I believe the AB delays are down to the fact that the F100 operates a sector into STN from Dusseldorf, I think and then positions on to BHD – the delay really stems from a knock on from delayed departure from Dusseldorf.

737s are being used to/from BHD from today and, in fact, 800s are shown on Sat & Sun – hopefully, this will alleviate the delay problems.

On the subject of Flybe, seems they aren’t the only airline having problems with the Q400, judging by this report

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200605250236.html

One wonders how serious this venture is when the date of the press release is 11 May 2005!

Just checked AB’s website again – shows 737-700 for Monday and back to F100 for Tuesday – a bit confusing – reckon we’ll just have to wait and see what shows up!

I actually queried this with Pratt & Whitney some time ago as it is only the PW100 series engines that this seems to occur – I was told that the procedure was followed to allow gear oil to drain back into the gearbox from the prop spinner before shut down.

Has anyone noticed that ATRs have an engine brake (on the port side, I think) – I have seen this happen where the engine appears to be at a slow idle and the prop suddenly stops. I’m not sure why this happens although I think the APU on ATRs is located in the port engine nacelle which may have something to do with it.

Hope this helps.

Nice shots, Andrew, excellent considering the atrocious conditions – on the subject of AB, looks as if all BHD flights will be F100 operated for the foreseeable future – apparently there is a problem with stand space – the wingleted 737s span is too big even for angled stands 4 & 5!

Now announced on their website.