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Forum: Cabin Crew
12th Sep 2010, 22:53
Replies: 44
Views: 10,124
Posted By Phil Rigg

JT I agree with your TOW and ZFW comments. This...

JT I agree with your TOW and ZFW comments. This simplifies the matter to the point it doesn't even need a calculation but just a reference table look-up which is safer as it avoids the human...
Forum: Cabin Crew
12th Sep 2010, 21:57
Replies: 44
Views: 10,124
Posted By Phil Rigg

This thread is fascinating. pd2 wanted to...

This thread is fascinating.

pd2 wanted to know why he was asked to move given his correct estimation of the virtually insignificant effect of moving his mass such a short distance on the overall...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
11th Sep 2010, 19:39
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

LB thanks for your comments. I define the...

LB thanks for your comments.

I define the workforce as those involved in the dispute. In this case it would be all those eligble to join BASSA.

The issue I have is with recommending dishonesty...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
11th Sep 2010, 18:13
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

I personally think it should be a "yes" vote...

I personally think it should be a "yes" vote received from 50% +1 of the entire workforce who are eligible to join the union whether they have actually joined the union, and thus participated in the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
25th Aug 2010, 15:47
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

Just heard on BBC News 24 that Arthur Scargill...

Just heard on BBC News 24 that Arthur Scargill has been expelled from the NUM.

I hope for CC's sake it doesn't take them 30 years to resolve this dispute in a similar fashion ......... !!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th Aug 2010, 15:48
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

Deathly silence......... ! ?? Oh well, it...

Deathly silence......... ! ??

Oh well, it was a good intro - maybe this is going to take a while? :)
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th Aug 2010, 10:58
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

The Ball is in the Apathetic Majority CC's Court!

I guess that having been repeatedly banned under new userIDs DH has possibly resorted to hijacking tofster's userID. This will be a good one for the mods to untangle!

Having won the power...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Aug 2010, 18:48
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

An interesting post on the crew thread by...

An interesting post on the crew thread by "tofster" saying he/she will accept less crew on board and reduced pay in line with pilots but will not accept MF recruitment at lower wages and will take...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
17th Aug 2010, 18:13
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

Lady BA BA is so clearly DH in another disguise...

Lady BA BA is so clearly DH in another disguise as who else would open up immediately with personal attacks on, you guessed it, Willie Walsh?

I sense some serious personal issues here if the GS of...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
15th Aug 2010, 14:52
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

.......thus concluding that if we can't find an...

.......thus concluding that if we can't find an acceptable way of guaranteeing that all eligible parties are going to participate we at least preserve the definition of democracy being a majority by...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Aug 2010, 21:00
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

The issue is not forcing anyone to vote but to...

The issue is not forcing anyone to vote but to increase the requirement to call IA from the current greater than 50% of those who vote to greater than 50% of union membership or even to greater than...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Aug 2010, 16:46
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

I'll make this last comment and then give...

I'll make this last comment and then give everyone a break by letting it drop ;-)

All of my comments to now have been related to a general company. In the case of BAA (and to a lesser extent BA)...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Aug 2010, 16:02
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

I agree with Papillon's statement that any...

I agree with Papillon's statement that any thinking union, while spinning a win, will realise the underlying truth. However, as we have seen with the BA CC IA the entire damage to the company is not...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
13th Aug 2010, 13:56
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

Personally, given the substantial costs to the...

Personally, given the substantial costs to the business of IA and the protection afforded to employees/union who take official IA (including not being liable for the damages they incur), I would like...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
10th Aug 2010, 11:52
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

As we all commented at the time of the first...

As we all commented at the time of the first strike call that McCluskey saw the "BASSA Disaster" with the potential damage it could cause to his union leadership ambitions early-on and distanced...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
10th Aug 2010, 09:32
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

Yes indeed, the self destruction is well...

Yes indeed, the self destruction is well advanced. Hector Vector's latest post on the other thread so clearly reveals the poster to be DH. He takes every opportunity of polite and considered...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
8th Aug 2010, 00:34
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

So we read that DH has determined there is no...

So we read that DH has determined there is no point undertaking further strike action and also that BASSA is not ready to settle thus his decision is to take the "do nothing" option. Based on his...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Aug 2010, 21:22
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

Interesting point LB but if BASSA does nothing...

Interesting point LB but if BASSA does nothing (other than its ineffectual and thus completely ignorable grumblings) isn't that just fine with BA as their CC are currently working to BA's "imposed"...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
6th Aug 2010, 20:27
Replies: 2,279
Views: 343,480
Posted By Phil Rigg

BA now hold absolutely all the cards and simply...

