It makes frightening reading and is a bit to large to post in its entirety here, and you thought the MOD was bad. It also partly explains Germany’s reluctance in sending equipment to Ukraine, they are in effect a “paper Tiger,” or should that read Leopard..

Anyone know what's happening with this routing? I can't sleep at night... Read More

From New Zealand media: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/the-front-page-why-does-new-zealand-have-so-many-helicopter-accidents/F7RNKGOYBVD4ZPAGELV7DS6G2I/ "The Front Page: How dangerous are... Read More

Saw this text on Flyr’s website, that doesn’t good at all.[h2]Information to guests: Today's flights operating as scheduled[/h2]Flyr informed Oslo Børs on Monday morning that the company has not been successful with its new financing plan. The company is thus in a serious financial situation, and the board will assess whether there are alternati... Read More

I'm planning on starting my IR training in the UK soon. I'm assuming it will probably be the toughest part of flight training so far and if I can get myself into the right frame of mind in advance it will be of some help. So far, I've been advised to check out the Pooleys Instrument Flying & Radio Navigation book. I was wondering if anyone else had... Read More

I have childhood memories of one of my parents records being of classic war film / series theme tunes. Battle of Britain, Dam Busters March, also series like Colditz and Family At War. One of the themes started with the start of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, you know, the morse code V, before going off into the rest of the tune. Given that it was... Read More

BREAKING: FAA computer outage causing US flights to be grounded nationwide

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Hi All, I fully understand condition is not what it once was but due to other personal reason a relocation to Asia is required. Trying to find out information regarding to the current roster, pay(#of hour expected to fly a month), and upgrade timeline for a DEFO. Heard senority is no longer important for upgrade, lots of spots that need to... Read More

Just to establish some facts around inflation and energy prices from our own FT see graphic at the bottom. Obviously it goes without saying the war is terrible, we will all agree on the aggressor but at what point do UK politicians look after our own first? I do not think there would be wide support from the British people to send our troops to fig... Read More

I am an EASA flight instructor teaching currently on a piper up north (EUROPE), I have around 2000TT. I am currently 30 and would like to apply to an airline. Does anyone know if i am still a cadet when I apply to an airline, does any airline offer jobs to FIs? I would really appricate if some can help me answer my questions! Many thanks! Read More

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/bid-plymouth-airport-reopen-council-8077776 [QUOTE]Plymouth’s business bosses are to be asked to back a council bid to reopen the city&#... Read More

Sylvia Syms, ‘Ice Cold in Alex,’ ‘Victim’ Actor, Dies at 89 :( I remember her well from that film as the Nurse on the ambulance. https://variety.com/2023/film/obituaries-people-news/sylvia-syms-dead-ice-cold-in-alex-123550... Read More

The POH in C172 K ( just an example) on board approved by authority is incomplete, the Emergency procedure is missing …Why? How is it possible? I checked the C182 M ,it is the same?

Reports that Flybe has ceased trading on BBC Read More

Thought a single thread on the more interesting and unusual aircraft we see passing over our heads or perhaps notice on ADSB might be ... of interest! So, wherever you are in the world, what have you seen? Just noticed that the DLR flying laboratory Falcon 20 D-CMET flew westbound over London this morning and is currently doing 75 mile north/sout... Read More

Interesting report coming from EHAM. [url=http://avherald.com/h?article=503a8162&opt=0]Link[/url] Read More

The species is well known for suddenly discovering an airfield / railway line / trunk road / countryside aroma's ....there's plenty more...were mysteriously absent during their viewing of their sooopah des res ...until after they'd moved in hence the sudden revelation in this case, that, they'... Read More

Evening guys and girls I've been out of RYR for about 6 years now so I'm a bit out of date with what they're offering. I'm interested to know a bit more about the roster patterns they're offering nowadays. Is it still 5/4, 5/4 a week of earlies and then a week of lates? Which are the best UK bases? :) Thanks in advance. Read More

