aj_march makes a very good point about the taser, and the uptake of this device does seem to be happening. I cant remember which force it was, but one Chief Constable volunteered to have the taser tried out on him. It was used in a similar way to a conventional gun, achieved the desired result of rendering the person totally immobile, yet the key difference was that the person survived, and in a real situation would mean they would then be able to face trial.

This to me seems a far more sensible approach to take on the issue. The only problem I can possibly envisage is the fact that the device may not be able to deliver an immediate charge in the same way as a conventional gun, but someone better qualified than me would have to make that judgement.

You clearly havent been following this thread properly Andrew :rolleyes:

I’ve also taken the 777 for a spin today, LHR-BOS. Its the new PSS777 merged with the Meljet. Also featured is some very nice Boston airport scenery, to be found on avsim:

Once you include all the costs, 50 hours flying time is going to cost you in the region of £300,000-£350,000. 25 hours will be about £150,000 – £175,000.

This is based on the smallest type, the Hawker 400XP. The price increases quite a bit for larger aircraft. Your talking about £2m for 50 hours in a Falcon 2000.

You will see reference to the leisure market in some of the sales literature, but there is still a huge untapped market in the business sector that is just waiting to be converted Fractional. The operators are going to make much more money selling hundreds or thousands of hours to large companies, and clearly not as much if they are only selling 25 hour slots.

Whilst people are still buying the 25 hour slots it is in their interests to focus on getting the 100s or thousands of hours slots and that seems to be where their marketing is focusing. I guess in the next 5 to 10 years the targeting may move to the leisure market, and it certainly is going to with the impact of the VLJs within the same period.

I also see the fares have shot back up to their original level. £184 return IOM-SOU EXCLUDING taxes :rolleyes:

There have been one or two articles like this in airliner world recently. Personally I think the balance is about right, there are always articles in the magazine that I wouldnt immediatly like. Some I dont finish reading because I dont like them at all, others are really interesting. You have to have a diverse range of articles in any magazine.

If I hadn’t read an article on Flight Simulation 4 or 5 years ago I wouldnt be so inextricably linked in the the world of FS as I am today. You never know, that article could have inspired someone who didnt previously know it to want to become a pilot.