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Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jan 2015, 10:58
Replies: 243
Views: 267,203
Posted By Cytherea

Sparks....

I don't believe that the photo shows sparks at all - I believe that given the angle direction and height of the winter sun (very low, bright clear day and on the nose) this picture shows a reflection...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
4th May 2012, 12:58
Replies: 14
Views: 3,894
Posted By Cytherea

Just the Airline or the whole group?

Could someone shed any light on this sad story - Has the whole group been declared bankrupt, ie Is the maintenance base also closed or is it "just" the operational airline? Truly a sad day for Danish...
Forum: Tech Log
17th May 2011, 13:43
Replies: 2,546
Views: 936,418
Posted By Cytherea

Translating French

100% with you Frequent Flyer - Securite is used within French aviation circles to mean Safety and is frequentlty mistranslated even by French speakers as Security...causes me a great deal of...
Forum: Rumours & News
11th Apr 2011, 13:59
Replies: 62
Views: 35,150
Posted By Cytherea

Don't rush to criticise...

Before we all jump on the bandwagon take a moment to read this:
Transportation Safety Board of Canada - AVIATION REPORTS - 1998 - A98H0003...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Apr 2011, 11:14
Replies: 196
Views: 80,960
Posted By Cytherea

Maintenance Issues

Just finished reading a very interesting lead article in the MRO AMERICAS special report section of this weeks Flight International...interseting statistics, answers a lot of the questions posed by...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
15th Sep 2010, 11:34
Replies: 9
Views: 1,771
Posted By Cytherea

C130JBloke You and me and everyone else on...

C130JBloke

You and me and everyone else on this site are paying for it in our taxes...don't get me started - We're in the middle of a row with HMR&C about the importation of aircraft components...
Forum: Rumours & News
14th May 2010, 08:26
Replies: 1,543
Views: 856,912
Posted By Cytherea

Ntsb In Libya

All,
See below from FlightGlobal:
By: John Croft
Date: 13/05/2010
Source: Air Transport Intelligence news

The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has sent a team of investigators...
Forum: Cabin Crew
9th Apr 2010, 11:29
Replies: 1,224
Views: 1,317,063
Posted By Cytherea

At Check in....

Sitting on a Ryanair check-in desk some years ago...my partner working the flight with me had some real minor soap actor "celebrity" at her desk - as usual he had too much baggage and didn't want to...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
16th Nov 2009, 12:37
Replies: 13
Views: 1,579
Posted By Cytherea

Some very useful info here - I would avoid SR...

Some very useful info here - I would avoid SR Technics UK as I cannot see them having a medium/long term future with workshops and a base in the UK. I'm not sure that they even operate any form of...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Apr 2009, 11:52
Replies: 160
Views: 47,436
Posted By Cytherea

What is a unit?

As a post script to Tigger Too's tongue in cheek post...but one with a serious message the believes that he'd have had 24 units of alcohol - great session! In reality I reckon he'd be closer to 35...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th Feb 2009, 12:21
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,451,056
Posted By Cytherea

POB Vs SOB

Apologies for being irrelevant to this page's discussion but to clarify:

POB - Passengers on Board
SOB - Souls On Board

It is a clear and necessary distinction for Operations.
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Feb 2009, 12:50
Replies: 2,906
Views: 1,451,056
Posted By Cytherea

Slides and Fuel

To become preoccupied that the lack of Fire is an indication of Fuel stavation is surely a blind alley... I can think of any number of incidents with a fuel load that have not resulted in a fire - BY...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jan 2009, 08:20
Replies: 2,015
Views: 1,059,997
Posted By Cytherea

Reuse of "Incident-related" aircraft components

All,
The person who asked the question whether any parts would be re-used opens a can of worms. There is a movement in the industry to eradicate this practice - and in most major airlines and...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Mar 2008, 13:59
Replies: 344
Views: 74,233
Posted By Cytherea

Question of Sanity

I'm not going to get into the merits or disadvantages of having an armed cockpit crew.

What I would have thought is if you are happy that the person in the seat next to you is sound enough of mind...
Forum: Questions
14th Feb 2008, 09:09
Replies: 4
Views: 1,205
Posted By Cytherea

NON-EFIS B737-3/4/500 Simulator

Hello.

We are looking for an academy within Europe (East or West) with a non-EFIS B737 Sim. Does anybody know of any? All the usual suspects appear to have only EFIS units.

Thanks
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Oct 2007, 11:11
Replies: 23
Views: 10,481
Posted By Cytherea

In Defence of Vera

For some reason I feel obliged to rush to Vera's defence here. There seems to be an attitude towards his posts that leads one to beleive he hasn't got a clue what he's talking about.
Yet his facts...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2007, 12:28
Replies: 430
Views: 205,388
Posted By Cytherea

Short Field Performance Variant?

