There are two possible reasons for this ongoing problem with AlphaOne as far as I can tell. Either:

a) The entire thing is largely a work of fiction, or
b) The company has been largely incompetent in that it has regularly publicised what it plans to do before it has the means to do it

In terms of fitting the Junkstreams with TCAS II/ACAS, the requirement mandating its fitment to aircraft over 5700KG take off weight came into effect on 1st January 2005 (i.e. over a year ago) so the requirement to fit it should hardly have come as a surprise had the background work for the business plan been done properly. And I find it bizarre, for example, that Eastern Airways manages to keep operating Jetstream 31s and does not have its entire fleet grounded in their hangar, whilst AlphaOne has been unable to operate theirs.

Thus, this “excuse” merely serves to further justify the contention I make above regarding the reasons for AlphaOne’s continued failure to establish a reliable air service.

Andy

It’s the newest in the fleet I think, in service 10th Feb 2006!

Not quite! 😉 -DLF should have arrived at DUB by now! :diablo:

Andy

B****r – three replies all in the same minute!

A

Pretty unexciting – just as I expected, for the most part highlighting issues that were designed to alarm the uninformed traveller but come as no surprise to anyone who has been exposed to the inside of the industry. Issues like how they deal with employees should come as no surprise to anyone who reads around the industry. Sure, C4 might have highlighted a few issues that probably need to be sorted, but that’s about it. I worked directly in airlines for 11 years, and I have seen worse done by more “reputable” airlines. Don’t get me wrong – I hate Ryanair and have no intention of flying with them, but nothing I heard tonight would put me off or concern me if I were to fly with them (other than sitting in the “sick” seat maybe!).

Andy

One of the true characters of the industry… Never mind Skytrain though, who remembers the Carvair and the Accountant?

Andy

Nice pics… Should have come today though – VDA AN124 RA-82042 and Volare AN12 UR-LAI both in this afternoon!

Andy

When I had a totally duff card (see above), the actual cause was that I pulled the card out of the camera whilst it was still writing an image, in my haste to replace a full card and carry on shooting – easy mistake to make in one of those rush, rush lots of photo opportunities moments. This act on my part effectively *******ed up the file allocation table on the card, making it unreadable by any device whether camera or PC. The software that I recommend you try certainly cut through all of that and rescued everything on the card – even the half-written image that the camera was trying its damnedest to complete writing when I so rudely interupted its otherwise rather benevolent act!

Andy

Very sad.

BTW, they’re SHORT 360s, not SHORTS 360s… One Short 360, two Short 360s. You don’t say Boeings 737, do you…?

Andy