Name the aircraft…

They were the largest operator of the type when they operated 8. I would imagine that is still the case now they operate 6.

what routes do Aurigny operate their Trislanders on

Guernsey-Alderney
Guernsey-Jersey
Guernsey-Dinard
Alderney-Southampton
Plus some charters

aren’t they the largest operator of that type of a/c?

Not 100% sure about that one, but I believe so. They have 6 operational Trislanders and 2 pwfu for spares, as well as 3 ATR72’s and a Short 360 which is due to be replaced by an ATR42.

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Just out of interest, what routes do Aurigny operate their Trislanders on, aren’t they the largest operator of that type of a/c? I have only ever seen their ATR’s before now…

Aurigny paid their Tri pilots about 25 grand before tax when I was there. At the same time a company called SkyTrek operated Tri’s out of Lydd. They paid their Captains 6 grand a year before tax and their FO’s 0 (yes, 0!).

Half the Aurigny Tri pilots are southern hemisphere guys (with lots of bush flying experience) trying to get their foot in the European aviation door while the other half tend to be Brits who can financially support themselves by other means who treat flying the Tri similar to going down to the flying club and renting an aircraft by the hour for fun.

Interesting. Thanks for that.

Btw, SkyTrek does not exist anymore, they re-structured, and are now called Lyddair. They still operate the same services as before, but last time I looked they were trying to sell their Trislanders so they can buy some better a/c.

Aurigny paid their Tri pilots about 25 grand before tax when I was there. At the same time a company called SkyTrek operated Tri’s out of Lydd. They paid their Captains 6 grand a year before tax and their FO’s 0 (yes, 0!).

Half the Aurigny Tri pilots are southern hemisphere guys (with lots of bush flying experience) trying to get their foot in the European aviation door while the other half tend to be Brits who can financially support themselves by other means who treat flying the Tri similar to going down to the flying club and renting an aircraft by the hour for fun.

I have friends that have either flown for them or do fly for them – I’m too polite to ask for figures, but as you may imagine, a captians salary on any airline is comfortable enough.

enough – obviously not as much as the big jet/airlines – but you mostly get to sleep in your own bed every night

btw – there are only captians with Aurigny on the Tri – single pilot IFR operation

Thanks for that, wasn’t aware there was only single pilot required…any advances on ‘enough’, anyone have any figures?

enough – obviously not as much as the big jet/airlines – but you mostly get to sleep in your own bed every night

btw – there are only captians with Aurigny on the Tri – single pilot IFR operation

and you get to perform some interesting low level ops and landings on grass at times

How much does a Trislander Captain/First Officer get paid?

I can’t imagine it being that much, seeings as it is a very small aircraft to fly, but please feel free to correct me if I am wrong.

I thought the word was ‘crapaud’ not ‘crappo’. For those that don’t know it’s supposed to mean a ‘toad’ and is used by Guernseymen to describe a Jerseyman. A man from Jersey calls someone from Guernsey a donkey.

you are correct, but it was late at night, and I left the island back in 1996 (of course everyone prounounces the word as crappo, because it sounds worse)

the actual word is the Jersey local word for common toad, which is only found on Jersey but none of the other Channel Islands – it’s just a light hearted nickname for anyone from Jersey.

and Guernsey people are called donkeys apparently because they are stubburn
:diablo:

(it’s similar to people being called scousers or jocks in the UK)

Aurigny actually built a few of their Trislanders themselves from kits supplied by Britten-Norman. When I left they had a few spare unused wing sets that they could bolt on to existing fuselages when their original wings cycles were expired. Skycruiser and I have both had a few goes flying them and they really are good fun. Fortunately they fly much better than they look!

Yup, G-JOEY has definitly been rebuilt for Aurigny, maybe another one or two have been as well.

The Aurigny billboard scheme really does suit the Trislander.

Not entirely on subject, however I remember reading in Airliner World that Rockhopper had a Trislander re-built, have any more undergone such treatmeant as I would like to see this, would mean more Trislanders flying for longer,

Wozza

The doors are arranged on alternate sides, if I remember rightly row 1rhs (the pilots seats), 3lhs, 5rhs, 7lhs and 8rhs, with seats folding forward as Mark says for access to the other rows.

You can just about make them out in these pictures taken from airliners.net and myaviation.net respectively.

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There are several doors along the side, but some of the seats fold forward (like in a 3 door car) to allow access to the seats with no door access.

How do people get to their seats? Is there a door at each seat?

I know, I’m sorry. It was terrible!

Paul

Yeah it looks more like a Nigel to me… 😀

Oh, very witty PMN.

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I know, I’m sorry. It was terrible!

Paul

Oh, very witty PMN.

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I name the aircraft ‘Suzie’. Ah no… Hang on a sec… You didn’t mean that did you?!

Looks like an interesting little plane to fly on!

Paul