All - as a matter of interest was this aircraft the SFP variant of the -800? I ask the question due the the "Emergency" Alert SB issued recently concerning the spoiler actuators and uncommanded...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th May 2007, 12:15
Replies: 430
Views: 205,388
Posted By Cytherea

Crew Disorientation

Witraz,
In fairness to all crew I think we should state that the STN B747 crash was caused by the Captain's disorientation, his insistance on focusing on his ADI, ignoring the comparator horn, and...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2007, 16:33
Replies: 423
Views: 174,366
Posted By Cytherea

L2 Slide

Thanks Sinbad, I'm aware of that - What I am suggesting is the reason the slide wasn't armed when the door opened was the person who opened that door had the presence of mind to disarm the slide...
Forum: Rumours & News
8th Mar 2007, 15:03
Replies: 423
Views: 174,366
Posted By Cytherea

L2 Escape Slide Speculation

I don't want to get involved in the speculation over causes of crash simply make a point that if the L2 slide had deployed, peoples exit from that door would have been severely hampered - the slide...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Jan 2007, 14:40
Replies: 1,067
Views: 210,678
Posted By Cytherea

Honestly

It pains me to write this, as I have stated in the past my family's connections with BEA/BA are long and I wouldn't hesitate to use BA on short/Medium Haul services. I too worked at a foreign...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Jun 2006, 12:20
Replies: 56
Views: 10,748
Posted By Cytherea

How about the Duty Free

This is only one of a huge number of contradictions in supposed airport/airline security...How about the glass bottles available for purchase in most airport "duty-free" shops or even on board some...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
22nd Nov 2005, 16:22
Replies: 15
Views: 1,415
Posted By Cytherea

Back to the question....

Try e-bay there's always a oad of ex-aircraft junk on there - can't guarantee the serviceability though...lamps are easy enough to get hold of through the stores!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Aug 2005, 11:20
Replies: 331
Views: 56,047
Posted By Cytherea

Well said Artificial Horizon! You have...

Well said Artificial Horizon!
You have restored my faith in BA after some silly comments by others - On the strength of your comments alone I have cancelled my Virgin alternate to LAX next week...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Aug 2005, 10:54
Replies: 22
Views: 5,496
Posted By Cytherea

I'm no parachutist, but seem to remember that we...

I'm no parachutist, but seem to remember that we used to ban chutes from travelling in the cabin not for security but safety and also insist that any self opening devices were removed because of the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jul 2005, 12:08
Replies: 245
Views: 68,416
Posted By Cytherea

Surely all that anyone wants is to operate in a...

Surely all that anyone wants is to operate in a SAFE environment. By "anyone" I mean Pilots, ATCOs Cabin Crew, SLF and those unfortunate enough to live around an airport - all of whom will have an...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Jun 2005, 12:12
Replies: 27
Views: 6,775
Posted By Cytherea

Infor from Speednews "Aircraft Insider" today

Just FYI thought someone may be interested:

"EOS (formerly Atlantic Express), NY leased three ex-Mexicana 757-200s (24964/26332/27351) with PW2040s from ILFC for 3Q05 startup of transatlantic...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd May 2005, 11:25
Replies: 54
Views: 11,115
Posted By Cytherea

How ironic that one of the 4 routes that keeps...

How ironic that one of the 4 routes that keeps the Business Class Service should be LHR-BRU - That's where all the C-Class pax are Politicians and Eurocrats paid for by us poor bl**dy taxpayers!!!...
Forum: Rumours & News
15th Apr 2005, 11:38
Replies: 14
Views: 6,288
Posted By Cytherea

EZY B737-300 Hail Damage

The Ezy B733 wasn't written off...flown to FLS(now SRT) Dublin and had a month in intensive care - all DV windscreens shattered severe damage to skin, all leading edges replaced (including vert...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
14th Mar 2005, 10:16
Replies: 3
Views: 1,608
Posted By Cytherea

From Sterling.dk website this am... PRESS...

From Sterling.dk website this am...

PRESS RELEASE

Copenhagen, 14 March 2005

Agreement on sale of Sterling

Bonheur ASA and Ganger Rolf ASA, each with a direct and indirect ownership of 50%...
Forum: Rumours & News
12th Nov 2004, 11:06
Replies: 86
Views: 30,861
Posted By Cytherea

Everyone seems to be comparing the 707 and the...

Everyone seems to be comparing the 707 and the 744/777 it is not the case that the aircraft in question here was an EAAC B742 - Which as an engineer I can say certainly has a lot more in common with...
Forum: Engineers & Technicians
10th Jun 2004, 13:26
Replies: 22
Views: 6,790
Posted By Cytherea

I may be wrong but I was abouring under the...

I may be wrong but I was abouring under the impression that one of the RYR 200's that suffered this probem was the Jaguar aircraft...I have flown that STN-DUB recently....Are they operating under a...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2004, 11:13
Replies: 27
Views: 7,497
Posted By Cytherea

Not so long ago (March/April) CSA did exactly the...

Not so long ago (March/April) CSA did exactly the same at STN a BHX-PRG flight visited us on the ramp...I am led to belive they called a PAN as the AFS met them and followed them to the stand - a...
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