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Ryanair crew accommodation
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Boac » Mon Oct 15, 2018 8:00 am
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Image rumoured to be a Portuguese-based RY crew on a forced night stop in Malaga caused by the storms.
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Nice!
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Ryanair have been replying that the crew were given admittance to the 'VIP lounge', but it appears this only happened after 05:15. Not sure what time...
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Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:13 am
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Last post by Woody
Thu Oct 18, 2018 4:10 am
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BA bumps competition winners out of 'Club World' seats
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FD2 » Wed Oct 17, 2018 10:08 am
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They won a competition with Flight Centre but BA had oversold 'Club World' and they got bumped down to Premium Economy. Apparently they were 'guests...
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Makes a change from bumping the staff with 20 years service off the flight :((
There probably weren't any on the flight to bump.
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Last post by llondel
Wed Oct 17, 2018 4:53 pm
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Last post by Ibbie
Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:35 pm
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20 hours non-stop
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Boac » Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:40 pm
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The move to direct SYD to LHR, taking over 20 hours, brings an interesting dilemma on fuel carriage. I seem to recall that the penalty for fuel...
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The world's longest non-stop commercial flight has landed in New York, ending a journey from Singapore of more than 15,000km in 17 hours and 52...
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Last post by Woody
Fri Oct 12, 2018 12:30 pm
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Thomas Cock Cook it up
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Boac » Fri Oct 05, 2018 8:11 pm
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A small lack of attention with the painting of the new 'Cook’s Club' plane: :-bd
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I suspect they are marketing to the Hen Night crowd.
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Last post by Fox3WheresMyBanana
Fri Oct 05, 2018 9:03 pm
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Ryanair flight cancellations
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Wed Sep 20, 2017 9:32 am
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Is Ryanair the next company about to go splat?
From the Guardian today
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Was that waiter or wanker?
Your choice :D
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Last post by Woody
Mon Oct 01, 2018 2:16 pm
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Boeing 777X-9
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FD2 » Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:15 am
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Looks quite a machine!
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I think proof readers are a thing of the past - cost too much maybe. Might be more comfortable than sitting for 14 hours or more though.
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Last post by FD2
Wed Sep 19, 2018 7:04 pm
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Job losses at Cathay Pacific
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Mrs Ex-Ascot » Mon May 22, 2017 6:32 am
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Cathay Pacific's new CEO has announced job cuts in the hope of turning the airline round following financial losses.
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The person responsible should be ired. He obviously isn't much good at proo reading.
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Last post by Capetonian
Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:24 am
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Whoa big boy!
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FD2 » Tue Sep 18, 2018 6:17 am
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Fetch me my brown trousers! Close thing at Christchurch:
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She probably thought it would be the Flux Capacitor again?
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Last post by Boac
Tue Sep 18, 2018 11:49 am
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Swiss Skies. New 'budget' airline.
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by Capetonian » Tue Sep 11, 2018 5:38 am
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Another entrant to compete with Norwegian, Level, and other 'low cost' long haul carriers. Being Swiss, at least it will be properly run and the...
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Yep, the shonky dago loco carrier is called Wamos and they are reputedly atrocious. There are reviews on TripAdvisor and articles in the Telegraph...
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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:39 am
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University of Calcutta - Failed!
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Cacophonix » Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:15 am
Used to be the old racist (see men like Satyendra Nath Bose and his mentor Jagadish Chandra Bose) joke but these days it is the Bombay flying club...
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Last post by Cacophonix
Fri Sep 07, 2018 11:15 am
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The coming single-pilot airliner
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Boac » Mon Aug 27, 2018 6:02 pm
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What happens to the F/Os? How do folk 'progress' from ab initio to 'commanding' the craft? Do you have to get the 'hours' somewhere else and if so,...
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Didn't the septics train pigeons to steer a missile to a moving target?
It was a sort of visual ILS:- needle left = peck left; needle right = peck...
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Last post by Undried Plum
Tue Sep 04, 2018 1:31 pm
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Safety Survey
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by Capetonian » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:48 am
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I find this type of survey quite disingenuous, at best. This one published today in the DT.
First of all it ranks in alphabetical order, which might...
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I wouldn't put my mother-in-law's dog on Ryanair.
Fussy is he? Poodle?
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Last post by Slasher
Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:31 pm
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The non-stop stopper
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Boac » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:03 pm
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Primera Air are replacing their A321s on the Stansted-Newark flights with 737-800s to service the 'non-stop' route. Now, I flew many...
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Remember when all 707's et al, used to stop halfway for a drink. Icelandic government had negotiated reciprocal landing rights at JFK and Heathrow,...
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Last post by Alisoncc
Fri Aug 31, 2018 2:24 am
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Last post by Wilco
Fri Aug 31, 2018 12:48 am
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If you have a few quid to spare
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by Wilco » Mon Aug 20, 2018 10:06 pm
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Consider purchasing a 747-8 from the Qatari royal family
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Are the Thanis swapping their 747 royal barge for an A380?
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Last post by Undried Plum
Wed Aug 22, 2018 10:08 am
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TUI Airlines call sign
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Ibbie » Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:38 am
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TUI Airlines call sign is TOMJET with effect from 8th August.
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TUIair would take some getting yr teeth round would it not.
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Last post by Wodrick
Tue Aug 14, 2018 9:19 am
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Vueling time keeping not up to standard
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Ibbie » Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:45 am
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Seems Vueling in general on theirflights have more delays then other airlines and flights from Barcelona, el Prat, are singled out for attention.
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Hi RiS
I can't answer fully now as have just woken up after a long day and a late night, and have to go out again. I will reply later.
Cape, I...
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Last post by Rwy in Sight
Sun Aug 12, 2018 4:32 pm
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Last post by Capetonian
Fri Aug 10, 2018 11:49 pm
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Powders to be banned from hand luggage at UK airports
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by Capetonian » Mon Jul 09, 2018 12:28 pm
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In another brilliantly thought and well planned move ...........
Years ago I was searched going through security at BOM and some packets of curry...
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Rather than pussyfooting around the problem, we would all be safer if the so-called 'security' operators adopted racial profiling. Of course that...
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Last post by Capetonian
Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:36 am
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Emrats no likey windows
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Wodrick » Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:23 pm
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No windows
Just think of the weight that will save.
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Things have obviously changed in the flying world. What’s wrong with squeezing out of the DV window with a fire axe and making your way precariously...
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Last post by Sisemen
Sat Jun 16, 2018 12:28 pm
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Calling all one armed paper hangers
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Cacophonix » Fri Jun 08, 2018 7:01 am
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Airline pilots are bristling at the suggestion that the nation’s pilot shortage can be solved by a transition to single-pilot cockpits, calling the...
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And since the F/E was closest to the door he was the first crew the hosties would talk to. He was the first to get their numbers and, if you were his...
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Last post by Slasher
Sat Jun 16, 2018 6:06 am
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New UK airline? Will it get off the ground?
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unifoxos » Sun Jun 10, 2018 11:23 am
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I suspect the documentary UK Channel 4 Weds 13th 2230 BST (2130Z) How to start an airline should be amusing.
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Slots required but presumably no sluts!
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Last post by Capetonian
Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:35 am
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Quo vadis A380?
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Cacophonix » Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:22 am
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Light weight sensationalist reporting about engine issues etc. aside (see below) it is true that the A380 sales are less than stellar and the sales...
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The story doesn't seem to be getting any better for the A380.
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Wed Jun 06, 2018 2:43 pm
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