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Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Aug 2004, 05:18
Replies: 45
Views: 12,810
Posted By Patriot One

BAe146 - sorry for using an old cliche, but it...

BAe146 - sorry for using an old cliche, but it seems so apt, and so often ignored.

Now that you've got your big mouth out there with this stunning claim why don't you back up your statements with...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Aug 2004, 23:32
Replies: 45
Views: 12,810
Posted By Patriot One

I have to hand it to you 146, you sure don't mind...

I have to hand it to you 146, you sure don't mind standing up in front of a whole bunch of your peers and making a complete *rse of yourself.

Following your last discrediting blurt about ACA some...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
11th Jul 2004, 07:33
Replies: 23
Views: 5,651
Posted By Patriot One

Wingnuts - that has got to be the most...

Wingnuts - that has got to be the most uninformed, uneducated piece of rubbish I have ever read. The 757 was indeed an extremely popular aircraft and around 1,000 were built. To date it remains one...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th May 2004, 02:47
Replies: 14
Views: 1,745
Posted By Patriot One

A spokesman for Virgin Blue yesterday reacted...

A spokesman for Virgin Blue yesterday reacted swiftly by denying that they bought their fuel in barrels "this is another attempt by QANTAS to rip-off the Australian travelling public. Go to any...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Mar 2004, 09:54
Replies: 84
Views: 10,438
Posted By Patriot One

Maxter, What you misinterpret is that no-one...

Maxter,

What you misinterpret is that no-one is advocating "it happened to Ansett, and so it should happen to Virgin Blue". The issue at play here is the huge inconsistency in CASA's approach to...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th Mar 2004, 06:32
Replies: 84
Views: 10,438
Posted By Patriot One

Let's look at the context of the current VB...

Let's look at the context of the current VB situation. The following is from the ATSB report into the Ansett groundings.

"...The B767 aircraft type was among the first in the world to be designed...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Mar 2004, 20:02
Replies: 84
Views: 10,438
Posted By Patriot One

Did anyone else read the version of the article...

Did anyone else read the version of the article in The Age today? Huttner makes the comment "if we thought there was an issue we would have simply added the planes to the NZ register".

Does anyone...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Mar 2004, 11:36
Replies: 84
Views: 10,438
Posted By Patriot One

..Huttner and CASA better pray like hell that...

..Huttner and CASA better pray like hell that they don't get caught in that dirty little lie they're both telling...oh and I hope Godfrey realises that his CEO position is a CASA postholding -...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
29th Feb 2004, 04:18
Replies: 45
Views: 12,810
Posted By Patriot One

Lame - according to the advert in the Australian...

Lame - according to the advert in the Australian newspaper the contact e-mail address is

[email protected]

Patriot
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Feb 2004, 14:59
Replies: 45
Views: 12,810
Posted By Patriot One

Woomera - nice response. Whether you believe it...

Woomera - nice response. Whether you believe it or not your comments (to use 146's words) imparted a derogatory opinion. I saw it, others saw it, and obviously the powers that be at PPRUNE saw it as...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Feb 2004, 10:28
Replies: 45
Views: 12,810
Posted By Patriot One

Woomera - before you claim the higher ground...

Woomera - before you claim the higher ground here, the number of hits on the D&G forum is exactly why the moderators need to maintain some objectivity, otherwise you will de-value your role and could...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Feb 2004, 05:22
Replies: 45
Views: 12,810
Posted By Patriot One

You know some of you guys are an embarrassment to...

You know some of you guys are an embarrassment to your profession. What was once a relatively unique and informative web-site has now become a cheap and nasty chat room - but I guess you all know...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Feb 2004, 09:02
Replies: 18
Views: 2,979
Posted By Patriot One

..stuff the turnaround times - the real juice in...

..stuff the turnaround times - the real juice in this argument has been picked up by rescue 1 and chimbu warrior..

.."hope to fly 4 legs a day" - u better damn well fly at least 4 legs a day or...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
4th Jan 2004, 08:17
Replies: 63
Views: 9,737
Posted By Patriot One

Simple answer Yellow Rocket.. ..too...

Simple answer Yellow Rocket..

..too expensive because it believes compliance is a standard not an obstruction to be by-passed..

..if you were a little more informed you would know that NZ has...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
31st Dec 2003, 19:31
Replies: 63
Views: 9,737
Posted By Patriot One

Now that we're dealing with the facts, lets get...

Now that we're dealing with the facts, lets get them right.

FACT - VB no longer is approved for 90 minute ETOPS. In other words, they could not file an aircraft on a 90mins ETOPS flight tomorrow....
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
27th Dec 2003, 19:46
Replies: 63
Views: 9,737
Posted By Patriot One

unfortunately "professional" doesn't equate to...

unfortunately "professional" doesn't equate to "capable".

...and once again we stumble down the weary path of "management are to blame". Look it up in history fella's - it's known as the Nuremberg...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Dec 2003, 13:56
Replies: 63
Views: 9,737
Posted By Patriot One

..."the company is 3 years old and still finding...

..."the company is 3 years old and still finding its feet.."

..what a load of bullsh*t. This isn't a game, nor is it a toddler growing into a man. This is a serious business and you don't play at...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
20th Dec 2003, 10:00
Replies: 30
Views: 4,296
Posted By Patriot One

Chairman, Icarus is correct, but their is...

