Precisely why I said ‘some sort of comfort’

Moggy

Oh, I know. I still wonder what the output of one of those engines is. Would it keep you straight and level in a one engine out situation – at full fuel, pax etc.

I’m going up tomorrow in a Piper Archer, not been flying in nearly 6 months, alot more power than the tommy 112bhp too..

dme

Nope I was wrong, thh CAA say its a Beech Duchess

I’ve done a jump when I was in NZ.

The exciting part was going up in the plane, upto 12k, then shuffling over to the door -I was last up and this was a tandem jump, looking down seems strange as you don’t get a perspective on how high you are. I remember the instructor rambling on about keep your arms crossed and your legs bent right back. As soon as we left the plane I opened my arms which caused us to go into a little spin, but once the guide chute was open I settled down and got my bearings – it was calm even though the wind was blasting my face and the harness was tearing into my Sun burn.

I remember the instructor asking if I had contacts in, I said no so he slid my goggles off of my eyes. Smooth landing followed – still couldn’t force myself to do the bungy.

Good luck with it.

dme

Happy b’day Allen.

I was really surprised that you knew it was me on the bike – or did you?

Maybe meet for a beer at the Bull soon.

Must be an exciting time for Martin and his team, Good luck to him and lets hope all the glitches are sorted in time for Spring when the loads should pick up. Infact might be interesting to take a flight with them…

dme

Would you really attack someone if they had a gun/knife? Do you really know if the plane is going to do down – what if they’re just trying to make some statement. You would have died, could maybe even cause the terrorsits to kill more if you cause them upset?

dme

Being an English gentleman, I don’t know much of the goings on in Scotland, but is there not an air-shuttle service from EDI-GLA already, and if so, why not…?

By Heli or Fixed wing? I flew a manx flight from EDI to GLA, but I don’t know if there is anything now. A Heli would prove useful due to reduced check in, but a normal commercial flight would loose any time benfit with all the check in guff.

The call centre are more than happy to take your money off you. However, would you book a ticket when the airline’s terms and conditions, according to the website, do not exist?

Without terms and conditions made available to prospective passengers BEFORE they book, any passenger is taking a risk.

‘Under construction’ on the website means nothing to anyone wishing to book now. Perhaps someone more intelligent than me can advise whether or not it is actually legal to sell tickets without terms and conditions explained before booking. With Flybe and Thomsonfly you have to accept the terms and conditions before your booking is confirmed. With AlphaOne you have no terms and conditions to agree to although the page is there on the website.

The return fare offered me today was £112.26. However, I was told that was only for the 22nd December, other flights on other dates could be considerably more expensive, but the customer services advisor was unable to give me any other price.

“I sincerely wish you all the best and hope you don’t let any immature narrow minded individual put you down in any way. You have done so well to get this far and deserve to go further.”

The comment above from Mr.Business reveals how little he knows about the plans and prevarications of AlphaOne to date. Perhaps Mr. Halstead might wish to contact Mr.Business and enlighten him regarding the multiple start dates and their attendant delays, the prevarication over equipment, the constant changing of routes and also perhaps confirm his status as an ‘airline pilot.’ I’m sure Wys, WD, Skycruiser, Moondance et al can provide reams of paperwork to confirm their professional status.

Regards,

kev35

Maybe the call centre explain the T&C’s when you book over the phone? Not much point having the T&C’s on a website if you can’t book there.

What was the C4 show?