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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.
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# 1	PIA A320 Crash Karachi Started 22nd May 2020 by billa Last post 17:17 by MPN11	Rumours & News	910 replies	1.2M views
	News coming in that a Pakistan International Airlines ( PIA) A320 from Lahore to Karachi just crashed few minutes from landing Read More
# 2	RAF Valley: Unauthorised landing and take-off Started 29th May 2020 by Super VC-10 Last post 17:43 by MPN11	Military Aviation	32 replies	5.4k views
	It seems that last Monday, 25 May, a PC-12 was flown from Fairoaks to RAF Valley, which was closed, and landed. Pilot wanted to go on beach. Purpose of flight was in breach of Welsh COVID-19 regulations. Despite being advised that he was not to depart until the airfield opened the next day, pilot departed and flew back to Fairoaks.. [ame]https:/... Read More
# 3	I take it you have all seen this T**T Started 29th May 2020 by NutLoose Last post 17:52 by Cornish Jack	Military Aviation	10 replies	2.1k views
	https://order-order.com/2020/05/28/help-for-heroes-shames-alastair-campbell-for-mocking-war-veterans/ Read More
# 4	Time for a reality Check Started 16th May 2020 by IBE8720 Last post 13:59 by currawong	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	365 replies	113.8k 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
# 5	Why do we have QRA anyway? Started 27th May 2020 by Warren Peace Last post 14:36 by Legalapproach	Military Aviation	50 replies	12.9k 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
# 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	445.4k 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	IAG: BA restructuring may cost 12,000 jobs Started 28th Apr 2020 by Just a spotter Last post 16:10 by Stick Flying	Rumours & News	684 replies	575.7k 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
# 8	Compass Airlines/Airways? Started 29th May 2020 by Fareastdriver Last post 14:16 by Buster Hyman	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	7 replies	1k views
	I don't know how or why but these pitched up whilst sorting through old papers. I cannot find anything on the internet as it preceded that. Bring back memories to anyone?
# 9	Problem accessing Gmail and BBC news websites this morning Started 29th May 2020 by ATNotts Last post 14:23 by ShyTorque	Computer/Internet Issues & Troubleshooting	7 replies	724 views
	I am having issues connecting to certain websites this morning, notably gmail, but also BBC news. I can however access various other sites including my bank, talktalk email, but not "my account". Accessing via talktalk router, which appears to be working fine. the BBC a nd gmail sites were accessible earlier this a.m. I am accessing PPRuNe from... Read More
# 10	Erasing Safety? Started 25th May 2020 by Sunfish Last post 05:26 by Lead Balloon	The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions	81 replies	9.4k 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
# 11	Caption Competition Mk II Started 17th Dec 2019 by Buster Hyman Last post 16:50 by NutLoose	Military Aviation	3.4k replies	208.5k 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...
# 12	Qantas Flight Training Centre Started 29th May 2020 by dragon man Last post 07:51 by neville_nobody	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	13 replies	3k views
	Standby for an announcement that building has stopped at Mascot because Joyce has spat the dummy because the NSW government won’t give him any money and he’s putting it out to the highest bidder. Read More
# 13	Reports of a CF Snowbird accident in Kamloops Started 17th May 2020 by grizzled Last post 15:56 by DaveJ75	Military Aviation	224 replies	132.6k views
	Early yet. Few details except one Tutor has impacted a house in Kamloops Read More
# 14	Easy Jet job cuts Started 28th May 2020 by scr1 Last post 20:18 by sonicbum	Rumours & News	25 replies	19k views
	As the other thread has been closed due to a problem with cookies. here is a link to the same news on the BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52830665 30% of their workforce Read More
# 15	Royal Navy Problems Started 28th May 2020 by Asturias56 Last post 17:03 by ACW599	Military Aviation	22 replies	4.9k views
	The latest edition of "British Warships & Auxiliaries" is out and the introduction, as usual, has a long ish op-ed piece by a well known naval writer. Much of it is already known but I was surprised by the list of concerns the latest one has - they include:- 1. The absence of plans to fit SAM defence to the carriers 2. The need for in... Read More
# 16	Drones over Channel Started 29th May 2020 by vctenderness Last post 14:00 by SpringHeeledJack	Spectators Balcony (Spotters Corner)	6 replies	923 views
	I have noticed on Flight Radar 24 a drone ex Lydd and making quite a pattern over the Channel. I presume this is to do with the illegal immigrant situation. Read More
# 17	Airservices Changes. Started 28th May 2020 by Sunfish Last post 14:54 by junior.VH-LFA	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	13 replies	1.7k views
	It appears that pilots are not the only ones with problems at the moment. [QUOTE] Sweeping changes will be made to the organisation which controls Australia's air traffic, after a review identified a culture of bullying, sexual harassment and other unacceptable behaviour [/QUOTE]
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# 19	Virgin Australia bidder Cyrus favours full-service but only B737s Started 27th May 2020 by MelbourneFlyer Last post 04:06 by Tubman601	Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific	39 replies	9.6k views
	So while Bain wants Virgin Australia to be more like Virgin Blue, outsider Cyrus says it wants Virgin Australia to remain full-service, but with an all-B737 domestic fleet, no international flights for a while and when international flights resume they'd be on Boeing 787s instead of A330s and B777s.
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# 21	Sentinel R1 to be scrapped next year due to ‘obsolescence’ say MoD Started 26th May 2020 by Beatts Last post 10:25 by HAS59	Military Aviation	41 replies	10.8k views
	https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/sentinel-r1-to-be-scrapped-next-year-due-to-obsolescence-say-mod/ [QUOTE]The Ministry of Defence claim that the aircraft is “now increasingly obsolescent and will face increasing r... Read More
# 22	14 day quarantine Started 8th May 2020 by cessnarocket Last post 17:10 by blind pew	Rumours & News	246 replies	145.0k 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
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# 24	The Real Threat Started 21st May 2020 by cxorcist Last post 03:39 by AllWobbly	Fragrant Harbour	91 replies	36.6k views
	While most padlock on COVID19, this is the real threat... https://apple.news/An-HGItlkQ7yvV5lDjKacvg Read More
# 25	Is the 380 Doomed? Started 17th May 2020 by Black Sun Last post 19:08 by tdracer	Rumours & News	136 replies	56.4k 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