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	Thomson Airways	Formerly known as Britannia, now Thomson and merged with FCUK Airlines forum.
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	Thomas Cook Airlines	A forum for the large pilot group from the former Flying Colours, Airworld, Caledonian and JMC companies now rebranded as Thomas Cook UK and the former Airtours/MyTravel airlines.
	Emirates	Also known as 'M Rats'. A forum for the large pilot group based in the Sand Pit and employed by Emirates.
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# 1	PIA A320 Crash Karachi Started 22nd May 2020 by billa Last post 08:38 by parkfell	Rumours & News	1k replies	1.4M views
	News coming in that a Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA) A320 from Lahore to Karachi just crashed few minutes from landing Read More
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# 3	Time for a reality Check Started 16th May 2020 by IBE8720 Last post 03:58 by ozbiggles	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	371 replies	122.1k views
	Some of guys need to get out of the Shire, and stop relying on Channel 9 and CNN for your news. The only impediment to travel returning to normal are the Governments of the World. Germany are opening their borders. Firstly with Austria, but have said they will be open for EU and Schengen countries for Summer. Greece will be open for the Summer... Read More
# 4	Why do we have QRA anyway? Started 27th May 2020 by Warren Peace Last post 08:36 by Downwind.Maddl-Land	Military Aviation	120 replies	43.5k views
	After the farce at EGOV on Monday, they may as well scrap the entire operation at Scampton, and Boulmer, do away with QRA and AEW, it's not working, and nobody seems to care, so why keep spending shit loads of money on it? If a job's worth doing etc. Read More
# 5	IAG: BA restructuring may cost 12,000 jobs Started 28th Apr 2020 by Just a spotter Last post 22:37 by wiggy	Rumours & News	727 replies	609.7k views
	Reuters (28th April 2020) is reporting that IAG is in talks with BA unions about widespread redundancies.[QUOTE]* RECOVERY TO LEVEL OF PASSENGER DEMAND IN 2019 IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SEVERAL YEARS, NECESSITATING GROUP-WIDE RESTRUCTURING MEASURES[h3]* IAG IS NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDING PROFIT GUIDANCE FOR 2020[/h3]* GROUP EXPECTS ITS OPERATING LOSS IN Q2 T... Read More
# 6	Government Loan to Virgin Australia Started 2nd Apr 2020 by chance Last post 02:19 by 2020Balance	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	1.3k replies	447.5k views
	Lunch time TV news had a Channel 9 reporter, Chris Uhlmann saying that after the daily press conference with the PM that the Government is unlikely to prop up Virgin Australia with the loan that they were seeking. Shudder to think what will happen to all the staff and their families, suppliers etc if they don't reverse that. Not to mention what Qa... Read More
# 7	Caption Competition Mk II Started 17th Dec 2019 by Buster Hyman Last post 05:56 by Kiltrash	Military Aviation	3.5k replies	211.9k views
	[QUOTE=Kiltrash;10642121]Not a Caption. Buster has gone missing; he has had the call from Goodison Park[/QUOTE] Couldn't do much worse than the last 6! :mad: Anyway...many thanks Kilty. Always an honour. Seeing we're on a theme...
