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May 4, 2003 at 1:00 am in reply to: Mobiles on Planes – BBC Report #752314

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I think part of the problem is that the airlines take it all very seriously, but passengers regard the warnings with incredulity.

A laptop? A gameboy? A discman? A cell? All fairly unlikely items to cause trouble, in the lay persons’ mind.

Certianly, the warnings should be more widespread (sings, check in questions) and perhaps the airlines need to actually explain it better (“may cause interference with aircraft systems” is weak, like I say it is regarded as fantasy by a lot of business travellers).

I always turn my stuff off, well, there have been a few times I have genuinely forgotten, and my cell has been left turned on in my jacket or bag pocket in the overhead compartment. I once left it turned on flying JNB-LHR and only realised when I went to turn it on in the arrivals hall at LHR!

May 4, 2003 at 12:07 am in reply to: "Swiss Express" #752341

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How exactly will this help Swiss – isn’t it just a rebranding exercise?

May 3, 2003 at 1:59 pm in reply to: General Discussion #421701

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Sure, but the survey is based on genralised views. NZ is less corrupt than Mexico, simple as that. What you draw from that is down to you.

May 3, 2003 at 1:59 pm in reply to: Europe Is Corrupt #1989332

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Sure, but the survey is based on genralised views. NZ is less corrupt than Mexico, simple as that. What you draw from that is down to you.

May 3, 2003 at 1:57 pm in reply to: Virgin fly to Basra #752566

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I can imagine the squaddies greeting all those “senior virgins” and “trainee virgins” on the tarmac!!

May 3, 2003 at 1:56 pm in reply to: A330-500 #752569

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You could equally argue that the 757 is only an extension of the 737, but that hasn’t put buyers off.

What is the point in building a wide fuselage (more drag) if you can build a long thin one? The only imepdiment I know of is fuselage flexing from excessive length, but the A321 should be capable of being stretched to 757-300 lengths.

May 2, 2003 at 10:56 pm in reply to: General Discussion #421827

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Arthur, don’t be disingenous. Of course two countries can be ranked equally if they are level. That’s something you learn in the first half hour of any statistics course.

My title was just for a reaction! Interesting to see how badly the French do compared to their arch enemies the UK and US!

May 2, 2003 at 10:56 pm in reply to: Europe Is Corrupt #1989379

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Arthur, don’t be disingenous. Of course two countries can be ranked equally if they are level. That’s something you learn in the first half hour of any statistics course.

My title was just for a reaction! Interesting to see how badly the French do compared to their arch enemies the UK and US!

May 2, 2003 at 6:53 pm in reply to: Fokker 100 v Boeing 717 #752680

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That’s unfortunate.

It would be nice to see the aviation industry taking off in Europe again, to give Airbus some competition and shake up Embraer and Bombardier. I used to think BAe could do it but they have abondoned commercial aviation sadly.

BAe, Fokker, Dornier, Saab – all history.

May 2, 2003 at 6:47 pm in reply to: A330-500 #752687

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Originally posted by binx
Although an interesting idea, I doubt an A322 will ever see the light of day. Upon speaking with my friend’s dad who is an A319/20/21 driver for AC I was told that the A321 uses the same wing as the A320. This has resulted in a very high wing loading for the A321 to the point where he believes the wing is maxed out. Any further stretch to the fuselage would most likely mean a complete redesign of the wing, a process that is most likely way too costly in the current economic environment.

So, build a new wing and probably add some meatier engines. Whatever the cost, it is surely less than the cost of a new aircraft type.

May 2, 2003 at 6:45 pm in reply to: A330-500 #752689

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Originally posted by KabirT
A322? That wont by any chance be profitable for Airbus.

Why?

May 2, 2003 at 6:43 pm in reply to: More Airbus Arrogance #752692

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Obviously it is entirely sensible to drop support for retired aircraft types.

But my point was that Concorde would still be an active type, in regular service with VS.

Your anecdote with the Ford Focus is hardly a direct comparison. The dealer was under no obligation to accept the Focus as trade in; just as Airbus are under no obligation to accept Concorde as trade in for new planes. But we aren’t talking about trade-ins, we’re talking about the fulfillment of a constructive obligation.

May 2, 2003 at 12:45 am in reply to: Dangerous UK Airports #752831

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I stand corrected – I got my data from the database in the Airline game, which has been known to get the facts wrong from time to time!

I had been working on –

PLH – 759m
LCY – 1,508m

For comparison

LHR – 3,902m

May 2, 2003 at 12:22 am in reply to: Dangerous UK Airports #752835

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How about Plymouth?

In terms of runway length, it makes LCY look like Andrews Air Force Base!

May 2, 2003 at 12:19 am in reply to: A330-500 #752837

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Why could an A321 not be re-worked into a hypothetical A322 competing with the 753?

I know the A321 is a long aircraft already, but it has a wider cross-section than the 757 does and a stretch to 757-300 lengths shouldn’t be any more “unnatural” than the 753 already is.
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