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by Jetty
Fri Oct 20, 2023 5:14 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'
Replies: 50
Views: 6427

Re: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'

It definitely does qualify as a hazardous materials issue. As part of my bloodborne pathogen training, this exact situation came up. Cleaning up the "mess," since it does involve bodily fluids including likely traces of blood requires certain safety precautions and cleaning solutions. Bas...

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by Jetty
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:23 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'
Replies: 50
Views: 6427

Re: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'

I would say it qualifies as a Haz Spill. Hardly... I'm sure a bit of poo goes astray in restrooms all across the globe in restuarants and facilities with diaper changing stations.. Don't think we are looking a potential outbreak of colera / lock jaw here... It definitely does qualify as a hazardous...

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by Jetty
Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:00 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'
Replies: 50
Views: 6427

Re: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'

A very out of touch comment. That stuff can have all sorts of strange diseases and germs that could jeopardize the crew. FAs are not paid enough to handle that. And they probably don't have biohazard equipment nor training. FA's get paid way more than almost anyone cleaning poop on a regular basis,...

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by Jetty
Fri Oct 20, 2023 12:18 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'
Replies: 50
Views: 6427

Re: EasyJet flight cancelled due to 'defecation incident'

Oh for Pete’s sake…clean it up and move on Agree.. what flight attendants have never changed a diaper? what a complete waste of time and money... just take one for the team and get it done.... ti's not like people are defecating on airplane bathroom floors with great regularity... it's an outlyer.....

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by Jetty
Sat Oct 14, 2023 10:45 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023
Replies: 1099
Views: 289743

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023

That's not at all what I suggested. That might be what you assumed, but it's not what I was referring to. User Duartelmatos posted, "KLM seems to be cutting everywhere in the long haul lately." I understood that to mean that KLM was cutting from the already published 24 schedule, and had ...

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by Jetty
Sat Oct 14, 2023 5:53 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023
Replies: 1099
Views: 289743

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023

It is true that the cap decreased. But a 12 months rolling period August 22 - July 23 shows 419.303 movements, and the new cap is 452.500 as per your source. Which leaves room for ~8% growth. All the cap decrease effectively does is limit growth to that 8% (for now). https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schi...

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by Jetty
Sat Oct 14, 2023 4:15 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023
Replies: 1099
Views: 289743

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023

It is true that the cap decreased. But a 12 months rolling period August 22 - July 23 shows 419.303 movements, and the new cap is 452.500 as per your source. Which leaves room for ~8% growth. All the cap decrease effectively does is limit growth to that 8% (for now). https://www.schiphol.nl/en/schip...

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by Jetty
Sat Oct 14, 2023 3:18 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023
Replies: 1099
Views: 289743

Re: Air France-KLM News and Discussion - 2023

KLM seems to be cutting everywhere in the long haul lately. Not surprising at all based on the price of taxes from Schiphol. They will have a hard time for sure. Where are they cutting? Presumably they're trimming the schedule to comply with the new flight cap, but it may also be in response to mar...

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by Jetty
Fri Sep 15, 2023 11:04 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AMS putting a limit on international passenger traffic through the airport
Replies: 578
Views: 85158

Re: IATA Reacts After ‘Greatest Fear’ Amsterdam Slot Cut Confirmed

https://simpleflying.com/iata-reacts-amsterdam-schiphol-slot-cut-confirmation/ Does anyone know how the cuts are to be implemented. Is it going to be proportional to current services? Will KLM cut short haul flights disproportionally to favor long haul? There are no cuts needed, as the current slot...

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by Jetty
Sun Sep 03, 2023 11:34 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AMS putting a limit on international passenger traffic through the airport
Replies: 578
Views: 85158

Re: Dutch government wins court approval to cap AMS movements

AF could pick up some of the long-haul routes that will be canceled and then adjust capacity on CDG-AMS as needed. Some of the African traffic could be routed over CDG instead of AMS or larger aircraft could be used on AF flights. This is still a big mess to sort through. DL is also threatening to ...

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by Jetty
Fri Sep 01, 2023 8:10 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AMS putting a limit on international passenger traffic through the airport
Replies: 578
Views: 85158

Re: Dutch government wins court approval to cap AMS movements

Jetty - do you happen to have rolling 12 month data ? I suspect AMS was still rather quieter in the first 3 months of 2022 compared to Q1 in 2023 due to the tail end of Covid I think the 2022 data is not yet meaningful because some countries were not yet open (China and Japan for example). Also, th...