# 8	Cirrus parachutes into the Solent Started 31st May 2020 by treadigraph Last post 05:32 by double_barrel	Accidents and Close Calls	33 replies	12.0k views
	Both on board appear to be OK. [ame]https://twitter.com/MarkGodden/status/1267096397276422149?s=20[/ame] Read More
# 9	Here's something to keep you at the edge of your seat Started 30th May 2020 by Check Airman Last post 08:05 by Herod	Rumours & News	58 replies	21.3k views
	[url=http://avherald.com/h?article=4d7fb6f3&opt=0]Report: Bulgarian Charter MD82 at Lourdes on Jul 16th 2018, go around without thrust change[/url] Bulgarian Charter MD82 at Lourdes Read More
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# 11	Reports of a CF Snowbird accident in Kamloops Started 17th May 2020 by grizzled Last post 05:34 by rigpiggy	Military Aviation	235 replies	139.2k views
	Early yet. Few details except one Tutor has impacted a house in Kamloops Read More
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# 13	Melbourne Airport gears up as poll reveals people want to travel Started 1st Jun 2020 by TT738 Last post 01:03 by Bodie1	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	17 replies	3.4k views
	from herald sun yesterday. Obviously any survey done by an airport, with a vested interest, might have some biased questions but ... As new polling reveals the majority of Victorians are interested in travelling again, Melbourne Airport is gearing up to resume flights and lobbying to become home to the beleaguered Vir... Read More
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# 15	14 day quarantine Started 8th May 2020 by cessnarocket Last post 15:16 by Maninthebar	Rumours & News	283 replies	154.7k views
	On BBC news now the gov is to enforce a 14 day quarantine for any arriving pax into UK airports from the end of May excluding ROI . If its true that's it we are all out of job goodbye to the aviation industry. Read More
# 16	Military Mobilization into Washington DC? Started 2nd Jun 2020 by Airbubba Last post 05:29 by Airbubba	Military Aviation	1 replies	465 views
	Reports of numerous C-17s and C-130s bringing troops and equipment into Andrews right now. Read More
# 17	Erasing Safety? Started 25th May 2020 by Sunfish Last post 05:26 by Lead Balloon	The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions	81 replies	10.1k views
	Unless I am mistaken, which is always possible, the latest charts I’ve seen have some airstrips marked with a big fat “U” - which I take to mean uncertified. Other strips or ALA, for example the dig tree strip, have been completely removed. What is going on? Read More
# 18	all borders to reopen !!!!!!!!!!! Started 30th May 2020 by BNEA320 Last post 02:35 by thorn bird	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	32 replies	14.1k views
	[url=https://www.travelweekly.com.au/article/wondering-when-international-travel-will-restart-this-new-chart-could-hold-the-answer/?utm_source=Adestra&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=Wondering%20when%20international%20travel%20will%20restart%3F%20This%20new%20chart%20could%20hold%20the%20answer&utm_campaign=Travel%20Weekly%3A%20Thursday%2028... Read More
# 19	Is the 380 Doomed? Started 17th May 2020 by Black Sun Last post 06:49 by krismiler	Rumours & News	146 replies	61.5k views
	The future for the giant Airbus was looking fairly bleak months before anyone knew what was coming for 2020. So what will happen now?. Is the capacity it was built to enable a thing of the past or will there be enough of a bounce back for operators like Emirates to keep a few in Service? My own feeling is that most will be scrapped for spares,... Read More
# 20	Airlines too pessimistic about air travel recovery Started 31st May 2020 by TT738 Last post 08:20 by Sciolistes	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	17 replies	5.1k views
	Published on Thursday, May 28, 2020 (from travelmole)[h1]Airlines too pessimistic about air travel recovery, says data specialist[/h1] EasyJet and other airlines are being too pessimistic about the recovery of air travel, according to industry... Read More
# 21	Rex Expanding Into Jets Started 11th May 2020 by Stationair8 Last post 00:59 by Section28- BE	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	193 replies	78.1k views
	News item on radio today, mentioned that Rex were looking at acquiring ten jets to run east coast domestic service. Interesting development if they proceed, plenty of airframes available, flight crew available etc. Read More
# 22	BA to RAF Started 12th May 2020 by Trumpet trousers Last post 06:00 by 3 bladed beast	Military Aviation	182 replies	69.8k views
	Surprised nobody has picked up on this yet, perhaps it's only just appeared on the Sky News webpage? https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-british-airways-pilots-facing-the-sack-could-join-the-raf-on-s... Read More
# 23	TAA F27 Crash 10 June 1960 Started 1st Jun 2020 by boaccomet4 Last post 01:37 by megan	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	3 replies	1k views
	On 10 June 2020 it will be 60 years since Trans Australia Airlines F27 VH-TFB crashed into the sea whilst on approach in foggy/low cloud conditions with the loss of all 29 passengers and crew on board. It is still regarded as on of two accidents (the other involving another airline and type in 1950) with the highest loss of life in civil RPT ops. P... Read More
# 24	The Real Threat Started 21st May 2020 by cxorcist Last post 03:39 by AllWobbly	Fragrant Harbour	91 replies	39.7k views
	While most padlock on COVID19, this is the real threat... https://apple.news/An-HGItlkQ7yvV5lDjKacvg Read More
# 25	I take it you have all seen this T**T Started 29th May 2020 by NutLoose Last post 12:20 by Video Mixdown	Military Aviation	29 replies	14.1k views
	https://order-order.com/2020/05/28/help-for-heroes-shames-alastair-campbell-for-mocking-war-veterans/ Read More