RE: Airport pic of the day-11/03/02

You get to post another pic!

RE: Apron Security

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 12-03-02 AT 09:13 PM (GMT)]Us accountants have a term for this kind of thing – materiallity.

You can not reasonably expect 100% security and anyone who suggests you can is not being realistic. Any system which depends upon human beings will always have a certain number of failures and the task is to limit these to a very small level.

In my own experience from auditing the accounts of some quite large and reputable companies, I know that there are ALWAYS some errors. So long as it is genuine error and the aggregate of the errors is not material then we ususally do not mind.

Usually we set materiality at somewhere around 10% of profit; in terms of airline safety I would expect something like 0.01% of flights to suffer lapes, or better. I honestly think we have achieved this more or less (ie. one noticeable failure per 10,000 flights on average).

Oh – thanks for reposting my message!!

RE: Manx Airlines

I remember seeing their name in the papers about 5 years ago when they were offering flights from Lydd or Biggin Hill (don’t know which) to Le Toquet. It was something oddball like a Beechcraft Baron I think.

RE: Stansted-Bradley (Connecticut)

Great news about the IOM-Toon service, especially if like me you’re a Boro supporter in exile! Manx Airlines used to fly to Teesside several years ago on a S360 but dropped it due to bad load factors.

Hopefully as part of a network rather, than as a p2p route in its own right the new service will continue.

RE: Manx Airlines

No, the love air service is news to me!

Don’t they just operate light aircraft though?

There is always talk of the IOM and the CI clubbing together to bite the big bad UK gov’t back – maybe this could be the impetus, who knows.

I’d advocate the provision of a certain minimum number of slots at LHR for domestic services as a public obligation. I really don’t think these flights are loss making, as such – just that they’re small fry.

RE: VC10 OR 707

Sour grapes?

I accept that the US government is usually grossly unfair and very protectionist. But then, most governments try to do that.

The difference is that most Euro governments, especially the UK, are run by invertebrates who dare not challenge the Washington line. If you can blame anyone, blame the Euro governments!

Also, I suspect Boeing has a more extended industrial offset programme than Airbus – ie. components made in China etc..

To say that the VC10 is more economical because it had higher load factors is absolute nonsense. How about comparing like with like?

As for Concorde – yes, the US booted it into touch. I also seem to remeber protests in the streets in the UK about it though!

RE: Manx Airlines

Sorry to dig this old chestnut up again…

Does anyone know the legal position re: obligations on airlines to continue to offer certain routes?

The withdrawal of the IOM-LHR route by BA is apparently going to be subject to a legal challenge by the government in the IOM.

Are the operators subject to a constructive obligation, if the route is well established and is relied upon by businesses ?

RE: How safe is Cubana?

I’m curious as to how a newspaper reached such a conclusion?

Has anyone heard rumours about Malaysian Airlines – are they the carrier that were reported to the CAA for continually landing at Heathrow with dry fuel tanks?