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by Jetty
Fri Sep 01, 2023 5:18 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AMS putting a limit on international passenger traffic through the airport
Replies: 578
Views: 85158

Re: Dutch government wins court approval to cap AMS movements

For reference: currently AMS is the 2nd busiest non-US airport by aircraft movements and by far the busiest airport in the world looking just at international aircraft movements. The proposed 452.000 still leaves room for growth (10%). No airline will lose slots. https://aci.aero/wp-content/uploads/...

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by Jetty
Thu Jun 30, 2022 10:43 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Boeing 737MAX Ongoing Issues
Replies: 95
Views: 21589

Re: Boeing 737MAX Ongoing Issues

He said some other reports raised by the ABC were bizarre, such as an incident involving a United Airlines flight last August where fuel was found leaking into an overhead passenger bin. Fuel reserves are located in the wings. "I've never seen that before," Dr Carim Jr said. As if MCAS wa...

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by Jetty
Tue Jun 07, 2022 2:25 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Man sues AA for wrongful arrest
Replies: 18
Views: 4617

Re: Man sues AA for wrongful arrest

Good luck with that one. In my aviation career I have yet to be granted the right to arrest people. AA provided info, from that point on it was up to the police to make their determination. If AA provided info that made no logical sense they should own up to it and compensate. Anyone can understand...

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by Jetty
Fri Apr 08, 2022 10:01 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China
Replies: 1284
Views: 533737

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I would think that with computers and AI what it is today that they could implement something that if the plane didn't detect any system failures that would cause a crash and the inputs were determined to cause a crash the plane itself could take over. I know it's very complex (more than 3 lines of...

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by Jetty
Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:08 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China
Replies: 1284
Views: 533737

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

I would think that with computers and AI what it is today that they could implement something that if the plane didn't detect any system failures that would cause a crash and the inputs were determined to cause a crash the plane itself could take over. I know it's very complex (more than 3 lines of...

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by Jetty
Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:00 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China
Replies: 1284
Views: 533737

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

Highly doubt it. There is no need to ground the fleet unless there is a glaring and obvious issue that is known. I wouldn't be surprised, in the past 10 years almost all non-intentional unsurvivable airplane crashes killing 50 or more people have been Boeing 737's. This happened 8 times and 7 times...

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by Jetty
Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:46 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China
Replies: 1284
Views: 533737

Re: China Eastern 737-800 crashes in Guangxi, southern China

Wonder if this will lead to any further 738 groundings outside of China? Highly doubt it. There is no need to ground the fleet unless there is a glaring and obvious issue that is known. I wouldn't be surprised, in the past 10 years almost all non-intentional unsurvivable airplane crashes killing 50...

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by Jetty
Sun Jan 23, 2022 10:40 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Stowaway found alive at AMS after African flight.
Replies: 38
Views: 9950

Re: Stowaway found alive at AMS after African flight.

Topped out at FL 340. But man, that's a long flight. How he managed to stay alive... I'd be interested in more details if they should become available. Doc- I don't get it, I mean, I know there are quite a few docum/ented cases of this, but isn't fatal hypoxia guaranteed at FL340 for even a small %...

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by Jetty
Sun Jan 09, 2022 12:14 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Germany debates labeling some natural gas energy projects as green investments, reject nuclear as green
Replies: 214
Views: 8078

Re: Germany debates labeling some natural gas energy projects as green investments, reject nuclear as green

On an European level Germanys nuclear policies are quite pointless. They are closing viable nuclear reactors while neighboring countries are building new ones. The Netherlands i.e. just committed to 2 new reactors. And logically at least one ends up at the German border, just as Germany was building...

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by Jetty
Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:04 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Woman Breastfeeds Cat on Delta Flight, Refuses to Put Cat Back in Bag.
Replies: 31
Views: 3439

Re: Woman Breastfeeds Cat on Delta Flight, Refuses to Put Cat Back in Bag.

I think she was transferring in ATL on her way to Florida.

Why would DL allow using some sort of pump and breastfeeding a baby but not a cat?

