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24th Jun 2022, 11:44
Replies: 45
Views: 19,017
Posted By jimworcs

Passenger carrying luggage on evacuation

Would it be possible to have central locking on overhead bins which is activated on final descent? That would prevent people blocking egress as they try to open overhead bins and block them from...
15th Jan 2012, 11:35
Replies: 21
Views: 13,651
Posted By jimworcs

How did this airline pass muster to join...

How did this airline pass muster to join Oneworld...isn't there a safety audit?
11th Jun 2010, 14:49
Replies: 18
Views: 6,443
Posted By jimworcs

Go around and try again, this time with wheels

"This is your Captain speaking. To avoid interferring with sensitive flight equipment during critical stages of flight, can I remind you to keep your mobiles phones switched off until you are in the...
27th May 2010, 23:37
Replies: 16
Views: 8,207
Posted By jimworcs

AA and DELTA declare fire Mayday at BOS

Is it conceivable that these events are related?

1. Incident: American B738 at Boston on May 27th 2010, fire alert

An American Airlines Boeing 737-800, flight AA-1875 from Boston,MA to Chicago...
25th May 2010, 07:35
Replies: 2,244
Views: 623,075
Posted By jimworcs

Mayday! Mayday! FUEL EMERGENCY!

Aviation Herald...

Incident: Ryanair B738 at Alicante and Valencia on May 14th 2010, fuel emergency

A Ryanair Boeing 737-800, registration EI-DYX performing flight FR-8384 from London...
17th May 2010, 01:05
Replies: 2,747
Views: 822,196
Posted By jimworcs

If only this would succeed... which it won't. ...

If only this would succeed... which it won't. The need for transparency the way in which fares are calculated is much needed. The "ryanairisation" of the fare structures, in which ever more obscure...
2nd May 2010, 23:09
Replies: 38
Views: 15,440
Posted By jimworcs

Very near miss in Texas....!!

Reported in the Aviation Herald...

Incident: Southwest Airlines B737 at Houston on Apr 28th 2010, near collision with a news helicopter
By Simon Hradecky, created Sunday, May 2nd 2010 16:53Z,...
14th Apr 2010, 07:26
Replies: 24
Views: 17,819
Posted By jimworcs

I understand the flight was departing Monterray...

I understand the flight was departing Monterray to LAX, rather than on approach.
26th Jan 2010, 16:48
Replies: 25
Views: 3,168
Posted By jimworcs

Yeah, but what about the important question. Why...

Yeah, but what about the important question. Why the hell do we have separate taps? I just bought a brand new house and have to replace 12 taps to convert them to mixers.. what is the point?
25th Nov 2009, 14:36
Replies: 39
Views: 13,706
Posted By jimworcs

I am not a pilot, just an interested observer. ...

I am not a pilot, just an interested observer. Is this incident relevant to what happened on the Qantas aircraft?

Incident: US Airways A333 over Atlantic on Nov 17th 2009, computer issues
By...
7th Nov 2009, 07:49
Replies: 62
Views: 11,801
Posted By jimworcs

There is a lot of hypocrisy within the airlines...

There is a lot of hypocrisy within the airlines about this. The remedy is simple and doesn't require costly legal intervention. They should adopt the same approach as football grounds and pubs,...
23rd Sep 2009, 00:31
Replies: 4,437
Views: 1,041,259
Posted By jimworcs

As it is a rumour network, I heard that there may...

As it is a rumour network, I heard that there may have been another alcohol related incident involving a US carrier at BHX this week...
5th Jul 2009, 23:57
Replies: 18
Views: 2,057
Posted By jimworcs

There is a fundamental flaw in your thinking. ...

There is a fundamental flaw in your thinking. You seem to think that the restrictions are there for security reasons and that this represents a "LOOPHOLE". In fact, the regulations that now exist...
15th May 2009, 09:29
Replies: 55
Views: 5,392
Posted By jimworcs

There may be a point if Ryanair's charging was...

There may be a point if Ryanair's charging was transparent and honest, but it is not. I have long ago stopped flying Ryanair and eventually so will others. O'Leary's hostility to his pilots, staff...
17th Apr 2009, 00:29
Replies: 29
Views: 11,376
Posted By jimworcs

As an ignorant SLF, can I ask a question? I had...

As an ignorant SLF, can I ask a question? I had always understood that at that kind of pressure, even if a passenger tried to open the door, they would not have the strength to do so. Is that just...
Forum: Cabin Crew
27th Feb 2009, 00:54
Replies: 25
Views: 9,517
Posted By jimworcs

Just to be clear, I am not advocating not...