All royal press correspondents going ballistic - most now heading for Balmoral by fastest means possible. [QUOTE]https://twitter.com/sebastianepayne/status/1567838766294876160?s=21&t=Q9wtF5PvFYYh9wRwPbMHPg[/QUOTE] Statement... Read More

The South Coast News By Garry Duggsley A Cessna Piper Warrior made a dramatic emergency turnback to Merimbula airport today, sparking fears of an aviation disaster. The Cessna Piper Warrior took off from Merimbula just after mid-day, and shortly after the pilot declared a Panmaydayemergency call to Merimbula control tower. The Tower air tra... Read More

Just come in, Sydney airport control tower full of smoke causing an effective airport shut down. No takeoffs and planes landing diverted to alternate airports. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic... Read More

Did BCAL continue to use these on long haul routes after the DC10s began to arrive or were they relegated to secondary and/or charter flights? I never saw one in the flesh - I expect they flew almost exclusively from Gatwick - but I can imagine a parallel with Aer Lingus, i.e. as a back-up to the widebodies whilst doing ITs to the Canaries and the... Read More

Hi. I am new to A350 and I am wondering what should I answer to "MINIMUM" in descent checklist when I am flying visual. I was instructed to answer "Visual Circuite" when I was training visual traffic pattern in my transition training, so I am using it even if I am not in traffic pattern but I feel strange. Any ideas please. Thanks! Read More

https://www.army.mil/article/262523 The U.S. Army has awarded the Future Long Range Assault Aircraft contract to Bell Textron, Incorporated.“I am excited to be part of this momentous day for our Army,” said Mr. Doug Bush, Assistant Secretary of t... Read More

Australia Day Honours 2023 "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS (DSC) Australian Army Lieutenant Colonel Kevin Dean HUMPHREYS For distinguished command and leadership in warlike operations as the Commander Aviation Support Element in Afghanistan from 1 March 2006 to 2 August 2006. Lieutenant Colonel Humphreys expertly led the first rotation of the Aviatio... Read More

What with all the posts about Wigston's wokery, the pause in recruiting white guys and the farce of the Red Arrows I'm amazed no one's joined the dots and made the connection. Just as the BBC pointed out about the Lionesses, the Reds really should be called the Whites - distinct lack of diversity! No women, no people of colour, no LGBTQ+, no one wi... Read More

Sifting through odd memories to figure out flying history and so on. I remember my family boarding via "the satellite" at either Manchester or Gatwick. Anyone know which airport used this as a term in the 1970s? Read More

Looking into the history of Brymon Airways and was wondering if anyone knew when, and why, the carrier stopped serving London City. Of course the airline was pivotal in the creation of LCY and I'm curious to see why they left? Read More

This topic seems to have been raised a couple of times in other threads, so to avoid the continued hijack of threads important to others (Air NZ), perhaps the rumors/info could be collated here? Potential Redundancies are an interesting, though alarming topic none the less, and although We have been told it’s not on the cards, it’s an entirely... Read More

[QUOTE]https://twitter.com/boeingairplanes/status/1600371756627554319?s=61&t=E4bbsJy7Y8AQGPpUmqj2oA [/QUOTE] The last 747 has left the Everett factory ahead of delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. Read More

Was just wondering what the flying community thinks of this? As I cannot see him getting certification for this from Dassault. Read More

[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-18/qantas-mandatory-vaccinations-covid19-workers-pandemic/100386206]Qantas Group Mandates Vaccine[/url] Read More

Australia, UK and Us sign new treaty to share nuclear submarine secrets and build a fleet and operate of nuclear hunter-killer submarines (SSN not SSBN) based in Adelaide. h... Read More

[url=https://www.trading.macquarie.com.au/file.type?src=lEih7mNYKUKF43yp7Q5oQJoZwmWOmN%2fP]Media release[/url] Read More

