redsquareI suspect the programme will be the usual rubbish, all very predictable. I mean, if after 10 months of filming I’m sure you can find a few minutes of something interesting in any business. 2 idiot wannabe TV presenters no doubt trying to further their ‘careers’ haha. Try getting a day job next time..no chance.
Most people can see through the hype. BTW, has anyone seen the recent quality of C4 programmes, it’s hilarious 😛 eg Body Shock-The Half Ton Man was my fav. Joke.
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redsquareEGNM is right, the other A320 usually operates LPL-DUB-LPL-TSF(Treviso)-LPL-GRO-LPL-DUB-LPL. A Hahn based 738 will takeover the NCL-Torp from Thursday to free up an aircraft for LPL-LDY (Derry).
Ryanair Captains are short of flying hours because of the 900 hrs a year rule which will be solved on 1 April when a new flying year begins for Irish licenced pilots. It happens around this time every year that RYR lease in aircraft for that reason. There are also a large number of Excel pilots working here for their quiet winter season. 🙂
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redsquareI’m guessing in a compartment in the PSU (overhead panel) the same as on DBA 737’s.
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On the Ryanair 737-800 that brought me back to Gothenburg today, the life jackets were pointed out by the cabin crew as being in the overhead panels.
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Yep, watch your head. They’re up with the oxygen masks to stop them going on the hop and so the cabin checks are reduced. I like the jokes, can just see the cabin crew trying to flog lifejackets, how about a deluxe version with parachute. 😀
Redsquare – Ryanair F/O
redsquareThe Lajes(sp?) Air Transat A330 which miraculously glided to an airbase runway after a massive fuel leak only a few years ago comes to mind. The crew knew it was a strong possibility of a ditching and all PAX were wearing life jackets on landing. Lifejackets are not pointless and these thieves are now convicted criminals..HA.
Same goes for safety card fools.
Now for some trivia; Ryanair new aircraft deliveries don’t have lifejackets under the seats so where are they? Have a guess. 🙂
redsquarewysiwyg,
You are right, the main problem with non-precision approaches I’ve encountered is the reluctance to Go Around especially after doing an orbit to lose altitude and then mess it up a la Gulfair 320.
On the side, all RYRs aircraft since 2003 are CATIIIB equipped, however for commonality are only(!) CATIIIA approved. The CATIIIA is good enough I guess and never came across CATIIIB conditions ie below 200m RVRs. 🙂 We need more CATII airfields before anything else.
Regards,
bluesquare
PS for clarity, I highly regard BA and its crews, no suggestion from me about anything other than being 1st class.
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redsquarewysiwyg: As you know, non precision approaches carry significantly more risk than ILS’s. Ryanair crews with between 4 and 6 sectors a day, often with many non precision approaches complete far more sectors than the vast majority of BA crews with long haulers doing what, maybe between 6 and 8 trips a month.
For example, one of RYR’s main bases, Rome Ciampino currently has no ILS but a dodgy, steep VOR/DME regularly used in 7kt tailwinds with a shortish runway, not easy in a heavy -800 never mind the circle-to-land to RWY 15…fun. Check out all the others with an ILS on one end and nothing or an NDB at the other if your lucky e.g. Szczecin,Tampere,Toulon,Tours Loire Valley,Trieste,Bydgoszcz, Gdañsk, Blackpool,Bergerac, Ancona, La Rochelle, Rzeszów, Wroclaw, Rodez, Poitiers, Lodz etc. Bags of fun during winter. :rolleyes:
Basically, what I’m trying to say is that RYR and BA are vastly different operations in terms of airports (or airfields ha ha) with one op more likely to cause problems (but doesen’t)
PS Sorry for the late reply, the day job gets in the way. Home early every night my backside.
redsquareRyanair won’t operate from the UK to Turkey anytime soon because of sector lengths unless it is decided to operate through the night on a limited basis. 😮
I didn’t think that the FR737-800’s had the range to go to Istanbul?
At the moment, the limit is 3 hours with max load, however this is only on paper and aircraft can be upgraded in 5 minutes by an engineer to the full 7 hour range if they wish to do so. :dev2:
redsquareSkymonster, I agree that the decision not to return to base was not to do with maintenance but crew decisions. However, 3 recent 747 engine failures is worrying no matter which way you lok at it. With regard to the decisions of the crew, there are two outstanding RYR reports to be published, however, it should be noted that RYR and BA operations are far different specifically regarding airport approach infrastructure. Without excusing any event, BA ops normally result in ILS approaches, something which is often not the case at RYR therefore the higher likelihood of incidents.