Chairman,

Icarus is correct, but their is also the issue of being a respondent to the award, but negotiating individual agreements. In other words "I'm supposed to pay you this, but business is...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Dec 2003, 09:43
Replies: 63
Views: 9,737
Posted By Patriot One

This is exactly what I warned you about many...

This is exactly what I warned you about many months ago in another thread.

The issue is a lot bigger than simply their ETOPS accreditation. Ironically it was in attempting to acquire that...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Dec 2003, 15:25
Replies: 30
Views: 4,296
Posted By Patriot One

Kaptin M - did I miss something? How exactly did...

Kaptin M - did I miss something? How exactly did I do that?
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Dec 2003, 06:06
Replies: 30
Views: 4,296
Posted By Patriot One

In my humble opinion... ...what you see...

In my humble opinion...

...what you see happening at the moment is the breaking of the pilot's back. It's the UK Coal Strike of the '00's. Pilot salaries, conditions and productivity are one of...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
9th Dec 2003, 05:41
Replies: 18
Views: 3,161
Posted By Patriot One

..it takes a whole lot more to start an airline...

..it takes a whole lot more to start an airline than a fancy web-site and a stolen logo.

'bout time you stopped giving those poor Ansett people false hope with your bullsh*t mate. If you were...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Dec 2003, 16:42
Replies: 19
Views: 2,202
Posted By Patriot One

....and the truth is all that matters is how big...

....and the truth is all that matters is how big your mouth is and how arrogantly you can state "we're the best". All airlines are the same, its just that VB tells bigger lies than most. "Why" I hear...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Dec 2003, 16:27
Replies: 2
Views: 1,052
Posted By Patriot One

Did he really say "nimble business"? You gotta...

Did he really say "nimble business"? You gotta laugh. Then repeat it in kiwi "numbull busnuss" and its even funnier.

Remind me again - do you spell "bollocks" with one L or two?
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Dec 2003, 16:23
Replies: 90
Views: 16,038
Posted By Patriot One

Sorry to disappoint...but there isn't a chance in...

Sorry to disappoint...but there isn't a chance in hell that QF will pay for Impulse Pilots to be trained on the A320.

Even if you ignore the obvious issues around cost, ask yourselves when was QF...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
20th Aug 2003, 07:57
Replies: 100
Views: 9,664
Posted By Patriot One

NG - I think you should have said "Last Post" and...

NG - I think you should have said "Last Post" and not Final Post.

Lots of responses attacking "greed", and yet if that is the only take away that most of you have from this excellent posting by...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
19th Aug 2003, 09:02
Replies: 100
Views: 9,664
Posted By Patriot One

NG - I'm sorry to say that you are not brave for...

NG - I'm sorry to say that you are not brave for stating your position here - you are only showing an extraordinary niavety. The simple fact is that many, many of the pilots on this site have watched...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Aug 2003, 09:52
Replies: 24
Views: 2,810
Posted By Patriot One

Kaptin - a sense of loss most certainly, but not...

Kaptin - a sense of loss most certainly, but not of one particular airline, but simply of an industry - hey, I'm the first to admit that it's nostalgia to a certain degree. But I'm proud of the fact...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Aug 2003, 16:50
Replies: 24
Views: 2,810
Posted By Patriot One

Kaptin - you're mellowing mate. But maybe we've...

Kaptin - you're mellowing mate. But maybe we've discovered what I came to talk about..or maybe all I came to do was to mourn the loss of....of....of....operational excellence to commercial vulgarity?...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Aug 2003, 08:05
Replies: 24
Views: 2,810
Posted By Patriot One

Well said Prospector. Bloody well said. HGW...

Well said Prospector. Bloody well said.

HGW - nobody said Safety shouldn't come first - everybody said it doesn't come first. I didn't say OTP was a measure of safety, it was a measure of how...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
7th Aug 2003, 08:55
Replies: 24
Views: 2,810
Posted By Patriot One

Kinda make you wonder what is the point of PPRUNE...

Kinda make you wonder what is the point of PPRUNE - some of you guys turn it into a modern day dunny-wall where you get to write nasty things about each other without having to express an intelligent...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Aug 2003, 10:40
Replies: 24
Views: 2,810
Posted By Patriot One

"Operation No-Control"

Let’s leave the Pilots alone for a while and focus on an even bigger issue - the integrity of technical and engineering standards. For years Australian domestic airlines have maintained higher...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Aug 2003, 10:22
Replies: 101
Views: 17,146
Posted By Patriot One

I think d-concord has it right on the money. The...

I think d-concord has it right on the money. The internal inefficiencies and incompetencies were the primary cause of the collapse. What didn't help was that CASA was allowing them to operate with...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Aug 2003, 08:29
Replies: 81
Views: 10,449
Posted By Patriot One

Lodown - I have to say that it is an...

Lodown - I have to say that it is an extraordinarily brave claim that you make that experience has no value, and that technical skills are the key. You operate in what is undoubtedly one of the most...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Jul 2003, 06:33
Replies: 32
Views: 5,861
Posted By Patriot One

You know what is really disappointing here is...

You know what is really disappointing here is that about 90% of the replies dont even address the bigger issue of the discussion but moreover focus on a single comment.

Whether you believe it or...
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