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Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
21st Oct 2008, 12:50
Replies: 1,158
Views: 266,799
Posted By Maude Charlee

Nice to see some journo has decided to embelish...

Nice to see some journo has decided to embelish Mike Rutter's press release with an incorrect number of seats on the 195. Flight International are rather prone to getting this number wrong too every...
Forum: ATC Issues
21st Oct 2008, 12:33
Replies: 17
Views: 2,967
Posted By Maude Charlee

On a worryingly high frequency. I'm glad we keep...

On a worryingly high frequency. I'm glad we keep the door locked - really don't want the pax being able to see us sitting with tears running down our faces. :}

And I do wish you guys would stop...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
18th Oct 2008, 10:22
Replies: 10
Views: 1,691
Posted By Maude Charlee

Boosting the APU???? Really? Is the 737 so...

Boosting the APU????

Really? Is the 737 so advanced? :ooh:

On most types, it's a simple matter of on or off. Guess I'll have to go back to the manuals and have a really good look for my APU...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
18th Oct 2008, 10:09
Replies: 17
Views: 1,361
Posted By Maude Charlee

Now we have the bent runway all sorted out...

Now we have the bent runway all sorted out (doesn't half increase wear and tear on the tyres you know ;)), can I make a request?

All you spottery types, if we're kind enough to wave and toot the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
18th Oct 2008, 10:04
Replies: 1,158
Views: 266,799
Posted By Maude Charlee

*deep breath* .....and so back to the...

*deep breath*

.....and so back to the resumption of normal operations.

Re: the 'missing' E195

As I understand things, this a/c is the 3rd BHX based 195 and will be used as the 'hot' spare...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
18th Oct 2008, 09:30
Replies: 15
Views: 2,892
Posted By Maude Charlee

Talk about perfect candidates for Flybe. A...

Talk about perfect candidates for Flybe.

A simple statement of fact, and it gets twisted into all kinds of sinister undertones by people trying to read betweens lines that aren't even there. :ugh:...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
18th Oct 2008, 09:25
Replies: 5
Views: 1,715
Posted By Maude Charlee

All well and good, but most controllers will ask...

All well and good, but most controllers will ask for, or expect, 160kts until 4DME, and other speeds (during the initial approach phase) will be dependant upon airline specific SOPs. In reality, a...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Oct 2008, 09:09
Replies: 27
Views: 12,307
Posted By Maude Charlee

Perhaps it was a Norwegian Blue. Remarkable...

Perhaps it was a Norwegian Blue.

Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

:ok:
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
13th Oct 2008, 18:08
Replies: 48
Views: 8,945
Posted By Maude Charlee

In analysing Flybe's modular preference for no...

In analysing Flybe's modular preference for no more than 2 FTOs for training, forget anything and everything to do with PPL stage training.

They are talking about commercial training only, and...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
12th Oct 2008, 15:23
Replies: 1,158
Views: 266,799
Posted By Maude Charlee

TechProb, ref VFR Flybe, as I suspect all...

TechProb, ref VFR

Flybe, as I suspect all other operators, occassionally position flights (sometimes with pax, more often empty) from one airport to another, which is not a normal passenger route....
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
10th Oct 2008, 12:57
Replies: 1,158
Views: 266,799
Posted By Maude Charlee

VFR. Yeah, right. I think there has been...

VFR. Yeah, right.

I think there has been some fundamental misunderstanding of what VFR entails. For one, there are no VFR charts on any Flybe a/c, and I have met very few pilots daft enough to...
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
10th Oct 2008, 12:42
Replies: 7
Views: 1,371
Posted By Maude Charlee

Use whatever words you can spell when writing up...

Use whatever words you can spell when writing up the ASR and Tech Log. :}
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
10th Oct 2008, 12:33
Replies: 48
Views: 8,945
Posted By Maude Charlee

lol Don't think OAA will be crying into...

lol

Don't think OAA will be crying into their Chardonnay just yet. They are the provider for the Flybe E195 TR and recurrent sim training. Contract probably covers some 150 pilots, twice a year,...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
4th Oct 2008, 11:57
Replies: 14
Views: 5,964
Posted By Maude Charlee

It's not bent, it's gender confused.

It's not bent, it's gender confused.
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Oct 2008, 11:34
Replies: 8
Views: 738
Posted By Maude Charlee

Helpful hint no.1 The aim at all times is to...

Helpful hint no.1

The aim at all times is to make sure you and ATC understand each other. If it all goes a bit pear-shaped, forget what the comms book says and just use plain language to get your...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
29th Sep 2008, 11:09
Replies: 47
Views: 9,075
Posted By Maude Charlee

Always like to have a laugh at the newbies who...

Always like to have a laugh at the newbies who get posted to BHD, immediately bid to work somewhere else even before they have set foot in NI, and then realise it is actually the best base in the...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Sep 2008, 19:00
Replies: 1,158
Views: 266,799
Posted By Maude Charlee

Crikey!!! 27 pax? I'm amazed so many people...

Crikey!!! 27 pax?

I'm amazed so many people wanted to go to SOU. Perhaps they combined the flight with an earlier cancellation. :}

Dolly,
Always a pleasure. ;)
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
17th Sep 2008, 15:36
Replies: 1,158
Views: 266,799
Posted By Maude Charlee

"Countless" aircraft (145s I expect) sat around...