Regards
redsquareMINIDOH,
I don’t know what you’ve apparantly seen but if it is a breach of maintenance regulations then I urge you contact the relevent authorities asap with any edvidence. You have a massive responsibility! I know from first hand experience (not going to give myself away here) that what you are talking is pure rubbish. Show proof please. :rolleyes:
Grey Area is right, be very careful, Ryanair has a very active legal department and will not hesitate to act because of the regular tyraids of lies.
Back to BA, the 3 engine transatlantic run and A319 incident are to do with maintenance especially the 3 engine job. Losing an engine a 100ft always has a reason but both incidents as of yet don’t have reports so we’ll wait and see. A similar engine failure last leek out of JFK adds fuel to the fire. Co-incidently, BA and Ryanair both have heavy engine maintenance done at GE in Wales.
The 757 with control problems was due to the flaps not being refitted proberly after maintenance causing it to get worse as they were extended asymmetrically on the approach.
At the end of the day, BA has an outstanding record and I for one would not hesitate in using them over many others.
redsquareAre Ryanair retrofitting winglets to the existing 737-800 fleet?
Yep, only 2 so far (EI-DCK) with the winglets being fitted at approx 1 aircraft per week during their maintenance C-Checks at Prestwick. This rate could change depending on fleet schedules i.e. if time permits. All new aircraft deliveries will be fitted in Seattle from later this month meaning there are 90 conversions to be done. 😮
redsquareMINIDOH,
I have to laugh. As someone who knows a thing or two about Ryanair, I can assure you that that there are no short cuts being taken on maintenance! If Ryanair had the same sort of issues as BA, there would be a never ending backlash and usual tabloid headlines. For whatever reason, BA has been having a lot of technical problems at he moment (running at about 1 emergency per week lately) and some people are in denial.
However, BA has a large and varied fleet which is ageing fast except for the Airbuses, this means incidents are more likely anyway but is still not excusable. Scary recent examples including the 3 engine 747 trans-atlantic flight and subsequent fuel emergency and the similar A319 flight where the instruments failed and then the crew continuing the flight is ridiculous. The maintence problems are shocking but they get away with it because of their perceived reputation.
One of the few similar Ryanair cases is the engine fire and evacuation in STN which was caused by a faulty batch of engine bearings from CFM which also led to a very similar problem with an Air France A320 shortly afterwords. Ryanair are now pioneers in Boeing’s new Maintenance Performance Toolbox which means even greater improvements to procedures. SeeBoeing Press Release for more. Daily maintenance is carried out at night at every base meaning all aircraft are checked by engineers and any recorded problems are rectifyied and are not left ‘deferred’ like certain other airlines. Heavy hangar maintenance is carried out in-house at Prestwick, Dublin and Stansted including Winglet Mods.
If you’re going to make slanderous statements about Ryanair MINIDOH, then at least have SOME evidence. Maintenance is taken extremely seriously in Ryanair as it is the only way Ryanair can be defeated as the competition is largely inept. (kidding!)
Goodbye. 🙂
redsquareAs someone who enjoyed many hours on the RYR -200’s and look forward to the -800’s, can I just say thanks to the guys who have taken some excellent photos through the years.
BTW, just read a.net and some people are ‘sure’ that the -200’s were limited to 19000ft. What rubbish, was on one only last week at 31000ft. One of the many RYR myths.
redsquareIn theory, an airline is only allowed to operate from its own country to a non EU destination, however there are exceptions especially for charters. It just means an airline has to get permission before hand and it is usually refused by the host countries.
For example, each year there are many Canadian aircraft operating charters within the EU on behalf of charter airlines and in principal should not be allowed but a blind eye has been turned under various excuses.
Back to Ryanair, IMHO Israel is just too far anyway in terms of aircraft and crew usage and extra security etc. which is necessary to operate there.
redsquareI can tell you that if Ryanair wants to, they can fly to Israel-no problem with the -800.
Ryanair’s aircraft are the High Gross Weight models which can fly non-stop for just about 7 hours with winglets (6.5 without winglets) and a full payload.
GKirk is semi right about the engines. All engines on all 737NGs are identical except for the price, paper work and fuel pumps. Ryanair fitted their first 23 -800’s (that is EI-CSA – EI-CSZ) with the -7B24 version (24,200lbs thrust) and the rest with the -7B26 (26,400lbs). However, the pilots can select a “thrust bump” to temporarily upgrade the engines if they need to. This is rarely used as Ryanair never operate anywhere near maximum takeoff weights. The -7B26 engined aircraft would have no problem in any operatioal circumstances.
Ryanair use a neat trick to limit costs with regards to max weights which they never reach anyway but it’s not for now, I’m sure you’re bored by now.
I’ll be very surprised if Ryanair goes near Israel for various reasons but you never know.
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