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Forum: Freight Dogs
3rd Sep 2008, 08:35
Replies: 26
Views: 4,298
Posted By 74Freight

Would someone be kind enough to post funeral...

Would someone be kind enough to post funeral details when available, or send me a message or contact to find them out?

Many thanks.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
3rd Jun 2007, 23:20
Replies: 25
Views: 10,072
Posted By 74Freight

Not quite sure what you mean by moving...

Not quite sure what you mean by moving operations?, netjets go where the customers want, so if they want to fly to cranfield, then netjets would fly them there. Maybe you could explain more?
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
20th Jan 2007, 18:32
Replies: 11
Views: 1,291
Posted By 74Freight

Siena does have it's own airport, no airlines go...

Siena does have it's own airport, no airlines go there but if you can afford to go by biz jet, you can go straight there.
Forum: Biz Jets, Ag Flying, GA etc.
8th Dec 2006, 13:00
Replies: 6
Views: 1,880
Posted By 74Freight

I joined last year with not as many hours as you,...

I joined last year with not as many hours as you, but with a few thousand flying around Europe. I was happy to start as F/o, though you would, I am sure, have no problem operating the aircraft and...
Forum: Freight Dogs
22nd May 2006, 12:36
Replies: 967
Views: 262,856
Posted By 74Freight

Just read your last post, the 748 which i recall...

Just read your last post, the 748 which i recall being hit by the loading belt was worked on by engineers all night and signed off before being returned to service, maybe we are talking about...
Forum: Freight Dogs
22nd May 2006, 12:32
Replies: 967
Views: 262,856
Posted By 74Freight

say again slowly, I can only speak from my own...

say again slowly, I can only speak from my own experience, I am certainly no fan of emeralds management, however, I never felt pressured to take an aircraft which I felt was unsafe or needed...
Forum: Freight Dogs
21st May 2006, 12:57
Replies: 967
Views: 262,856
Posted By 74Freight

I am fortunate to have departed before all this. ...

I am fortunate to have departed before all this. Emerald may not have been the best run outfit but what were the CAAs reasons for suspending the AOC? They must have known that this would destroy the...
Forum: Freight Dogs
26th Jan 2006, 10:45
Replies: 2
Views: 1,259
Posted By 74Freight

Air Contractors shopping again?

After buying most of BAC some time ago, rumours are that ACL are looking to acquire a LPL based turboprop freight company, any truth or just rumour?
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
26th Dec 2005, 17:47
Replies: 9
Views: 1,389
Posted By 74Freight

our company requires a driving licence as we...

our company requires a driving licence as we spend as much time postioning in hire cars as flying.
Forum: Freight Dogs
1st Dec 2005, 09:55
Replies: 10
Views: 1,959
Posted By 74Freight

other than those at the top, we really have no...

other than those at the top, we really have no idea about the company's financial state etc.

The 748s/360s still have a few years left and there is, I believe, plenty of work going around for that...
Forum: Freight Dogs
3rd Nov 2005, 02:45
Replies: 9
Views: 1,734
Posted By 74Freight

They did advertise for shed crews a few months...

They did advertise for shed crews a few months ago in Flight for the scottish mail routes but another shed operator got the contract instead. The sunday EXE-EMA-EXE is back to BAC again.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
1st Nov 2005, 10:23
Replies: 7
Views: 1,810
Posted By 74Freight

Starting pay is £18,000, plus 3% increment per...

Starting pay is £18,000, plus 3% increment per year.
Flight Duty pay is £1.50 per hour 75%(i think) tax free.
most take home around £1400- £1550 per month depending on duty.
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
20th Jul 2005, 14:22
Replies: 29
Views: 6,185
Posted By 74Freight

Start on 18,000 plus £1.50 per hour duty pay...

Start on 18,000 plus £1.50 per hour duty pay which is paid form report time to going home time (ie during night stops etc)
Increase 3% per year.
Not the best terms and conditions, lots of driving...
Forum: Medical & Health
14th May 2005, 03:14
Replies: 6
Views: 1,323
Posted By 74Freight

Are our shifts killing us?

I know that statistically doing shift work shortens our lives but is there any evidence that some of the inhuman duties we are asked to do are very harmful?
I refer to duties where after having...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Apr 2005, 02:38
Replies: 3
Views: 1,909
Posted By 74Freight

As we don't seem to get paid a great deal for...

As we don't seem to get paid a great deal for working days off ( ie nothing), they would not save much by cutting overtime.
Forum: Freight Dogs
4th Mar 2005, 14:54
Replies: 22
Views: 6,005
Posted By 74Freight

Dreamweaver, you must be getting withdrawal...

Dreamweaver, you must be getting withdrawal symptoms missing the joys of night freight.
From your location at "FL100buddy" can we guess that you used to work for a shed company in exeter that was...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
13th Feb 2005, 08:14
Replies: 14
Views: 2,644
Posted By 74Freight

Difficult to advise on what to do, did they offer...

Difficult to advise on what to do, did they offer you a definite job or just to go into a holding pool?
last week there were rumours that the banks had told us to get rid of the ATP fleet as it was...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Feb 2005, 08:01
Replies: 20
Views: 22,891
Posted By 74Freight

never had the pleasure to fly one like you chaps...

never had the pleasure to fly one like you chaps but had a little play on the sim, question- if the flare is not armed on a single channel approach, and does not annunciate on the FMA, does it still...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
7th Feb 2005, 23:27
Replies: 6
Views: 1,376
Posted By 74Freight

Were any of you offered bonds for the training ?...

