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Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
7th Dec 2017, 05:51
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Dunno...are they leaving bits of the facility...

Dunno...are they leaving bits of the facility empty...or using all the bits more slowly...:uhoh: :uhoh:
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
6th Dec 2017, 22:24
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Given everything else that goes on there I wonder...

Given everything else that goes on there I wonder if Airbus even have the space/hangarage at Blagnac...(? genuine question) it might well be more convenient for them to shuttle people as and if...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
12th Oct 2017, 17:06
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

To paraphrase: Various options for getting the...

To paraphrase: Various options for getting the aircraft back to Europe are being considered (i.e. a decision to 3 engine ferry it back has not been made). Timescale for all of this is several weeks.
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Oct 2017, 12:37
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

TBH in the case in question if the crew had the...

TBH in the case in question if the crew had the luxury of having time available to be able to factor in a subsequent three engined ferry into the decision making process my guess is they wouldn't ...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Oct 2017, 07:59
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Yep, I think some here now (with the benefit of...

Yep, I think some here now (with the benefit of hindsight) that seem to be a feeling that there was a minor error of judgement made in the use of Goose because the pax might perhaps have been much...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
10th Oct 2017, 07:26
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

I'm not sure the call sign of who they were...

I'm not sure the call sign of who they were talking to initially matters, in the upper airspace they won't have been talking to anyone in Gander Tower or Approach, they would have been on one of the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Oct 2017, 08:31
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Gruelling, yes, I'd agree, but at the moment...

Gruelling, yes, I'd agree, but at the moment there are too many unknowns to simply assume that getting off the aircraft was a better option and TBF staying on board was probably more of a...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
9th Oct 2017, 07:32
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

So trying to get all this supposedly horrid time...

So trying to get all this supposedly horrid time on board this into context...... On the aircraft for perhaps 20 hours, plus or minus, timed from boarding at CDG. Certainly not ideal but it's...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
5th Oct 2017, 10:20
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

For the avoidance of any :ooh: s it might be...

For the avoidance of any :ooh: s it might be worth pointing out the probably obvious fact that the best translation for in the context of this BEA report is "wilderness", "deserted", or similar......
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
5th Oct 2017, 10:00
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Romiglups Thanks for that, hopefully this...

Romiglups

Thanks for that, hopefully this link to the BEA statement will work:

https://www.bea.aero/index.php?id=259&actus=91&cHash=fbff7b91ef851e0c5d76709dddbb6b8f
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
3rd Oct 2017, 11:11
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

I'm guessing the point some are making is that...

I'm guessing the point some are making is that for incidents such as the AF dversion we are on about here there's no need for a robust system...then again it would still have to interface with the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
3rd Oct 2017, 07:14
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

RE the comments about stopping the CVR in flight...

RE the comments about stopping the CVR in flight ..I don't think an SOP of pulling the CVR recorder in flight is a good thing at all. With the benefit of hindsight doing so might have been in the...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
1st Oct 2017, 09:23
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Some of our guys were (and probably still are )...

Some of our guys were (and probably still are ) certified to do it on the 747/744 but it involved the handling pilot (usually management ) having done the appropriate sim work up and some slightly...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Sep 2017, 21:18
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

Ok, worth knowing, ta...if OTOH if as rumoured AF...

Ok, worth knowing, ta...if OTOH if as rumoured AF can run a fairly immediate "rescue" I guess it would be logistically easier to keep folks airside/onboard and do a tarmac transfer of pax (bags?...
Forum: Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)
30th Sep 2017, 20:48
Replies: 559
Views: 590,463
Posted By wiggy

It may well be but staying onboard might be the...

It may well be but staying onboard might be the best of a whole load of poor options.

I have no direct experience of the joys of Goose but if the terminal is limited and there's no easy access to...
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