Today I picked up 4 friends who’d arrived at East Midlands’ from Malaga. Jet2 flight was delayed & I put the car in ‘Short stay 1’. 12 quid for an hour & a half! 10 minutes comes under ‘Up to an hour’ & it’s a bargain at only £8! It seems outrageous to me , real ‘Tough , you have no option’ stuff but... Is it actually quite reasonable compared... Read More

G'day All, I'm looking at investing in some RM Williams boots to wear whilst at work. I've had a read of the ATO website in relation to Uniforms & Protective clothing but the website is quite vague on what is considered 'protective'. Has anyone been queried and had any success in justifying the protectiveness that RM Williams boots have.... Read More

Full page advertisement in today’s The Australian celebrating Rex’s twenty years of service to the Australian community. Even PM Albanese gets in on the Rex backslapping. Read More

So now we must fly sick against the HK ANO.... unless you call in sick on a Wednesday and it is also not a public holiday, not a festive holiday, not a training duty, not connected to your leave, not in an outport, not in any form of pattern.....basically you have to be missing a limb. I wonder what the CAD thinks of this new policy. Read More

Teesside Airport made a net loss of £2.6m in the last twelve months.The Mayor says two years of schedule even so. However the Chair of Tees Valley Combined Authority`s overview & scrutiny committee has concerns about transparency surrounding the financial position of the airport & other arrangements. Read More

Struggled for an appropriate title for this and apologies if this has already been looked at. In the 70's (?) there was an outcry when robotic arms etc. were introduced into factories about the loss of jobs. The justification was that a) robots could not do all jobs and b) someone had to maintain the robots. Both these arguments will disappear wi... Read More

I have just visited my parents house and they have a fairly new kitchen with new sinks. They look attractive, modern and are deep but I have realised when using them that their design is flawed and they are a simple barometer of how modern designers take well evolved concepts and ruin them in the name of "modernisation" or asthetics. Flat botto... Read More

New thread started as the Netflix one was drifting well off-topic. Recap of posts from there below: [QUOTE=cliver029;11370047]Hi Agrajag took a look at ESP a while back and at their chip technology some with built in networking, made in China? So maybe a bit paranoid but just askin for a friend:ok:[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=_Agrajag_;11370070]Yes,... Read More

I have a desktop computer giving problems, following info. The last board failed CPU and connections to the CPU by corrosion – I am near the sea. I bought a new motherboard, new CPU, new 8 GB x 2 memory, new case, and new power supply. Old hard drive, old DVD drive. Genuine programs Windows 10 64 bit is up-to-date, MS Office and others. New W... Read More

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* IAG IS NOT CURRENTLY PROVIDING PROFIT GUIDANCE FOR 2020* GROUP EXPECTS ITS OPERATING LOSS IN Q2 TO BE SIGN... Read More

[url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-54937277]Would UK be ready for 2030 new petrol car ban?[/url][QUOTE]Boris Johnson is poised to announce that the government is bringing forward by a decade a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars to 2030 from 2040, the BBC understands. It's understood that new hybrid cars – those with electric motors... Read More

An era passes https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/131050736/farewell-flypast-by-venerable-air-force-orions Read More

Rumour mill: https://www.paddleyourownkanoo.com/2020/05/17/exclusive-emirates-to-permanently-decommission-40-of-airbus-a380-fleet-axe-nearly-a-third-of-cabin-crew-... Read More

what can we expect? Read More

"EXCLUSIVE: The RAF has effectively paused making job offers to white male recruits in favour of women & ethnic minorities to meet "impossible" diversity targets, sources claim. The head of [url=https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce]@RoyalAirForce[/url] recruitment has resigned in prote... Read More

Hey all, recently received an invitation for the assessment process for NTR B777 for Emirates. Initially applied at ‘Expression of Interest’ and within 12 hours received an invitation for the online assessment. Have done the first part and “successfully through to the next round” which is apparently Psychometric testing online as well. a... Read More