"Countless" aircraft (145s I expect) sat around all day. Haven't laughed so hard in ages - Thank you. :ok:

You must have been the BACON accountant with such limited counting ability. ;)

As for...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
13th Sep 2008, 19:36
Replies: 47
Views: 13,741
Posted By Maude Charlee

Of course, EZY haven't recently announced...

Of course, EZY haven't recently announced redundancies or large cutbacks on route frequencies out of BFS at all. Or did they? Maybe Wiseguy can fill us in.

BE have cut some rotations from BHD too,...
Forum: Questions
13th Sep 2008, 13:28
Replies: 12
Views: 5,857
Posted By Maude Charlee

Q400 used to operate into LCY quite regularly -...

Q400 used to operate into LCY quite regularly - SAS certainly used it on that route almost from the start. Think Flybe may have given it a crack, but wisely decided against it due to the increased...
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
13th Sep 2008, 13:23
Replies: 30
Views: 4,365
Posted By Maude Charlee

RT calls would be well and good if someone was...

RT calls would be well and good if someone was able to answer the radio. Very often can't even get an answer when sitting on stand wondering where the dispatcher has been for the last 30 minutes and...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
13th Sep 2008, 13:12
Replies: 14
Views: 5,957
Posted By Maude Charlee

Just a thought to bear in mind - hold pools...

Just a thought to bear in mind - hold pools rarely exist for pilots with any kind of half-decent experience.

If you are in a position to afford to do it (and most people could find a way if they...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
13th Sep 2008, 12:58
Replies: 32
Views: 3,692
Posted By Maude Charlee

What will happen? Same thing that always...

What will happen?

Same thing that always happens.

At least once every decade, the industry goes into a pretty poor state of affairs, with crews being laid off and some carriers going bust....
Forum: Questions
10th Sep 2008, 17:03
Replies: 10
Views: 15,956
Posted By Maude Charlee

Hi. Normal climb speed would be 250kts up to...

Hi.

Normal climb speed would be 250kts up to FL100, then 270kts beyond that up to transition to Mach, where this becomes M0.73. The mode used for climb is normally FLCH, with power selected at...
Forum: Flight/Ground Ops, Crewing and Dispatch
10th Sep 2008, 16:39
Replies: 30
Views: 4,365
Posted By Maude Charlee

Wouldn't surprise me - standard of handling there...

Wouldn't surprise me - standard of handling there this year has been utterly appalling, particularly on the passenger handling side of the operation. Constant problems with failing to request WCHR...
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
7th Sep 2008, 13:57
Replies: 1,560
Views: 422,950
Posted By Maude Charlee

Makes you wonder if any 'announcement' has...

Makes you wonder if any 'announcement' has anything to do with the departure of Flybe's DFO to a new 'secret' job at EZY, something which was announced months ago. Rumours (yet to be confirmed) are...
Forum: Passengers & SLF (Self Loading Freight)
1st Sep 2008, 23:44
Replies: 11
Views: 1,407
Posted By Maude Charlee

I'm fairly certain (but am willing to stand...

I'm fairly certain (but am willing to stand corrected), but aerosols are one of many prohibited items listed at check-in which cannot be carried in hand luggage or on your person, at least in the UK....
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
28th Aug 2008, 21:52
Replies: 7
Views: 1,113
Posted By Maude Charlee

It was a toga party. :}

It was a toga party. :}
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
26th Aug 2008, 23:54
Replies: 4,648
Views: 757,858
Posted By Maude Charlee

Re: BHD-NCL Never been a particularly busy...

Re: BHD-NCL

Never been a particularly busy route (30-40 pax not remotely unusual), but obviously works. Times are occassionally tinkered with, but with 2 rotations a day through the week against...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
26th Aug 2008, 23:33
Replies: 14
Views: 1,094
Posted By Maude Charlee

Similar to Grasscarp, I put the proposition to...

Similar to Grasscarp, I put the proposition to the crumblies to see if they would remortgage their house and loan me the cash. Fortunately they did, and at a very favourable rate which I would never...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
21st Aug 2008, 11:02
Replies: 11
Views: 14,914
Posted By Maude Charlee

Whenever presented with a non-standard or...

Whenever presented with a non-standard or dangerous situation, when compliance with SOPs would aggravate the situation.
Forum: Tech Log
20th Aug 2008, 11:34
Replies: 7
Views: 20,233
Posted By Maude Charlee

I think only the very last paragraph of Guppys...

I think only the very last paragraph of Guppys post is all you need to know, especially if your check happens to be for Europe's largest regional airline. ;)

For your first airline position, it...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2008, 13:48
Replies: 7
Views: 1,127
Posted By Maude Charlee

Don't know whose procedures you might be...

Don't know whose procedures you might be referring to, but at my airline it is MSA or 10000ft altitude, not cabin altitude.

From a practical point of view, exactly how would you propose to fly...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2008, 13:39
Replies: 6
Views: 1,275
Posted By Maude Charlee

It's a bit like being a golfer cursed with a case...

It's a bit like being a golfer cursed with a case of the Yips (an inability to sink even simple putts).

I'm sure it happens to us all, and I know for a fact it definitely happens to me. I get a...
Forum: Questions
16th Aug 2008, 11:07
Replies: 3
Views: 662
Posted By Maude Charlee

How sad that your idea of a holiday stretches to...

How sad that your idea of a holiday stretches to nothing more imaginative than sitting on a beach, getting wasted in the sun. You are correct however, that you don't need to go any further than...
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