2 man crew…what about the FO. The fact that this ever came up implies to me that the FO must have been asleep as well. If not he should have given the skip a nudge rather than dob him in!

Ok then so Boeing has a monopoly on design for many years and development is slooooooow. Then within 5 years (arbitrary amount) Airbus advance more than Boeing has done in 35 odd years and you still think Boeing is the greatest thing on earth. Jeez what will it take? If it wasn’t for the presence of Airbus just how advanced do you think the 777 would have really been? Would Boeing have bothered to actually to develop a 7e7 or would the have done the thing they are most skilled at…sitting back and forcing the airlines to stump up huge amounts for relatively expensive to run aircraft such as the 757 and 767?

These days many airport positions require a Criminal Records Check in the UK. This costs about £13 but takes at least 3 months to get the clearance certificate. Most employers will not entertain the hassle of getting one of these for a 1 week placement. Your best bet would be to look for small commercial operators (air taxi, etc) operating from smaller airfields rather than airports.

I meant have a look at it after the examiners have finished with it. Don’t want you getting in trouble!

[QUOTE=Bmused55]The 757’s wing is already very efficient, only bettered by the 777 wing…QUOTE]

Thw 757’s wing is very low technology because Boeing had no real competition and decided to play safe. If the only more efficient Boeing wing is the 777 it doesn’t say much for the rest of their types! Finally with the 7e7 Boeing have realised that they have to progress if they want to keep up with the opposition who have been using high tech aerofoils and other more efficient systems for 20 years!

I would imagine the reason for the fighter escort could be incase there may be a small device onboard which could be intended to provide enough disturbance to then enable an aircraft takeover. All options have to be covered. If the aircrfat was taken over the fighters were probably there to destroy it. Our RAF supposedly routinely ‘practice’ shooting down commercial jets since 911.

Also, I wish the media would stop reporting emergency landings when a precautionary landing has taken place. The two events are quite different however they always seem to chose the one that has the higher scare factor!

Interesting about the Finnair 757. I thought they were all P&W.

The 744’s won’t end up with Excel as they don’t suit the operation.