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November 9, 2009 at 4:48 pm in reply to: Man denied first-class seat on United for wearing track suit #510522

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This was at their head office and meeting their Vice President Ground Operations (I think her title was).

:p

November 9, 2009 at 2:09 pm in reply to: Ryanair holds a gun at Boeing's head. #510527

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I remember the ‘lifter flights as well, along with the USAFE C-47s and masterpieces like the C-54 91998 and C-117s such as 17171 and 17191 etc etc etc

*sighs*

I don’t know what the official position is but PIK seems to get visited by USAF C-130s on an almost daily basis these days. The C-23s and RC-12s transiting to and from the CONUS come through here as well.

I wonder what this says about the future of Mildenhall.

November 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm in reply to: Man denied first-class seat on United for wearing track suit #510529

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There are folks I know that look good in nicer clothes, who’s position and situation certainly would warrant a little better outfit. Some of these guys intentionally show up to meetings and events in shorts and a t-shirt, and it’s just annoying. I know they’re in the position, and I respect the position, but in a certain sense it’s dishonoring to their clients and associates who do dress professionally. Oh, and those shorts and t-shirts may be comfortable, but it doesn’t do anything for your appearance.

Ryan

Imagine, if you will, a meeting with Southwest Airlines at Love Field on a Friday morning where I have flown across the Atlantic to see them (and a bunch of other airlines and airports)…

Me – in business suit and tie
Them – in t-shirts and shorts

Me – I wondered if it was dress down Friday
Them – Brian, every day in Southwest Airlines is a dress down Friday

November 6, 2009 at 3:40 pm in reply to: Ex Israeli Air Force PA.18 at Antwerpen #1147054

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Is this one of the Cubs that were restored at Steventon in Hampshire (the registration looks kinda familiar)?

November 6, 2009 at 9:27 am in reply to: Man denied first-class seat on United for wearing track suit #510789

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I once flew business class on Alitalia when I was going to the Routes conference in Rome. I was dressed fairly casually and was carrying a briefcase and a pilot’s case (which had my laptop and conference papers in it) which were in the limits then of what I could carry on.

An Alitalia person wandering round the departure lounge saw me and started haranguing me that I should have checked one of the bags in and that I couldn’t take it into the cabin, obviously thinking I was cattle class fodder.

His face dropped when he saw my business class boarding card and it was interesting to see him desperately back-tracking.

I have to say that the only ‘well dressed’ people I ever saw in business and first class were airline staff travelling on staff ID90/00 tickets.

November 5, 2009 at 10:15 pm in reply to: Ryanair holds a gun at Boeing's head. #511009

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Kevinwm……..We’ll have to agree to differ,PIK could never survive if it could only tap the area you describe but,surely,these two are under the same ownership,aren’t they?Also,correct me if I’m wrong,but Prestwick has had a rail station for donkey’s years,surely.

The only reason Prestwick survived was that, as a white elephant airport in an area that provided very little traffic if any, the government designated it as the gateway airport to scotland knowing full well that carriers would rather fly to Edinburgh or Glasgow. A bit like how the Irish government protected shannon by making all in bound and outbound transatlantic flights to Dublin route through there.

After the end of WW2 there was in reality very little need for Prestwick apart from supporting the US Navy on the Holy Loch. In recent years Ryanair came along and even more recently the USAF effectively moved their transport operations back in again.

November 5, 2009 at 10:08 pm in reply to: Ryanair holds a gun at Boeing's head. #511015

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As stated a number of times above the frequent turnover of their fleet is part of their business model – saves on maintenance costs

November 5, 2009 at 12:17 pm in reply to: Beriev Be 200 at Moscow airshow #467840

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Are there any western built, jet powered amphibious aircraft that could at least match the Be-200?

Not forgetting the much larger Beriev A-40 Albatross that came to Fairford some years back

November 5, 2009 at 12:16 pm in reply to: Beriev Be 200 at Moscow airshow #467842

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Great photo report!! If that was the worst MAKS you have been to and you did that, what on earth would be the best?:confused::diablo:

Has to be the 1993 show where the An-74 was barrel rolled, the Tu-160, Tu-22 and Tu-95 did a stream take off and the Russian Knights did their display right over the top of the hangar where we were all standing on the roof. As they went up in formation they fired off the flares which caused more than a few hearts to flutter given that it was only six weeks or so since the MiGs had collided at Fairford.

Later shows were good but that was definately the best.

November 5, 2009 at 7:52 am in reply to: Ryanair holds a gun at Boeing's head. #511386

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Sorry Kevinwm but your memory must be letting you down because until sometime in the 70s or 80s PIK handled all long haul flights to/from Scotland because the Government banned them from GLA/EDI.I’m sure Glaswegians did,and do,refuse to see it as a Glasgow airport but many elsewhere regard it as such.

No, even in those times it was branded as Prestwick and no one in Scotland viewed it as Glasgow Prestwick or even Edinburgh Prestwick.

November 3, 2009 at 6:19 am in reply to: A ride to remember #2443752

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A jet? The Pc-7 was a prop aircraft last time I saw one…

November 2, 2009 at 1:40 pm in reply to: What Type Of Aircraft Did You First Fly In? #1152015

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A BA Viscount on the morning Edinburgh-Aberdeen run. A quick stop in the bar for a few snifters then onto a second Viscount for the Aberdeen-Inverness-Wick-Kirkwall run

October 28, 2009 at 10:26 am in reply to: James May And Spitfire #1156947

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What he said was “Good evening, I’m James May and this is my partner James May. No, partners not right is it? Makes him sound like a gay lover…”

It’s his programme – he can say what he likes. Let the PC hordes weep into their hankies as they type letters to the BBC….

I’m surprised no-ones complained about his constant references to shooting at models with an airgun or blowing them up with banger gunpowder as being totally unsafe…. Tut…….

Applauds.

We should be grateful that it was not yet another reality show of the chef / cooking / home finding / home redecoration variety. But no, we’re not.

Well, some of us aren’t…

October 27, 2009 at 11:19 am in reply to: An end to flying at Duxford? #1157929

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I believe that the current immigration rate is just over 500,000 a year, looking at it very simplistically, if they were all couples we’d still need 250,000 houses for them.

And how many people left the UK? The last statistic I saw from the ONS for 2007 indicated an incoming rate of 577,000 which also mentioned that the number of people who had left the UK for more than a year was 340,000, a net increase in population of around 230,000 which is a lot less than half a million.

So, yes, the population is increasing but not the rate that you (or the Daily Mail or whoever) seem to suggest.

Also be aware that many of the East and Central European migrants that came here in the last five years have already left to seek better economic climates elsewhere.

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?id=260

October 26, 2009 at 8:16 pm in reply to: Aircraft Fleet Names #1158506

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British Airways B747 maybe?
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