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Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Dec 2014, 23:53
Replies: 9
Views: 3,352
Posted By AFFF

glendalegoon Thanks for the reply, retired...

glendalegoon

Thanks for the reply, retired 31st July this year and enjoying it:ok:
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Dec 2014, 23:17
Replies: 9
Views: 3,352
Posted By AFFF

US fuel reserves

First, thanks for the replies.

glendalegoon

Aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-900ER N38424,

Planned flight route was 2,459 sm

Distance flown was 2,503 sm
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
2nd Dec 2014, 14:28
Replies: 9
Views: 3,352
Posted By AFFF

US fuel reserves

Recently took a flight from San Juan to Houston and due to inclement weather in the Houston area (low cloud) we were forced to hold at cruising altitude over the Gulf of Mexico for approx. 12-15...
Forum: Questions
1st Feb 2010, 13:48
Replies: 6
Views: 1,157
Posted By AFFF

Boeing 747 Emergency Evacuations

All,

Doing a bit of research for a project within our RFFS, would anyone happen to know:

1. How many (approx) emergency evacuations of Boeing 747s there has been over the 40 years the aircraft...
Forum: Questions
16th Oct 2009, 09:16
Replies: 13
Views: 1,033
Posted By AFFF

Just to let you know, and much to the relief of...

Just to let you know, and much to the relief of the majority of our fire fighters, the emergency standby positions WILL remain adjacent to the arrival runway. Thanks for the input folks.:)

AFFF
Forum: Questions
12th Oct 2009, 17:56
Replies: 13
Views: 1,033
Posted By AFFF

BOAC What you received at LGW is exactly the...

BOAC

What you received at LGW is exactly the way we do it. If we were to remain on station, and you request an inspection of the outside of your aircraft, we would have to have a damn good pair of...
Forum: Questions
12th Oct 2009, 10:55
Replies: 13
Views: 1,033
Posted By AFFF

To put you in the picture, the crews are always...

To put you in the picture, the crews are always on standby at the stations, when a call comes through, the crews split into two groups and move to more forward positions covering the touch down and...
Forum: Questions
12th Oct 2009, 09:08
Replies: 13
Views: 1,033
Posted By AFFF

What Would You Prefer?

We are looking at a possible change to our operating proceedures, and I would appreciate the views of operational flight deck crews. You are inbound, your aircraft develops a problem of such...
Forum: Questions
19th Feb 2009, 10:12
Replies: 4
Views: 1,973
Posted By AFFF

Thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated. ...

Thanks for the replies folks, much appreciated.

AFFF:ok:
Forum: Questions
17th Feb 2009, 09:27
Replies: 4
Views: 1,973
Posted By AFFF

Propellor Overspeed

Been in airport fire and rescue for more years than I care to remember, and come across almost every type of emergency imaginable, however, last year came across a new one on us. We had two calls to...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Jan 2009, 09:25
Replies: 7
Views: 2,517
Posted By AFFF

FlyBe Checked Luggage.

Recently took a Flybe flight MAN-SOU to join a cruise to Barbados, unfortunately my case was 5Kg overweight as I had packed to the limit of my return flight to Manchester on another carrier. No...
Forum: Questions
6th Oct 2008, 09:05
Replies: 0
Views: 638
Posted By AFFF

Reinforced Cockpit Doors

Since the introduction of the reinforced cockpit door, information on types and how to gain access for rescue and fire fighting personnel in case of an accident has been limited if not non existant....
Forum: Questions
4th Sep 2008, 23:24
Replies: 8
Views: 1,314
Posted By AFFF

Mr @ Spotty M Thanks for that, knew there...

Mr @ Spotty M

Thanks for that, knew there was an issue somewhere. Had a 757 divert to us a while ago with what sounds like that problem. After attention from engineers and ground tests aircraft...
Forum: Questions
4th Sep 2008, 17:11
Replies: 8
Views: 1,314
Posted By AFFF

Rainboe Having attended hundreds of...

Rainboe

Having attended hundreds of emergency calls over the years, it has been my experience that very few flight deck crews want us to stay away. I remember one instance complying with the...
Forum: Questions
4th Sep 2008, 14:13
Replies: 8
Views: 1,314
Posted By AFFF

Rainboe Thanks again, makes sense to me, I...

