Originally posted by Airline owner
El Al have 2-3 female pilots and BA has a couple

I think you will find BA have a lot more than a couple.

Cathay Pacific has over 30.

That is going to be impressive during a low level flight.:p

Originally posted by wysiwyg
Matthew is talking about something called Load Alleviation which is where an Airbus uses its flight controls to smooth the ride for its passengers. This is yet another technology that Boeing are well behind the pace on.

Interesting point.

A lot of our pax actually prefer the 744 over the A340 because they say it’s a smoother ride, especially in turbulence. When we first got the 340-600 there were a lot of pax and CREW being sick.

Talking with one of our engineers about this he simply said that the Boeings are built much better than the Airbuses, that’s why the buses need all these gizmos. He also said it’s like comparing Ford to a BMW.;)

Originally posted by Hand87_5
Lovely country !!!:(

It is. Just been there playing golf.

It’s a shame countries such as the UK doesn’t hand out sentences like China, then maybe they wouldn’t have so much crime.

Originally posted by greekdude1
I live a stone’s throw from Palm Springs, Skycruiser.

YOU BAS***D. Only joking. If I were you I would spend my life on the golf course.:D

It amazes me that this incident occurred. On the landing roll if the TOGA buttons are pressed the auto throttles would advance forward. All you would have to do is retard the levers and one click of the auto throttle disconnect switch and that’s it.

That was to position the crew for duty rather than staff travel.

let’s not forget that England won the Hong Kong 7s last weekend.