum: Tech Log
25th Jan 2008, 19:06
Replies: 24
Views: 6,626
Posted By Earthmover

Well I've flown with all the nationalities listed...

Well I've flown with all the nationalities listed variously above - and the Scandics were bl00dy excellent. This goes to prove that we can all justify our prejudices with our personal experiences....
Forum: Tech Log
24th Jan 2008, 23:13
Replies: 37
Views: 12,235
Posted By Earthmover

Emit - that's the reason given to me by the guys...

Emit - that's the reason given to me by the guys who made the aeroplane .... I've never questioned it because they generally know what they're talking about I find .....!!
Forum: Rumours & News
13th Jan 2008, 23:35
Replies: 57
Views: 15,945
Posted By Earthmover

No, it's happening at MAN too ... the F/O and I...

No, it's happening at MAN too ... the F/O and I (with 50 years flying airliners between us) couldn't get through - we were both from different bases. So a 19 year old girl ( very nice as she is) who...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th Oct 2007, 15:24
Replies: 47
Views: 15,098
Posted By Earthmover

Since you asked - the going rate for an RB211...

Since you asked - the going rate for an RB211 overhaul is around the $5 million mark. RB211s do occasionally smoke after shutdown (but only outside a public building .. I'll get me coat) and I've...
Forum: Private Flying
28th Aug 2007, 14:51
Replies: 24
Views: 5,998
Posted By Earthmover

Well you absolute S0DS ... I'm sitting here...

Well you absolute S0DS ... I'm sitting here writing a manual entry for my airline and I now have tears coursing down my cheeks causing the chap who just came to the front door to give me a very...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
2nd Aug 2007, 19:17
Replies: 60
Views: 7,739
Posted By Earthmover

Once upon a time BA and Virgin decided to have a...

Once upon a time BA and Virgin decided to have a boat race on the Thames. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach peak performance. On the big day they were as ready as could be and Virgin won by...
Forum: Rumours & News
19th May 2007, 13:22
Replies: 236
Views: 55,344
Posted By Earthmover

Well .. whilst I hate the routine jingoistic...

Well .. whilst I hate the routine jingoistic 'bashing' of foreign ATC, which assumes an odious air of natural superiority from us in Northern Europe, I do have repetitive experiences breathtakingly...
Forum: Questions
1st May 2007, 08:36
Replies: 7
Views: 1,716
Posted By Earthmover

BOAC, I read this years ago in one of the...

BOAC, I read this years ago in one of the broadsheets' travel supplements: According to that article, the 'half way' story was from a Southern Air DC9 stuck on the tarmac in the Deep South,...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th Apr 2007, 10:57
Replies: 48
Views: 20,199
Posted By Earthmover

I went to an East European airport two years ago...

I went to an East European airport two years ago and when I went through Few Cloudy's beautifully expressive "chicken cack" , there was one buried in the actual airport NOTAMS in the local language...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Apr 2007, 23:59
Replies: 81
Views: 23,537
Posted By Earthmover

... but he does have a point. Prior to 9/11 there...

... but he does have a point. Prior to 9/11 there were one or two 'senior managers' (non-operations) in my previous airline who thought it their absolute right to occupy the jump seat without having...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
22nd Apr 2007, 23:27
Replies: 239
Views: 41,325
Posted By Earthmover

10th August 1960. BE 8060 LHR-JER V802 Viscount...

10th August 1960. BE 8060 LHR-JER V802 Viscount G-AOHR. Capt D J Turner. Steward J Clifford. Absolute greaser in JER.

First ever flight, as well as first from LHR. We were going by BR ferry from...
Forum: Questions
17th Apr 2007, 11:56
Replies: 36
Views: 5,177
Posted By Earthmover

There is in fact a publication in the UK that...

There is in fact a publication in the UK that covers this: "Noise from Arriving Aircraft" published by NATS, BAA and others, which is primarily aimed at LHR, LGW and STN (but not RW05)

It does,...
Forum: Rumours & News
9th Apr 2007, 11:04
Replies: 34
Views: 17,633
Posted By Earthmover

Fernytickles I know precisely who you mean .. he...

Fernytickles I know precisely who you mean .. he was very nearly fired for berating a passenger once. I believe he carried on his antics on other types, but is now no longer flying. Amazing how the...
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Apr 2007, 21:10
Replies: 262
Views: 94,613
Posted By Earthmover

We are all uncomfortable with the actual...

We are all uncomfortable with the actual reporting process, especially if coming from a random source. Whilst it is very difficult to see what else another member of staff is to do if someone is...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
31st Mar 2007, 01:19
Replies: 21
Views: 10,536
Posted By Earthmover

Let's make it absolutely plain, so there is no...

Let's make it absolutely plain, so there is no doubt ... the colour of your skin has nothing - nothing - to do with your chances of getting a job in my country (UK) It is as irrelevant as your hair...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
11th Mar 2007, 00:08
Replies: 93
Views: 17,775
Posted By Earthmover

Angrywife a few words from the ‘excuses and crap’...

Angrywife a few words from the ‘excuses and crap’ department. I’ve been involved in training, management and recruiting in the airlines for about a quarter of a century and have as a consequence some...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Feb 2007, 17:59
Replies: 171
Views: 46,013
Posted By Earthmover

apereg, absolutely. Why do they do that when...

apereg, absolutely. Why do they do that when there's another frequency reserved precisely for that purpose? Beats me.
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Feb 2007, 10:23
Replies: 38
Views: 15,474
Posted By Earthmover

Report on the incident referred to by Callsign...