BA now hold absolutely all the cards and simply have to sit back and wait for BASSA to make the next move. If BASSA does nothing while making pathetic and ineffectual flutters e.g. "Window...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
31st May 2010, 07:59
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,929
Posted By Phil Rigg

Legal Battle

As the first ballot protected period draws to a close this battle will be headed towards the courts again. When BA start sending out either sacking notices or even just down-sizing redundancy...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th May 2010, 18:17
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,929
Posted By Phil Rigg

Diplome - You're welcome! So, following on...

Diplome - You're welcome!

So, following on from Len McCluskey we seem now to be hearing significantly less of Tony Woodley's involvement as the TUC guy (Len Barber is it?) stepped in to conduct...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
30th May 2010, 16:54
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,929
Posted By Phil Rigg

Diplome - The DS interview can be found on the...

Diplome - The DS interview can be found on the BBC iPlayer at the following link starting at 07:45 into the programme:

BBC iPlayer - The Andrew Marr Show: 30/05/2010...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
24th May 2010, 21:51
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,929
Posted By Phil Rigg

The Power Struggle is Over!!

Woodley's & Simpson's failure to meet and address their loyal striking staff at Bedfont at their planned 14:00 hrs slot this afternoon was them essentially throwing in the towel.

Interesting that...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd May 2010, 19:15
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,929
Posted By Phil Rigg

The 40,000 ft View .........

It is abundantly clear that we are observing the desperate last throes of a so called Union (a more dysfunctional and disparate group, SWP among them, has seldom been seen before) in what has been a...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 20:06
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,592,791
Posted By Phil Rigg

....... and that 1800Z map shows the London...

....... and that 1800Z map shows the London Airports as engulfed in the same alleged 'ash cloud' defined precisely with its accompanying "UNKNOWN ASH CONCENTRATIONS" footnote as we have be looking at...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 17:42
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,592,791
Posted By Phil Rigg

This is beginning to look like the blind leading...

This is beginning to look like the blind leading the blind leading the blind.

If you study the six-hourly actual/predicted 'ash cloud' source map data from the London VAAC that is being published...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Apr 2010, 14:14
Replies: 3,110
Views: 1,592,791
Posted By Phil Rigg

Monumental Farce!

The disparity between the two published ash cloud charts from the UK Met Office & Eurocontrol combined with NATS's and Eurocontrol's respective differing interpretations of flying in what essentially...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
22nd Mar 2010, 09:14
Replies: 2,265
Views: 355,929
Posted By Phil Rigg

Regarding the mysterious increase from 85 to 140...

Regarding the mysterious increase from 85 to 140 parked aircraft at Heathrow. I recall Unite saying at the time that they announced the alleged 85 aircraft with the other 20 at Cardiff and 20 at...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Sep 2008, 18:40
Replies: 3,239
Views: 1,139,801
Posted By Phil Rigg

Phil G. - Indeed, an astute observation that the...

Phil G. - Indeed, an astute observation that the almost identical failure of two virtually independent systems within seconds of each other has the AAIB considering the probable root cause to be a...
Forum: Private Flying
6th Nov 2005, 11:33
Replies: 10
Views: 1,726
Posted By Phil Rigg

Assuming that Dimbleby's information is indeed...

Assuming that Dimbleby's information is indeed correct, what I find most disturbing about this whole fiasco is just exactly how out-of-touch our Government regulators are with the reality and effects...
Forum: Private Flying
10th Apr 2004, 18:44
Replies: 5
Views: 780
Posted By Phil Rigg

Thanks Genghis - I have been known to get my...

Thanks Genghis - I have been known to get my wallet out occasionally!

Phil
Forum: Private Flying
10th Apr 2004, 12:59
Replies: 5
Views: 780
Posted By Phil Rigg

Plates for Government A/Ds?

Does anyone know where I can download IAP plates and other information for Government A/Ds e.g. Newquay/St. Mawgan (EGDG)?

The AIS website does not carry this information and I'm too cheap to...
Forum: Private Flying
4th Apr 2004, 23:44
Replies: 7
Views: 903
Posted By Phil Rigg

Does anyone ever fly in IMC in UAS?

If so, I'd be very interested to hear the conditions under which IMC & IR rated pilots are comfortable flying in IMC in uncontrolled airspace.

I'll share my thoughts shortly .....

Many Thanks,...
Forum: Private Flying
1st Apr 2004, 00:22
Replies: 31
Views: 3,926
Posted By Phil Rigg

Flyboy, The following new aircraft all...

Flyboy,

The following new aircraft all potentially have the capability of offering true twin engine safety with minimal additional complexity but none of them are certified as yet let alone having...
Forum: Private Flying
31st Mar 2004, 10:45
Replies: 31
Views: 3,926
Posted By Phil Rigg

Timothy et. al., Living in the Channel...

Timothy et. al.,

Living in the Channel Islands (CI) really focuses the mind on the twin/single debate. Even in the best VMC when all good SE pilots are (arguably) at least as safe as ME pilots,...
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