Squawk as you see fit (Off Topic Thread)

man98

Shannon757 wrote: »

Well we're all passive aggressive pilots with alcohol issues apparently

... I thought we all realised that decades ago ... we're either that or we're the lads up on the mound on the Old Airport Road, drunk nonetheless.

Shannon757

man98 wrote: »

... I thought we all realised that decades ago ... we're either that or we're the lads up on the mound on the Old Airport Road, drunk nonetheless.

Unfortunately I am neither

Shannon757

Can I just wish all the wonderful posters here a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year and thank them for their contributions over the year. Safe flying

ED E

Mayday - Air Crash Investigations is back (Germanwings for this week) if its not too simplistic for the regulars here.

Buffman

Lazy birds!:D



Eighty birds of prey take flight - on jet to Jeddah

robyntmorton

If the owner really cared about the birds he would be in economy, while flying them first class.

smurfjed

while flying them first class

This is extremely common, some times it may be one or two birds, other times like this one, the aircraft is dedicated to the birds.

jimbis

Just got a call to say I'm being brought on an all expenses paid trip to LA with aer lingus :eek:. I may post here a good bit but I'm actually not much of a flyer, and this will be my first long haul.

It's an A330 for this route yeah?

JCX BXC

jimbis wrote: »

Just got a call to say I'm being brought on an all expenses paid trip to LA with aer lingus :eek:. I may post here a good bit but I'm actually not much of a flyer, and this will be my first long haul.

It's an A330 for this route yeah?

A330 yep.

Economy or Business class?

jimbis

JCX BXC wrote: »

A330 yep.

Economy or Business class?

I'm happy either way, It was an aer lingus promotion compitition on 98fm so I'm hoping its business

Shannon757

Congrats jimbis

john boye

I watched I believe in miracles last night, the film about Nottingham forest's glory days in the late 70s. Was surprised to see they used EI for most of their European travel. They brought the European Cup (now champions league) trophy home from Munich on a EI 737 for instance.

Stealthirl

jimbis wrote: »

Just got a call to say I'm being brought on an all expenses paid trip to LA with aer lingus :eek:. I may post here a good bit but I'm actually not much of a flyer, and this will be my first long haul.

It's an A330 for this route yeah?

Congrats. Need company make sure you get to the Petersen in L.A. and take a drive up around Angeles National Forest if you rent a car

jimbis

I'm already 'the company' for my brother lol.
I'll look into that though, the more advice on places to visit the better .

Stovepipe

If you read the small print, you'll find that you are travelling in the hold...with pet food and loose bags so do bring a warm jacket and a torch and a few snacks.

Lustrum

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/cityjet-expects-jobs-losses-over-london-city-base-downsizing-1.2992853

CityJet expecting job losses from London City base. That's never good news, there's quite a few Irish over there aswell, particularly amongst the first officers. Base is to be closed at end of March, but they're allowing 8 captains to continue to be based there

Wise Old Elf

I've a first flight experience in Weston tomorrow, a present from the other half for a recent "big" birthday

Hoping the weather doesn't get any worse or it'll be postponed...

smurfjed

@Lustrum.... were Cityjet recruiting pilots at the end of 2016?

Lustrum

smurfjed wrote: »

@Lustrum.... were Cityjet recruiting pilots at the end of 2016?

They were. And advertising recently for a cadetship with OAA. 8 trainees got dropped recently too, 4 doing line training and 4 who were still in the sim doing the type rating. Looks like someone badly miscalculated the need for pilots, and unfortunately it's guys and girls taking their first steps into the industry who are losing out

Lustrum

Pity you can't get English ATC online - flying in to London tonight ATC made us aware of a police helicopter close to our final approach course....a few seconds later they called the helicopter to let them know that the PM was due to give a press conference outside Westminster, but nobody could hear her, so could they move away a bit please! The secret powers of the British prime minister!

Zonda999

I see the latest season on Dragons Den on RTE is being sponsored by Stobart Group, who mention London Southend Airport in the clip, calling it "Londons next big airport". Does anyone have any idea what the play is here? Looking at wikipedia, there are currently no scheduled services between SEN and the island of Ireland.

JCX BXC

Stobart Air themselves operated DUB-SEN and cut it due to poor loads.

Being honest I have no idea, it doesn't make sense in my head, maybe a sign of a route to come?

I still see a truck driving around every now and then advertising "Aer Lingus regional Dublin-Southend"

Tenger

A friend passed this on to me. She saw it posted on facebook from flight crew colleague managed to video the Aurora last night coming home from the US:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M32pHuHMas&feature=youtu.be

vicwatson

This is mesmerising - La Guardia time lapse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=102&v=sLn1ZBntt6k

smurfjed

Boeing Message....Join us for live coverage of the 787-10 First Flight. Our webcast is scheduled to begin between 9:25 AM EST (13:25 UTC / GMT) and 9:45 AM EST (13:45 UTC/GMT). Takeoff is anticipated shortly thereafter, subject to weather and other factors. We will update the site periodically with schedule information, so please keep checking back for the latest news on this historic aviation event.
Weblink below doesnt work... sorry...

robyntmorton

Emirates unveil plans for brand new triple decker jet, a new record for largest passenger jet.

https://www.facebook.com/Emirates/posts/1132500013526413

jimbis

Group hug everybody

Zonda999

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/baggage-fees-soar-to-240-per-couple-as-aer-lingus-hikes-prices-in-europe-35581259.html

Aer Lingus has defended the price changes, saying that 58pc of short-haul customers travel on its 30 'near' services, where it says prices have fallen.

"While guests travelling to 'mid' and 'far' destinations incur higher baggage fees, guests travelling to 'near' destinations in fact are paying 40pc less when compared to baggage fees at the same time last year," a spokesperson for Aer Lingus said.

I think the problem here is that people are way way more likely to want to bring a checked bag on the "mid" and "far" destinations, so if I were them, I wouldn't bother trying to justify what is just a run of the mill price rise

L1011

Zonda999 wrote: »

I wouldn't bother trying to justify what is just a run of the mill price rise

Media run riot when you don't reply, though. "Sources" get pulled out of darkened regions not appropriate to discus, for one,

JCX BXC

Found this quite interesting in the Ryanair FAQ's

"Does Ryanair carry human remains?
Ryanair will carry human remains, but only on the London Stanstead-Knock route.

If you would like to make a reservation please contact Skytrader in Birmingham on +44 870 4422979."

Especially quite funny that Ryanair themselves spelt Stansted wrong!