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Early retirement

Plan 9 From Outer Space is so awful that it is brilliant in a perverse way. For me Pearl Harbour (or should that be Harbor?) was a genuinely dreadful film – my hackles were raised when it began with the Americans winning the Battle of Britain, and it got steadily worse. What a waste of $$$$ (and more fool me for paying to see it!)

Given the informed and erudite nature of the debate on this thread, I am somewhat surprised to be the first to point out that this scantily clad aviatrix is clearly giving a timely tribute to those magnificent reciprocating Bristols that powered many heavy twins from the Bristol Aeroplane Company…..and aren’t they reciprocating in a fine fashion.

Well said WD, quality of life is vital – didn’t realise how bad things were for some pilots in the US.
What people on this forum may not appreciate, is exactly how important seniority in an airline is. Your number on that list basically determines your career – when you are promoted (or demoted), what fleets you can bid for, where you are based, redundancy etc etc. A few places difference on a long list can make a huge difference to your life.
And seniority is not transferrable. If the most senior, most highly paid Captain in my company joined British Airways (for example), they would become the most junior First Officer, with a couple of thousand names above them on the seniority list.
Direct entry jet commands are available, mainly with start-ups and some of the expanding low cost operators, but most of the best employers in the UK adhere to a (reasonably) strict seniority system.

Sounds like a stretch too far to me. I was lying about ZTH – deemed to be suitable for 762 but not 763 (don’t even suggest it!).
I seem to recall that years ago, there was a gentleman’s agreement between the charter airlines not to take widebodies into CFU at night – then Orion stared taking in the A300s in the dark, and everyone followed lemming like. Widebodies into ZTH are probably inevitable.

Thanks wysi – similar in handling I’m sure, but the 763 (on short/medium haul) leaves the 752 standing from a performance viewpoint. I’m told that you are having difficulty making a 60 min turnaround on the 753 due to the time baggage unloading/loading takes. Give me the containerised baggage in the 763 any day – managed a 48 min turnaround in the UK a couple of weeks ago (aircraft running late, so Servisair well prepared, three sets of steps etc, even so, quite impressive)

Nope – not suitable.
Not much of a problem with 757-200 (apart from parking). Is take-off/landing performance of the 300 much different to the 200?