Report on the incident referred to by Callsign Kilo

http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/publications/bulletins/december_bulletin/boeing_737_300__ec_juc.cfm

(I don't know how you do that 'report here '...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Feb 2007, 10:00
Replies: 38
Views: 15,474
Posted By Earthmover

pendrifter, you are nearly right .. Air India was...

pendrifter, you are nearly right .. Air India was involved in one runway mis-idendification incident at Northolt and did a go-around, as did Lufthansa as ZFT wrote. The problem arose when RW23 was in...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
8th Feb 2007, 09:10
Replies: 42
Views: 18,161
Posted By Earthmover

Airbus Girl, how very true. A colleague of mine,...

Airbus Girl, how very true. A colleague of mine, holding over an airport which was below minima in shallow fog got a handwritten note passed forward .. (a handwritten note for God's sake! ) .......
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Feb 2007, 22:39
Replies: 30
Views: 7,884
Posted By Earthmover

Well, I for one thought that there was no choice...

Well, I for one thought that there was no choice in this matter in the UK: to quote MATS part 1:

"A landing aircraft, which is considered by a controller to be dangerously positioned on final...
Forum: Tech Log
1st Jan 2007, 02:17
Replies: 57
Views: 10,598
Posted By Earthmover

Ah, Lemper. Give me a day or two. I've been...

Ah, Lemper. Give me a day or two. I've been working (working for goodness sake!) and have just completed the washing of the pile of dishes/glasses from the New Year celebrations with a large bunch of...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
22nd Dec 2006, 18:53
Replies: 68
Views: 15,853
Posted By Earthmover

Absolutely! And the person responsible was dealt...

Absolutely! And the person responsible was dealt a blushing crow. ;)
Forum: Tech Log
22nd Dec 2006, 10:21
Replies: 57
Views: 10,598
Posted By Earthmover

Lemper, I think I'd enjoy flying with you.... we...

Lemper, I think I'd enjoy flying with you.... we could talk for hours about all this while the aeroplane sorts itself out - would make a 5 hour sector whistle along. I'll bring the eggs, you bring...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
21st Dec 2006, 23:40
Replies: 68
Views: 15,853
Posted By Earthmover

In a Surrey newspaper many years ago was a...

In a Surrey newspaper many years ago was a reference to the possibility of constructing a tarmac runway at Fairoaks (for those not over 'ere - a GA field not far from LHR)

"It will be another...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Dec 2006, 23:04
Replies: 57
Views: 10,598
Posted By Earthmover

Lemper, I agree ... History is littered with the...

Lemper, I agree ... History is littered with the 'failure of imagination' - that is, to believe that futuristic developments are merely sci-fi dreams that reside in la-la land. But it is a common...
Forum: Tech Log
21st Dec 2006, 18:21
Replies: 57
Views: 10,598
Posted By Earthmover

Now that's more like it!! :D And Basil,...

Now that's more like it!! :D

And Basil, thank you Sir.
Forum: Tech Log
21st Dec 2006, 17:54
Replies: 57
Views: 10,598
Posted By Earthmover

Ok, so lets just look away from the big...

Ok, so lets just look away from the big airport/vast ocean/quite nice weather scenario for a moment and take a glance at the little airport in the mountains with a non-precision approach.

You're...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Dec 2006, 22:21
Replies: 49
Views: 14,788
Posted By Earthmover

The place to do something like this is surely...

The place to do something like this is surely Schiphol. I believe 18R/36L is, at the longest routeing, about 7km from the terminal. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this runway,...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
5th Nov 2006, 00:01
Replies: 40
Views: 11,834
Posted By Earthmover

About 14000 hours, 5 management posts, TRE etc...

About 14000 hours, 5 management posts, TRE etc etc..... Failed the NDB on my IR, failed hydraulics on my first tech exam. Didn't make a jot of difference.

Interviewed literally hundreds of...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Nov 2006, 13:12
Replies: 18
Views: 4,450
Posted By Earthmover

I used to land on a runway in eastern europe made...

I used to land on a runway in eastern europe made of concrete blocks which shook the aircraft horribly. I always warned the passengers that it was OK but would feel like "riding a bicycle on a...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
3rd Nov 2006, 13:05
Replies: 11
Views: 4,495
Posted By Earthmover

.. and he did a damn fine TV documentary series...

.. and he did a damn fine TV documentary series about flight which I never missed.

an extraordinary man.:D
Forum: Terms and Endearment
3rd Nov 2006, 12:52
Replies: 920
Views: 208,139
Posted By Earthmover

Speaking as one who has been through three major...

Speaking as one who has been through three major takeover/mergers, you all have my fellow-feeling - on both sides of the fence. It can be ugly - but not always. MaxReheat identifies the core of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Nov 2006, 10:41
Replies: 111
Views: 45,375
Posted By Earthmover

Blimey Nerik, I didn't know it had happened at...

Blimey Nerik, I didn't know it had happened at LGW twice.

So we have a regular-ish occurrence of aircraft landing on taxyways. So what's the common denominator folks? Incompetent pilots? ... Hmm....
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Nov 2006, 01:20
Replies: 111
Views: 45,375
Posted By Earthmover

Nerik, very good statement. the Captain of the...

Nerik, very good statement. the Captain of the EGKK 1-11 is a very fine pilot and instructor. He eventually became Chief Pilot of a UK airline, and I am one of those who benefited from his teaching...
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