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  • September 5, 2002 at 11:54 pm in reply to: Airport Security Fails (AGAIN!) #736343
    Bhoy
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    RE: Airport Security Fails (AGAIN!)

    T5, it was a bmi flight to Embra, not Glasgow.

    (sorry, that’s Edinburgh for all you not fluent in Glaswegian)

    September 5, 2002 at 11:53 pm in reply to: UAL93 #736345
    Bhoy
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    RE: UAL93

    I saw the program.

    Not sure about it, it’s all really speculation about what happened when the pax charged the flightdeck.

    I also didn’t think it was a 757, there was defiantely an overwing exit behind one of the rows in the first cabin. In fact, I thought at first it was a BA a/c, looking at the seats, but it obviously wasn’t.

    The black boxes were found, but weren’t made public. They were played, in confidence, to the relatives of the victims, whilst saying something about making them public would compromise any future court cases ensuing over the flight.

    Beleive me, I had palpitations watching it, but somehow, well, it seemed a bit staged.

    But believe me, flight 93 is always in my mind…
    My father was enroute LHR-EWR at the time (His was one of 4 BA flights redirected to Halifax), and a couple of years ago, we travelled together on the 8am UA flight from SFO to EWR.

    September 5, 2002 at 12:58 am in reply to: Suitable equipment for new airline #736816
    Bhoy
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    RE: Suitable equipment for new airline

    As a passenger, I generally prefer the Airbus over the 737, as it’s that bit wider.

    However, the 319 I don’t think is particularly economical on it’s own, unless you can get economies of scale by also operating the 320/321 (Certainly the 318 is prohibitively expensive used outside the family). The 737-600 would be the NG version of the -500’s size.

    You could also look at the ERJ190, or the CRJ900. Ok, the last two haven’t yet had the chance to prove their durability, and probably aren’t the best idea if you’re looking to expand later (in which case, Airbus’ cockpit commonality could be invaluable, for upgrading to 320/321 or even 330/340) The 737 fleet could also be increased to other, bigger, NG a/c should you want to expand.

    Either way, best of luck!

    September 4, 2002 at 11:47 pm in reply to: Air France pilots to strike. #736825
    Bhoy
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    RE: Air France pilots to strike.

    good to see AF give a whole 24 hours notice… x(

    September 3, 2002 at 10:54 pm in reply to: Bad flying experiances. #737035
    Bhoy
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    RE: Bad flying experiances.

    I had a terrible experience whilst touring with my Rugby Club two years ago…

    Our Air France flight from Paris to Toronto ran out of alcohol half way across the Atlantic.

    We were actually given no choice but to sit watching the IFE with no beer in our hands… for Three whole hours 🙁

    September 3, 2002 at 6:17 pm in reply to: AF and low budget airlines #737175
    Bhoy
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    RE: AF and low budget airlines

    talking of which, Reporting Scotland report that AF are about to start a thrice daily service from CDG to ABZ.

    September 3, 2002 at 12:08 pm in reply to: Models #737482
    Bhoy
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    RE: Models

    If you can still get it, there was a full list of the Variant numbers in the AW Boeing special last year. Maybe it’s still avaliable in the Key Aviation Shop?

    September 3, 2002 at 11:40 am in reply to: AF and low budget airlines #737497
    Bhoy
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    RE: AF and low budget airlines

    I think France dosen’t need low cost airlines as much… the TGV is generally faster/cheaper city centre to city centre, anyway.

    As for thr Government restricting new airlines, I don’t think so, but the Unions might be…

    September 3, 2002 at 11:38 am in reply to: Models #737499
    Bhoy
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    RE: Models

    yeah, as you say, the last two digits refer to the airline that ordered the a/c.

    couple of egs:

    -x22 American Airlines
    -x23 United Airlines
    -x36 British Airways

    They now have to use letters for new carriers, because each BBJ operator also has a different number.

    September 2, 2002 at 12:23 pm in reply to: Manchester Flights #737699
    Bhoy
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    RE: Manchester Flights

    Ryanair also fly from PIK to Torp. If you can get to Glasgow?

    September 2, 2002 at 9:55 am in reply to: The Antonov 148 #737851
    Bhoy
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    RE: The Antonov 148

    surely it’s more like an overgrown DO-328JET than an ARJ…

    August 31, 2002 at 9:06 am in reply to: Ryanair Hijacker foiled. #738327
    Bhoy
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    RE: More news… PIA Flight from Canada to Pakistan grounded at Birmingham!

    BHX is the regular stopover for refuelling for that flight, I’m told.

    August 30, 2002 at 7:05 pm in reply to: Ryanair Hijacker foiled. #738434
    Bhoy
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    RE: More news… Condor begins to paint more a/c.

    that’s a 757-300, not a -200.

    August 29, 2002 at 11:32 am in reply to: Ryanair Glasgow-Prestwick Expansion #738646
    Bhoy
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    RE: Ryanair Glasgow-Prestwick Expansion

    unsure about that… bmi baby currently (or as from January, anyway) will fly to GLA from East Midlands and Cardiff, and with bmi’s base at GLA, too, I’m not sure why they’d want to move down the coast to PIK.

    August 28, 2002 at 9:56 am in reply to: New Newark Name #738759
    Bhoy
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    RE: New Newark Name

    gd, I’m more than aware that EWR is closer to the upper west side than JFK. It’s just tongue in cheek.

    Hell, in Europe, Newark is generally refered to as New York Newark, anyway.

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