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Forum: Middle East
24th Dec 2014, 04:42
Replies: 142
Views: 66,464
Posted By Puritan

It is stated in the email that "Alcohol Screening...

It is stated in the email that "Alcohol Screening requires a detailed medical history and examination, questionnaire and laboratory tests."

The email also includes the statement that: “Emirates is...
Forum: Rumours & News
29th Aug 2011, 13:13
Replies: 53
Views: 32,511
Posted By Puritan

BBC reports that this occurred at 22:25 Zulu. ...

BBC reports that this occurred at 22:25 Zulu.

METAR's covering that period:

VOCI 29 0000Z 260/03KT 4000 HZ FEW008 SCT015 OVC080 26/24 Q1008 TEMPO VIS 2000M RA
VOCI 28 2330Z 280/05KT 4000 HZ...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
19th Dec 2009, 06:37
Replies: 308
Views: 76,105
Posted By Puritan

It'll be almost certain that AEU has a clause in...

It'll be almost certain that AEU has a clause in the contract which covers a break / breach of contract by EI, therein I'd hazard an educated guess that, one way or another, AEU will get some level...
Forum: Middle East
16th Oct 2009, 12:01
Replies: 4,949
Views: 2,873,117
Posted By Puritan

... and you have to pass the Command assessment...

... and you have to pass the Command assessment process (it's not just a given)!
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Oct 2009, 13:46
Replies: 11
Views: 3,281
Posted By Puritan

Astraeus have a solid history of providing 'low...

Astraeus have a solid history of providing 'low cost' capacity for 'high cost' airlines,e.g. British Airways, Briitsh Midland, FlyBE, Sterling, plus a whole host of others too! All underpinned by a...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Sep 2009, 17:21
Replies: 308
Views: 76,105
Posted By Puritan

Fwiw, a colleague of mine has literally just...

Fwiw, a colleague of mine has literally just asked me about Astraeus (a very experienced bloke looking to apply)... and I'll paraphrase what I wrote to him:


One can't really say fairer than...
Forum: Middle East
1st Sep 2009, 19:27
Replies: 12
Views: 3,927
Posted By Puritan

FlyDubai Captain 'Flying Pay' is 150 Dhs per...

FlyDubai Captain 'Flying Pay' is 150 Dhs per block hour.
FlyDubai F/O 'Flying Pay' is 100 Dhs per block hour,

It's all spelt out on their web site here...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
31st Aug 2009, 15:52
Replies: 4,866
Views: 1,934,378
Posted By Puritan

There Are No Guarantees With Any Of It!

Much in support of what WWW has said in previous pages, I wrote the following 8.5 years ago, and nothing's changed since! "Some words of advice for wannabes at all levels...
Forum: Space Flight and Operations
4th Jul 2009, 09:05
Replies: 34
Views: 6,939
Posted By Puritan

Ghana International Airlines...

Ghana International Airlines (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_International_Airlines) uses B757-200 (G-STRZ) leased in from, and operated by, Astraeus (http://www.flystar.com/acmi.html).
Forum: Terms and Endearment
6th Jan 2009, 18:21
Replies: 56
Views: 19,136
Posted By Puritan

EU... wrt "aeu has a really ****ty reputation up...

EU... wrt "aeu has a really ****ty reputation up there from when they flew wetlease for Sterling",... that's probably because they (AEU) made Sterling look like the very expensive & poorly run...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
4th Jan 2009, 10:21
Replies: 56
Views: 19,136
Posted By Puritan

Thumbs up At risk of thread creep... the flight time of my...

At risk of thread creep... the flight time of my longest JIB - CDG was 8:22 (v.strong easterly jetstreams the whole way) for which, with a pretty full aircraft, you can go figure how much fuel we had...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
30th Dec 2008, 20:22
Replies: 56
Views: 19,136
Posted By Puritan

Thumbs up Hang on in there Astraeus!

There are some very smart & tenacious folks at Astraeus (AEU) and if anyone can find a way to survive this downturn then it's going to be them... albeit without doubt that they're in a frighteningly...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
5th Oct 2008, 10:38
Replies: 11
Views: 5,044
Posted By Puritan

To my knowledge, Astraeus do not operate a...

To my knowledge, Astraeus do not operate a seniority list.... at least not for the +6 years that I was there!
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
20th Apr 2008, 18:10
Replies: 196
Views: 70,847
Posted By Puritan

Angel Plus a rumour that Astraeus have contracted...

Plus a rumour that Astraeus have contracted (signed a LOI, or maybe more?) to operate the scheduled service between Gatwick and Accra (Ghana) on behalf of 'Ghana International Airways' (GIA)....
Forum: Cabin Crew
28th Mar 2008, 18:38
Replies: 10
Views: 2,924
Posted By Puritan

Thumbs up BOAC et al... I heartily concur! How it has...

BOAC et al... I heartily concur!

How it has turned out is a very, very, sad shame but wherein I have nothing but praise and admiration for the folks whom have worked in the cabin & supported us in...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
8th Mar 2008, 07:59
Replies: 2,984
BMI
Views: 1,029,139
Posted By Puritan

fish Comments from Astraeus' CEO in a 'Business...

Comments from Astraeus' CEO in a 'Business Update' dated 6th March 08:
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Mar 2008, 22:23
Replies: 2,984
BMI
Views: 1,029,139
Posted By Puritan

Wrt Uhm, therein the really interesting bit...

Wrt Uhm, therein the really interesting bit would be how to handle the undoubted disparity between BMI's & AEU's pay scales & T&C's?!

One can certainly envisage a situation where there are two...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
1st Mar 2008, 15:02
Replies: 2,984
BMI
Views: 1,029,139
Posted By Puritan

fish Tail-take-off - that figure refers to the...

