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Forum: Rumours & News
25th Jul 2005, 22:58
Replies: 31
Views: 10,335
Posted By Carpathia

Sadly sums up the situation all to well. ...

Sadly sums up the situation all to well.



There is a hopeful precedent. The former HR director at Cityjet, who was a notorious bully, recently got his marching orders for, essentially,...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Apr 2005, 23:07
Replies: 17
Views: 3,928
Posted By Carpathia

If you have a pulse and seem like you have any...

If you have a pulse and seem like you have any sort of command potential sometime soon, Cityjet will want to talk to you.
If you are already a captain, the pulse is not required.
Forum: Rumours & News
6th Apr 2005, 10:47
Replies: 321
Views: 94,649
Posted By Carpathia

Are ATCO's required to stay at their posts for up...

Are ATCO's required to stay at their posts for up to, and over, 10 hours at a time with no possibility to obtain food? I believe 2 hours is the max time they can spend at their post at which time...
Forum: Rumours & News
4th Apr 2005, 20:12
Replies: 321
Views: 94,649
Posted By Carpathia

Looks like Joyce Tick is the name to replace LHC,...

Looks like Joyce Tick is the name to replace LHC, Ms turret etc etc
Forum: Questions
24th Mar 2005, 22:32
Replies: 35
Views: 13,994
Posted By Carpathia

Hmm, clearly Trislander you don't have to fly on...

Hmm, clearly Trislander you don't have to fly on the damned things as a pax or pilot :(




Summed up very accurately.
Forum: Airlines, Airports & Routes
24th Mar 2005, 22:30
Replies: 19
Views: 3,762
Posted By Carpathia

An EZY base in DUB, now that would be very nice....

An EZY base in DUB, now that would be very nice. If it did happen, wonder how long it would take DUB's resident 146 operator to lose most of its pilots? I reckon 3 weeks at most :E
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
4th Mar 2005, 12:40
Replies: 34
Views: 4,928
Posted By Carpathia

Anyone who thinks slick handling of a Cessna is...

Anyone who thinks slick handling of a Cessna is qualification enought to competently fly airliners is one of two things:

a) an ex-Irish Aer corps pilot

or

b) a comedian
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Mar 2005, 17:28
Replies: 76
Views: 42,249
Posted By Carpathia

FTLs were devised many years ago before the...

FTLs were devised many years ago before the phenomenon of LoCo's. They were intended to allow airlines to operate pilots to a limit greater than that deemed to be the ideal, in times of shortages,...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
3rd Mar 2005, 11:26
Replies: 34
Views: 4,928
Posted By Carpathia

Wrong, you get taught to deal with a certain set...

Wrong, you get taught to deal with a certain set of problems, as laid down by the syllabus for the TR. At 200 hours this is all you will know, at 20,000 hours you will have seen enough to be able...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd Mar 2005, 17:58
Replies: 34
Views: 4,928
Posted By Carpathia

I said there is no such thing as a Frozen ATPL...

I said there is no such thing as a Frozen ATPL and there is not. I think you will look long, hard and unsuccessfully if you try to find any licence of this name.

I refer to the JAR-FCL:

Pilots...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
2nd Mar 2005, 13:08
Replies: 34
Views: 4,928
Posted By Carpathia

Actually Lanun, you don't hold a Airline...

Actually Lanun, you don't hold a Airline Transport Pilots Licence, you hold a CPL/IR. There is no such thing as a Frozen ATPL, that's only a bull$hit marketing ploy to describe a person who holds a...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2005, 15:53
Replies: 321
Views: 94,649
Posted By Carpathia

Oh dear LHC, here we go again, the assumption...

Oh dear LHC, here we go again, the assumption that all unions are truly evil and want to ruin the company. I remind you again that a strong and viable company is in the interest of all pilots,...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Mar 2005, 14:20
Replies: 321
Views: 94,649
Posted By Carpathia

LHC - ultimately pilots are sensible people and I...

LHC - ultimately pilots are sensible people and I can assure you, as an obvious non-pilot, that the long term success of airlines is of far greater importance to the average pilot than to the average...
Forum: Rumours & News
23rd Feb 2005, 10:55
Replies: 321
Views: 94,649
Posted By Carpathia

The IAA is run weak-willed jobsworths. It is run...

The IAA is run weak-willed jobsworths. It is run according to 3 codes: a) jobs for the Aer Corps boys, so nothing will be said that might upset any of their "brothers-in-arms" from the glorious...
Forum: Rumours & News
17th Feb 2005, 17:02
Replies: 321
Views: 94,649
Posted By Carpathia

Eddie Wilson is quoted in the Irish Indo that...

Eddie Wilson is quoted in the Irish Indo that pilots work a "legally capped maximum of 18 hours a week"

Hard to win when the media unquestionly publish pure and utter lies as if it were fact.
...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
10th Feb 2005, 18:16
Replies: 18
Views: 3,611
Posted By Carpathia

Some very very simple questions to Ms Turret: ...

Some very very simple questions to Ms Turret:

What is the most unionised airline in the USA?
What is the most profitable airline in the USA?

Hint, Ozzie: its the same company.

Dont expect...
Forum: Terms and Endearment
12th Jan 2005, 16:36
Replies: 111
Views: 28,094
Posted By Carpathia

As CM pointed out, these threads always descend...