Rainboe

Thanks again, makes sense to me, I know that the guys and gals in air traffic can be a little quick on the button. Often wondered what you guys tell the SLF when it happens, suppose a lot...
Forum: Questions
4th Sep 2008, 11:13
Replies: 8
Views: 1,314
Posted By AFFF

Rainboe. Thanks for the response, and yes,...

Rainboe.

Thanks for the response, and yes, stats show that the next six weeks will be the busiest of the year for ourselves, espeacially with the British charter / IT operators, but in the not too...
Forum: Questions
4th Sep 2008, 08:15
Replies: 8
Views: 1,314
Posted By AFFF

Boeing Flap Problems

Spent the best part of the last 30 years in the airport fire and rescue service, and you get to know what particular problems effect different aircraft types, and end up requiring our...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Feb 2008, 20:15
Replies: 45
Views: 11,183
Posted By AFFF

Remember airport fire officers being allowed to...

Remember airport fire officers being allowed to make flight deck familiarisation trips pre 9/11. As a serving airport fire officer for almost thirty years, and being privileged to be able to do...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Mar 2007, 15:24
Replies: 23
Views: 7,799
Posted By AFFF

TU-134 Accident in Samara

TU-134,s operated by UTair all appear to be glass nosed examples, which leads me to think they operate with four flight deck crew, (Captain, First Officer, Navigator and Flight Engineer) and three...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Jul 2006, 12:05
Replies: 4
Views: 1,185
Posted By AFFF

Malaysian Airlines

I've been trying to discover the reason why Malaysian withdrew from the MAN-KUL route, asked senior manager at MAN for the reason and got a vague answer which indicated the carrier was having serious...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Nov 2004, 22:00
Replies: 10
Views: 6,863
Posted By AFFF

If it was an onboard fire, looks like the fire...

If it was an onboard fire, looks like the fire service have used halon extinguishers without using any respiratory protection! Not recommended!!
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th Nov 2004, 09:38
Replies: 7
Views: 1,217
Posted By AFFF

Qatar Airways

Got to travel to the far east next year, and been offered flights on Qatar Airways from Manchester. Can anyone tell me if they are as good as the rumours say they are? ie service and comfort wise.
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
4th May 2004, 20:23
Replies: 3
Views: 1,454
Posted By AFFF

Problem with the fire alarms.:ok:

Problem with the fire alarms.:ok:
Forum: Questions
1st Apr 2004, 21:54
Replies: 1
Views: 1,420
Posted By AFFF

Air sickness and the Boeing 777

I remember reading an article in Flight International around mid 1997 about the high instances of air sickness amongst pax flying at the back of the rear cabin of the 777. The article stated that...
Forum: Questions
1st Apr 2004, 13:12
Replies: 7
Views: 925
Posted By AFFF

Capt BK Hope you do get the chance to drive...

Capt BK

Hope you do get the chance to drive the Pathfinder. The machine is an absolute "Beast". Although they were British built, only 3 served in the UK, 2 at Manchester and 1 at Liverpool. the...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Apr 2004, 08:36
Replies: 14
Views: 1,490
Posted By AFFF

Seen plenty of photographs taken onboard, and out...

Seen plenty of photographs taken onboard, and out of Ryanair aircraft, many on the internet. It would appear that some Ryanair staff don't know their own company policy.

AFFF
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Apr 2004, 08:26
Replies: 33
Views: 2,896
Posted By AFFF

BEagle Can see your point about being ripped...

BEagle

Can see your point about being ripped off. Lufthansa Cityline, who operate the CRJ's under LH flight numbers, operated what they called City Class up until a couple of years ago, and I...
Forum: Questions
31st Mar 2004, 21:49
Replies: 7
Views: 925
Posted By AFFF

Capt BK Have been working with guys who have...

Capt BK

Have been working with guys who have combined working in the airport fire service and retained fire service for years, and whilst they seem to manage to combine the two, my personal advice...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
23rd Mar 2004, 23:26
Replies: 42
Views: 4,944
Posted By AFFF

Much the same as Avman, so many to choose from,...

Much the same as Avman, so many to choose from, but I often wondered if flying MAN-PUL-MAN in an Aviogenex TU-134A in 1977 had something to do with my joining the airport fire and rescue services...
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