Were any of you offered bonds for the training ? or have we now gone down the pay for ratings path?.
This is a pity as up till last year, pilots were bonded rather than pay up front, though if the...
Forum: Rumours & News
30th Jan 2005, 12:25
Replies: 60
Views: 20,372
Posted By 74Freight

It was apparently SSWA (the only Shorts330...

It was apparently SSWA (the only Shorts330 "flying" in Europe) which burst a tyre at EIN, I think some undercarriage damage was done as well as it is still parked there.
This happens occasionally...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Jan 2005, 21:37
Replies: 60
Views: 20,372
Posted By 74Freight

MOB has a good track record for squeezing profit...

MOB has a good track record for squeezing profit out of the company and for going out and finding contracts which is probably why he is in the job.
Until the ATP introduction, emeralds profit as...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
3rd Jan 2005, 05:37
Replies: 5
Views: 2,408
Posted By 74Freight

most 748 crews are LPL based and Shorts crews at...

most 748 crews are LPL based and Shorts crews at Coventry, there is one shorts crew based in Dublin at present, no plans to base anymore there at the moment and they do DUB-CVT-DUB mon to thursday. ...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
16th Dec 2004, 06:52
Replies: 48
Views: 7,912
Posted By 74Freight

A few weeks ago I raised this point, standby...

A few weeks ago I raised this point, standby before or after a flight duty, with the CAA flight ops inspector for my company, (which i suspect is the same one as yours) while being ramp checked as i...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
3rd Dec 2004, 04:36
Replies: 5
Views: 1,282
Posted By 74Freight

Your experience is exactly what i have noticed...

Your experience is exactly what i have noticed recently, quite a few of our chaps have similar hours (1000hrs medium/heavy turbine) a lot with command hours.
I would hope that this would earn you...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
30th Nov 2004, 17:10
Replies: 5
Views: 1,282
Posted By 74Freight

how valuable are older turboprop hours

How useful is experience on an "older" turboprop (eg HS748, Shorts360, F27) towards getting a jet job?

I have seen quite a few lads come to us over the years with about 1000 hours instructing and...
Forum: Freight Dogs
20th Nov 2004, 16:18
Replies: 51
Views: 8,469
Posted By 74Freight

looking at the latest rosters, there is a lot of...

looking at the latest rosters, there is a lot of slack (on the shed F/Os especially) in some areas with some having nothing but standby all week and others only one or two flights, the rest made up...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
17th Nov 2004, 17:31
Replies: 11
Views: 2,739
Posted By 74Freight

I am sure that a large freight company based at...

I am sure that a large freight company based at Liverpool would do a deal for some crew if the price was right, speak to MOB.
Forum: Flying Instructors & Examiners
15th Oct 2004, 00:52
Replies: 30
Views: 5,246
Posted By 74Freight

quote "crap paying job flying a shed or 748" from...

quote "crap paying job flying a shed or 748" from www.
i wonder which company this was aimed at????
Those of us at the bottom end of commercial flying may earn slightly more than instructors but...
Forum: Freight Dogs
7th Oct 2004, 16:28
Replies: 51
Views: 8,469
Posted By 74Freight

The new website is www.flyjem.com The old...

The new website is
www.flyjem.com

The old one was www.emerald-airways.org

The org ( if my computer knowledge is correct) denotes a non-profit, charitable organisation, not sure if that...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
30th Aug 2004, 21:23
Replies: 3
Views: 739
Posted By 74Freight

Listening to the recruitment chat of some of...

Listening to the recruitment chat of some of those at the BALPA job seminar, some airlines prefer those from integrated courses such as OAT whereas others are not bothered. Lokking at the adverts,...
Forum: Freight Dogs
29th Aug 2004, 17:41
Replies: 125
Views: 27,284
Posted By 74Freight

2 points of interest, 1) All the lights in...

2 points of interest,

1) All the lights in the toilet at CVT are out suggesting a more serious problem than just a bulb, maybe a fuse?

2) Even when the lights were working, there was a...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
16th Aug 2004, 14:20
Replies: 5
Views: 932
Posted By 74Freight

for ths issue of a JAR ATPL you must have a valid...

for ths issue of a JAR ATPL you must have a valid multi crew type rating , I know this as I saw someone with loads of hours on a 727being told this at gatwick
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jul 2004, 17:47
Replies: 2
Views: 1,487
Posted By 74Freight

Thanks forthe explanation

Thanks forthe explanation
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jul 2004, 03:37
Replies: 2
Views: 1,487
Posted By 74Freight

A330 fuel leak?

saw the TV programme about the Air Transat A330 which had a fuel leak over the atlantic, and glided in to the azores empty.
Can someone explain why with a fuel leak from the right engine, the first...
Forum: Tech Log
12th Jul 2004, 03:32
Replies: 24
Views: 10,996
Posted By 74Freight

I thought that on a high bypass modern fan jet...

I thought that on a high bypass modern fan jet as the fan produces the majority of power, N1 gives a better indication of the power being produced than EPR would which is why it is used for this...
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