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Forum: Rumours & News
4th Jun 2013, 12:04
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

I would guess that attitudes like "It's just the...

I would guess that attitudes like "It's just the cowls that are missing or mashed up." - which may well have been 'trivial' incidents to some folk in the past - need to be reviewed in view of what...
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2013, 21:16
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

.....err - you did read the post, didn't you?

.....err - you did read the post, didn't you?
Forum: Rumours & News
3rd Jun 2013, 12:06
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- can you link to that post please?

- can you link to that post please?
Forum: Rumours & News
2nd Jun 2013, 14:24
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- it would be good, wouldn't it? However, you...

- it would be good, wouldn't it? However, you know well that the chances of achieving what you call for are close to zero - King Canute sort of stuff, really, so why not try and improve the...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2013, 15:23
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

It doesn't really matter who does what as long...

It doesn't really matter who does what as long as SOP tasks are completed and checked (and crew thumb-twiddling allocated as per). Out of interest, in DanAir as an F/O I often flew the outbound...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2013, 13:32
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

Screw - I think what has us all ROFL 'ing is the...

Screw - I think what has us all ROFL 'ing is the F/O 'twiddling his thumbs' and the revelation that "The aircraft is not sitting on the tarmac just outside of flight planning." - no wonder I used to...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2013, 12:50
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

An interesting view of SOPs and quite unreal in...

An interesting view of SOPs and quite unreal in most airlines - I obviously did it all wrong for the 20+years - and I never sat there as Captain 'twiddling my thumbs' while the F/O did HIS...
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2013, 12:34
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- not what I asked!

- not what I asked!
Forum: Rumours & News
1st Jun 2013, 12:17
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- not as I remember it - has it changed?

- not as I remember it - has it changed?
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 17:46
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- leaving aside the 'human failings, AR, more a...

- leaving aside the 'human failings, AR, more a procedural fault? Why not leave the damn things hanging down in everyone's way until you are ready to close them? Having them almost flush to 'get them...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 17:34
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- I'm sure some here have claimed they can be...

- I'm sure some here have claimed they can be 'flush' when not latched? I mean, you are saying eng and pilot missed 4 latches 'hanging down'..........................?

Post #59 "the training...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 16:59
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

Seriously, folks - is it beyond Airbus to design...

Seriously, folks - is it beyond Airbus to design a working latch that will hang down if it is not latched?:ugh:
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 16:50
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- paras 3,4,5 page 4? Edit: - or do you mean...

- paras 3,4,5 page 4?

Edit: - or do you mean to this Captain - one hopes not........................
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 16:39
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- page 4 para 1? I would have thought if it were...

- page 4 para 1? I would have thought if it were visible in a 'photo' 'prior to pushback'?? Mind you, we don't know how 'prior'! - not my reading of Fig1, page 3? Are you saying the 'gap' shown will...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st May 2013, 14:36
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

As they say on the trains - "Mind the gap"? A...

As they say on the trains - "Mind the gap"? A hard lesson learnt, I trust.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2013, 16:44
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- you may not have noticed, but they seem to be...

- you may not have noticed, but they seem to be managing that pretty well themselves without the OF's help.
Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2013, 16:32
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- aye, but I know you would REALLY prefer him...

- aye, but I know you would REALLY prefer him 'head-up' and actually helping.:p
Forum: Rumours & News
29th May 2013, 15:41
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- was that actually an original quote about...

- was that actually an original quote about needing all that guff? I don't have time to 'search'. What have pilots become? Mantra-driven book followers? Was it by one of those 'modern f/o s', in...
Forum: Rumours & News
28th May 2013, 08:00
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- why only co-pilots? It might not be...

- why only co-pilots? It might not be raining.............
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2013, 16:52
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

I for one do not dispute that, but your post was...

I for one do not dispute that, but your post was less than clear on that. As long as we all agree that UK 'shoestring' carriers are safe, that is fine.
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2013, 16:32
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

No-one is 'knocking that' - it is "I dread to...

No-one is 'knocking that' - it is "I dread to think what could have happened if it had been another airline run on a shoestring budget." which is wrong.

It is a common, possibly press-fed,...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2013, 11:00
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- how else would his/her family have any turkey...

- how else would his/her family have any turkey to eat at Christmas....................?:) (Rumour alert.....!)
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2013, 09:14
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

Quite a few times I've been on a plane where...

Quite a few times I've been on a plane where engineers are working on one of the engines (or at least one cowling has been up). Both pilot and co-pilot having been sitting up front -- the walk...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2013, 07:47
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

Post #46 any good? EDIT: For the terminally...

Post #46 any good?

EDIT: For the terminally confused, this and some subsequent posts were in reply to 'Safety Concerns' 'BA Engineering Glasgow' conspiracy theory from which I note he/she has...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th May 2013, 07:27
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- many times in my life I have arrived to 'take'...

- many times in my life I have arrived to 'take' an a/c to find the cowls open as the eng team do something under the bonnet - even to see the process still on-going during the walk-round. In...
Forum: Rumours & News
26th May 2013, 14:41
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- as witnessed by the trail from No2? ...

- as witnessed by the trail from No2?

........or hit on the ground, of course?
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2013, 15:38
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

- marks out of 10?

- marks out of 10?
Forum: Rumours & News
24th May 2013, 13:41
Replies: 992
Views: 1,011,291
Posted By BOAC

"Debris from doors ripping off and going into the...

"Debris from doors ripping off and going into the engine would be enough to cause a fire too I'd have thought." ??????
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