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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
How is fire and rehire even legal? BA’s parent company IAG is based in Spain where that is illegal, they also own Aer Lingus, an Irish carrier, also illegal in Ireland.
You can’t be fired for refusing to accept a wage cut, you can’t be made redundant if the same post is offered back to you. So how are BA threatening to do this?
The scummy cunts.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
First place I saw them in action was off the coast at Toulon. Mlle. Fire is from there.
They are so fucking cool. I wanted to be a pilot but am short sighted so that was a non starter in late 80s Ireland.
they (seem to, am not a pilot would be interested to hear from actual pilots) offer the perfect balance between size, manoeuvrability, precision and doing a bombing run without blowing anyone up! Which is a bonus. Obvs.
Not that the Irish Air Corps would have done anything so uncivilised (even if they could).
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
First place I saw them in action was off the coast at Toulon. Mlle. Fire is from there.
They are so fucking cool. I wanted to be a pilot but am short sighted so that was a non starter in late 80s Ireland.
they (seem to, am not a pilot would be interested to hear from actual pilots) offer the perfect balance between size, manoeuvrability, precision and doing a bombing run without blowing anyone up! Which is a bonus. Obvs.
Not that the Irish Air Corps would have done anything so uncivilised (even if they could).
Canadair are out of the water bomber business now. They sold the CL-215/CL-415 design to Viking. All seaplanes tend to be very heavy on the controls, quite unresponsive in pitch and very unresponsive in yaw (hence the proliferation of vertical stab surfaces nailed on to it). I was recently reading about the Spanish Air Force's CL-215 fleet. They only send very experienced multi engine crews to the water bomber fleet for safety reasons.
On the whole fire fighting is (by far) the most dangerous and worst paid job in civil aviation. For years in the US it was regulated by the Forestry Service rather than the CAA which has led to a rather relaxed safety culture.
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Sounds like I may need to add to my 9 hours in a Cessna before I achieve my dreams then...
DownwardDog
Riding a Brompton with a power meter.
Lower wing skin failing on a C-130A tanker in California. No thanks.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Just been told the Antanov has a crew of 22 who arrive at the hotel, stay up all night drinking and smoking before flying out next morning
Overheard people over breakfast discussing closure of airport terminals at Manchester and Heathrow. No surprises, I guess
T3&4 are already closed at Heathrow.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Found old footage on my phone of an A350 taking off and landing. It is so quiet on take off that you can hear BB2 talking from across the aisle....
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Those jet power massive models are great, but if you’re going to the expense and effort of building one, why in God’s name would you do it in Martinair Cargo livery???
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
spitfire
Walty McWaltface
That's reminded me of something a mate sent me a couple of weeks ago.
Unfortunately the man who built it and flew in it, passed away in June.
Unfortunately the man who built it and flew in it, passed away in June.
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
AI system beats US military pilot in F-16 dogfight
An artificial intelligence algorithm successfully defeated an experienced US fighter pilot in five out of five simulated fights.
I could have we put this ‘Robots taking our jobs’ threads...
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spitfire
Walty McWaltface
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Oof. Hard to see on this little tablet, but did he actually get his wheels down?
MrCurry
right after this urgent rest
Can’t be sure with the camera angle, but it certainly looks like a touch and go.
nogojones
spelling is overrated
Christ. You have to either REALLY like planes or be deaf to live in them houses
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Many, many years ago I briefly dated a girl who lived on that road, not at the field end though, closer to the road at the other end. Wasn’t that noisy.