Tail-take-off - that figure refers to the 'minimum' requirement... and aside from which, simply having lots of hours in the RHS does not mean that one is going to pass the command assessment sim...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
28th Feb 2008, 10:37
Replies: 21
Views: 2,725
Posted By Puritan

Angel Wrt Oh yes there is a potential effect on...

Wrt
Oh yes there is a potential effect on safety!... and to that end answer me this... i.e. how come when we took on the crews of what had been a low cost European carrier - the standards of...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Feb 2008, 20:49
Replies: 2,984
BMI
Views: 1,029,139
Posted By Puritan

Angel Heffer - just to clarify it, what AEU's Part A...

Heffer - just to clarify it, what AEU's Part A actually says is:

3000 hours as Operating Flight Crew of which 2500 hours must be as operating crew on an aircraft over 12.5 tonnes*

* may be...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
27th Feb 2008, 04:32
Replies: 2,984
BMI
Views: 1,029,139
Posted By Puritan

fish Without Prejudice... For those BMI SFO's who...

Without Prejudice...

For those BMI SFO's who might be thinking that they're up for a direct entry command on the B757 via Astraeus... you might be interested to know that Astraeus' Ops Manual /...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
25th Feb 2008, 06:01
Replies: 196
Views: 70,847
Posted By Puritan

Devil Duh! I was only offering a possible explanation...

Duh! I was only offering a possible explanation as to why a 'rumour' about Astraeus getting 5x B737-700's could potentially have some validity and might be feasible (it is a rumour network after all,...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
23rd Feb 2008, 10:35
Replies: 196
Views: 70,847
Posted By Puritan

Devil Rumours rumours everywhere

With respect to the rumour about more B737-700 aircraft; one is always glad to see growth and employment opportunities, so it would certainly be good if Astraeus did introduce more aircraft,… but...
Forum: Cabin Crew
8th Feb 2008, 18:28
Replies: 303
Views: 56,019
Posted By Puritan

Angel Dan D'air - yes, but not exclusively so. There...

Dan D'air - yes, but not exclusively so. There are a significant number of folks at Zoom whom have years of experience with airlines other than (and / or maybe including) Astraeus... and no doubt...
Forum: Cabin Crew
8th Feb 2008, 07:29
Replies: 303
Views: 56,019
Posted By Puritan

Angel TightSlot - Thanks for following up on that,...

TightSlot - Thanks for following up on that, wherein what you’ve said is precisely what I was alluding to.

For those folks (e.g. 007bhoy) whom suggest that airlines should endeavor to be...
Forum: Cabin Crew
7th Feb 2008, 21:00
Replies: 303
Views: 56,019
Posted By Puritan

As it happens, I was involved in the set up of...

As it happens, I was involved in the set up of Astraeus (+6 years ago) during which we experienced somewhat similar feedback as that described above, i.e. a good many (so called) 'experienced' people...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Oct 2007, 20:27
Replies: 1,107
Views: 212,075
Posted By Puritan

Be it the wielding of a fire axe or a crowbar......

Be it the wielding of a fire axe or a crowbar... is verging on semantic is it not?!

Aside - it's all surely much easier to procure some old freighter in Africa, fill it full of high explosives /...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Sep 2007, 10:23
Replies: 1,107
Views: 212,075
Posted By Puritan

The folks at the door of Concorde House are there...

The folks at the door of Concorde House are there to check that the people wishing to enter have a proper reason for doing so (there've been there since the 'Open Borders' protestors were doing their...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Aug 2007, 05:21
Replies: 7
Views: 1,723
Posted By Puritan

Thumbs up Saturday's weather was glorious (though admitedly...

Saturday's weather was glorious (though admitedly a bit windy) such that this morning my face seems fairly 'pink' with wind & sun burn.

Highlight of the day (imho)... the Oasis B747-400 coming in...
Forum: Tech Log
2nd Aug 2007, 13:06
Replies: 17
Views: 4,714
Posted By Puritan

m500dpp, there certainly is a procedure! You...

m500dpp, there certainly is a procedure!

You might like to invite your daughter to read Astraeus' Operations Manual / Part A / Operating Procedures / Section 8.2.2.4.5 where it says:
...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
21st Apr 2007, 13:27
Replies: 47
Views: 15,279
Posted By Puritan

HotDog - wrt to people who are invalid / infirm...

HotDog - wrt to people who are invalid / infirm (be that physically and / or mentally) evacuating from an aircraft in an emergency... the plain and simple answer is that they are not going to be...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Apr 2007, 06:04
Replies: 85
Views: 30,359
Posted By Puritan

No, it doesn't (at least not on the B737's /...

No, it doesn't (at least not on the B737's / B757's that I fly)
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2007, 22:33
Replies: 40
Views: 19,218
Posted By Puritan

Have had same problem at our hotel in Accra (more...

Have had same problem at our hotel in Accra (more than once)... i.e. trying to get some pre night-flight sleep whilst a band tunes their instruments (i.e. for a reception being held at the hotel) in...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Apr 2007, 22:09
Replies: 132
Views: 31,803
Posted By Puritan

Used the 'greens' tonight at LGW... & it never...

Used the 'greens' tonight at LGW... & it never ceases to amaze me... it's a brilliant system!!! :ok:

Ps. Would somebody please tell the French about it?... gawd knows they could do with it at CDG...
Forum: Rumours & News
5th Apr 2007, 12:41
Replies: 73
Views: 32,355
Posted By Puritan

Always makes me laugh when certain African ATC...

Always makes me laugh when certain African ATC want to know your aircraft's registration... I suppose that's so that they can send your company the bill for the fine service they've been providing to...
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