Just to be clear, I am not advocating not learning a second language. The key here is most definitely not the total number of people who speak a language as their mother tongue. It is the dominance...
Forum: Cabin Crew
25th Feb 2009, 01:20
Replies: 25
Views: 9,517
Posted By jimworcs

I know I am going to get hammered for this, but...

I know I am going to get hammered for this, but logically there is very little benefit for an English speaking person to learn a foreign language, for work reasons. English is now so dominant as a...
14th Jan 2009, 15:03
Replies: 64
Views: 15,896
Posted By jimworcs

Is it just me, or does this response seem...

Is it just me, or does this response seem insufficiently contrite?
16th Dec 2008, 00:48
Replies: 14
Views: 1,890
Posted By jimworcs

Set up Gmail Account for free

Then set up log book in Excel and save it in Google Docs. Very secure, password protected, available anywhere in the world, at any time as long as you can get to an internet connection. I have a...
10th Dec 2008, 00:10
Replies: 69
Views: 23,700
Posted By jimworcs

Last In, First Out

It is legitimate to use LIFO if it is a benefit or reward to an employee for service, and part of an overall approach to redundancy, which may have other components. In Baby's case, it is...
Forum: Cabin Crew
9th Nov 2008, 00:38
Replies: 28
Views: 10,682
Posted By jimworcs

Age 42 and off on a trip to see Santa with no kids

.... if you send me a private message, I have some vital information that you really should know by now..:}
Forum: Cabin Crew
27th Oct 2008, 12:02
Replies: 81
Views: 21,171
Posted By jimworcs

Virginia

Just wondering if when you did your degree and got a 2:1 and studied several languages, you came across the word hypocrasy?

I ask this because just before reading your post about how offended you...
Replies: 54
Views: 52,014
Posted By jimworcs

Link doesn't work

Any chance of the actual address to go to?
Forum: Cabin Crew
8th Aug 2008, 07:39
Replies: 9
Views: 2,312
Posted By jimworcs

Err... I am all for suing

The preachers wife sounds like a total pain in the a@se, and deserves to lose. But can the flight attendant be seriously claiming that she is suffering "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression and...
Forum: Cabin Crew
29th Jul 2008, 20:40
Replies: 1,224
Views: 1,315,236
Posted By jimworcs

British dictionary?

I think you will find there is no such language as British, and it is therefore an English dictionary. I havn't actually looked this up, because when I went to get the book it said "Oxford English...
25th Jul 2008, 07:37
Replies: 5,833
Views: 1,297,864
Posted By jimworcs

Wheelchair Levy

Just for clarity, Ryanair has already been forced to stop charging the so called "wheelchair levy" to disabled passengers. What they do now is incorporate the charge on to all passengers, (and...
10th Jul 2008, 08:43
Replies: 152
Views: 26,127
Posted By jimworcs

It's all about timely, accurate communication stupid

The bottom line is that people who are left in a information vacuum, lied to or deliberately mislead will react accordingly. Airlines have cut to the point that the people on the ground are...
29th May 2008, 20:12
Replies: 17
Views: 1,212
Posted By jimworcs

PS.. . I don't know the airport very well, but I do

know it is spelt Charles de Gaulle!!
20th May 2008, 08:40
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

potentially dangerous

If you consider the safest position in an emergency situation is the brace position, ask yourself if you would be able to adopt that position with an infant on your lap. This poses a hazard to both...
17th May 2008, 23:02
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

I agree, although if you booked a seat for an infant

the airlines could be mandated to provide seats for infants. The costs would easily be recouped by charging child prices for the seats, when currently the infants go for free. In that way, only...
17th May 2008, 00:10
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

I think you may be underestimating the forces involved

In a sudden decelleration, if you are thrown forward and the baby is tied to your lap, I would imagine it would be potentially serious. Anyway, a seat for each passenger regardless of age is the...
14th May 2008, 22:28
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

I don;t think this is affordability

As I said earlier, they have to pay a child's fare after the age of 2 anyway. Do people suddenly become rich enough to pay for their child's seat after two years?

It is customer expectation,...
14th May 2008, 16:55
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

More luck than chance?

I have read the report, thanks for the link. In fact, the infants were unrestrained, and did not use lapbelts. The children were placed on the floor and held there by their mothers, who were in the...
13th May 2008, 23:26
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

It pays to be wary!!

I wasn't sure it was true, even when they were telling me this stuff!! However, I am puzzled about the 3 out of the 4 lapbelt babies surviving. Earlier, VSLHRCSA said
and



If this is the...
13th May 2008, 16:27
Replies: 24
Views: 2,644
Posted By jimworcs

infant car seat

I was told, when I lived in the US, that infants are likely to be crushed by the parent when they are in a sudden decelleration (sp?), and that the FAA now require approved car seats for all infants....
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