As CM pointed out, these threads always descend into jealous rants about how easy some have it and how the poster doesn't. The solution proposed by the jealous seems to be to bring everyone down to...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Jan 2005, 21:15
Replies: 12
Views: 2,328
Posted By Carpathia

Yes, it really is that bad. Use of IAS above...

Yes, it really is that bad. Use of IAS above FL100 is not very sensible in my humble opinion, particularly in the descent. Not difficult at all to descend in VS and accurately keep the desired speed...
Forum: Tech Log
10th Jan 2005, 21:08
Replies: 8
Views: 2,577
Posted By Carpathia

Yeah, the 146 is actually equipped with a highly...

Yeah, the 146 is actually equipped with a highly advanced thrust management system. In what other type can the "autothrottle" also fly the aircraft, chat up the cabin crew and drink coffee? ;)
Forum: Tech Log
6th Jan 2005, 18:03
Replies: 9
Views: 2,258
Posted By Carpathia

Don't know about the 737, but in a 146, you...

Don't know about the 737, but in a 146, you "GAIN" fuel in the descent, usually landing with about 200kg more than the GNS predicts in the cruise. Reason being, the GNS predicates its estimate on...
Forum: Tech Log
6th Jan 2005, 17:57
Replies: 8
Views: 2,577
Posted By Carpathia

Well its not a problem on the 146, but then its...

Well its not a problem on the 146, but then its always manual.
Forum: Terms and Endearment
9th Dec 2004, 16:17
Replies: 1
Views: 1,697
Posted By Carpathia

It depends on the agreement with the local tax...

It depends on the agreement with the local tax people. In the case of your friend, the Irish Revenue Commissioners do not tax allowances due to, I believe, an agreement with the civil service not to...
Forum: Cabin Crew
7th Dec 2004, 12:16
Replies: 13
Views: 2,137
Posted By Carpathia

LGW Vulture: I don't mean the aircraft are...

LGW Vulture:

I don't mean the aircraft are badly maintained, they are not and they are sound aircraft, being very strongly and well built.
BUT, they are not modern aircraft. By "bad" I mean they...
Forum: Cabin Crew
6th Dec 2004, 17:13
Replies: 13
Views: 2,137
Posted By Carpathia

What has not been mentioned is that WX pays the...

What has not been mentioned is that WX pays the cabin crew well by cc standards. More than AF take home I believe. Even new juniors don't make too far off new junior FO's :*
But the people in...
Forum: Rumours & News
18th Nov 2004, 18:45
Replies: 36
Views: 11,833
Posted By Carpathia

390cruise, If the aircraft is taxiing at 33...

390cruise,

If the aircraft is taxiing at 33 knots, you don't need an IRS read-out to tell you that you are going bloody fast, far too fast to enter an active runway in my opinion.
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
15th Nov 2004, 22:11
Replies: 18
Views: 2,085
Posted By Carpathia

Tough one I think. The 146 performs like a brick...

Tough one I think. The 146 performs like a brick but it's still a jet. On the other hand, it's not EFIS time. Depends on whether you plan to stay at FlyBe or not. If I was you and planned to stay,...
Forum: Questions
15th Nov 2004, 21:47
Replies: 31
Views: 6,254
Posted By Carpathia

You can't start 2 at a time on a 146. Then again,...

You can't start 2 at a time on a 146. Then again, my girlfriends hairdryer is significantly more powerful than a 146 APU.

Ah, I've just seen the question refers to "747 or 340 or something...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Oct 2004, 10:08
Replies: 19
Views: 4,115
Posted By Carpathia

The 146 is good at what its designed for, i.e....

The 146 is good at what its designed for, i.e. taking up to 40 tonnes out of 1300m runways. Unfortunately for it, this is not exactly a requirement of most operators. You ask it to do anything else...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
1st Oct 2004, 14:47
Replies: 20
Views: 7,442
Posted By Carpathia

Movements from Paris to Dublin are length of...

Movements from Paris to Dublin are length of service based and as there are plenty of Paris FO's who would go to Dublin if they could there's a long q which new guys would be at the back of.
...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
17th Sep 2004, 10:50
Replies: 147
Views: 23,370
Posted By Carpathia

If this airline is "gagging" for pilot, why the...

If this airline is "gagging" for pilot, why the hell would you pay for a rating? We're in serious trouble if these goons will still pay for a rating themselves even when a demand appears to exist.
...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Sep 2004, 10:20
Replies: 7
Views: 4,693
Posted By Carpathia

Not too surprising, some of the airbridge drivers...

Not too surprising, some of the airbridge drivers in DUB are a bit overly "enthusiastic" in mating bridge with aircraft.
Forum: Questions
9th Sep 2004, 11:47
Replies: 30
Views: 4,639
Posted By Carpathia

Don't know where Holloway is, but traffic for LCY...

Don't know where Holloway is, but traffic for LCY runway 10 is vectored onto a 5 mile final which usually means joining the localiser around Tower Bridge, altitude 2000'. Coming from the south, base...
Forum: Interviews, jobs & sponsorship
9th Aug 2004, 11:01
Replies: 327
Views: 83,343
Posted By Carpathia

You people getting so worked about nationality...

You people getting so worked about nationality jokes won't be too much fun on flight deck. I certainly would dread flying with such touchy, self-righteous individuals. You might also consider whether...
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