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by Jetty
Tue Nov 16, 2021 8:31 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial
Replies: 318
Views: 21897

Re: Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

It's a shame there wasn't a god fearing 2nd amendment good guy with a gun on hand to protect the innocent and shoot Kyle dead. If they were innocent is very much up for debate. If the jury finds that it was self defense they weren’t actually innocent in their view. Also the person that got shot and...

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by Jetty
Wed Nov 10, 2021 1:05 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai
Replies: 80
Views: 7185

Re: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai

L410Turbolet wrote:
Threats to slam TK is nonsense. Should the EU try it, Erdogan has ways to retaliate.

So has the EU, and Erdogan is way more dependent on the EU than otherwise, especially now the Greek have developed an effective push-back policy.

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by Jetty
Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:34 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai
Replies: 80
Views: 7185

Re: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai

They will if Turkey fulfills it’s promise to prevent illegal migrants from leaving. Greece still has to push back many migrants that were able to leave Turkey. EU committee recently found Greece systematic pushbacks not compliant with the law, and its dangerous actions out at sea are a violation of...

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by Jetty
Tue Nov 09, 2021 7:03 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai
Replies: 80
Views: 7185

Re: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai

What European non-sense. FZ and TK sell seats legally to passengers entitled to enter Belarus. What happens to them once in Belarus is hardly a problem for the airlines. It will be a problem for them if it gets them banned from the EU. TK knows full well that there is no legitimate demand for the a...

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by Jetty
Tue Nov 09, 2021 6:13 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai
Replies: 80
Views: 7185

Re: Possible EU ban of Turkish Airlines, flydubai

There are calls to sanction airlines bringing migrants to Belarus https://euobserver.com/world/153468 Without going to politics, what leverage does EU have to force Turkish Airlines to stop flying to Belarus. Outright ban from EU airspace would work but I think is highly unlikely at this point. Are...

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by Jetty
Mon Nov 08, 2021 4:38 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: PMI closed due to passengers escaping from emergency-landed Air Arabia Maroc CMN-SAW flight
Replies: 16
Views: 7238

Re: PMI closed due to passengers escaping from emergency-landed Air Arabia Maroc CMN-SAW flight

Banning airlines from EU air-space on this basis is entirely non-proportional and discriminatory. Let's ban flights from the US, too, in the wake of the DB Cooper affair. It's discriminatory but entirely justified based on a objective risk assessment. Visa requirements i.e. are discriminatory as we...

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by Jetty
Mon Nov 08, 2021 6:07 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: PMI closed due to passengers escaping from emergency-landed Air Arabia Maroc CMN-SAW flight
Replies: 16
Views: 7238

Re: PMI closed due to passengers escaping from emergency-landed Air Arabia Maroc CMN-SAW flight

I think this will just bring regulations that in flight emergencies only land on military bases or have security surround emergency airliners once on the ground. No it won't. This has happened once in N thousand emergency landings. Every emergency is rightly treated as real and I would strongly hop...

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by Jetty
Mon Nov 08, 2021 6:03 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: PMI closed due to passengers escaping from emergency-landed Air Arabia Maroc CMN-SAW flight
Replies: 16
Views: 7238

Re: PMI closed due to passengers escaping from emergency-landed Air Arabia Maroc CMN-SAW flight

Mallorca being an island, it's not exactly ideal for such purpose. Many people from Africa just want to set feet on European soil so they can claim asylum. Then it doesn’t matter much if it’s an island. Boats that illegally cross the Mediterranean often also have an island as intended destination (...

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by Jetty
Wed Oct 20, 2021 10:42 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Brian Laundrie is missing
Replies: 160
Views: 12276

Re: Brian Laundrie is missing

Was Brian found by Dog the bounty hunter or someone else?

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by Jetty
Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:01 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: British MP Killed
Replies: 33
Views: 2696

Re: British MP Killed

I disagree. Islam is THE problem. It allows people to do these acts and the silent majority to stand by as they happen. That is a very dangerous attitude to take towards a group of 1,9bn people. The group can't be held accountable for the acts of an extremist. Never. Isam isn't a problem, extremist...

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by Jetty
Fri Oct 01, 2021 12:59 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air France KLM News and Discussion Thread - 2021
Replies: 486
Views: 116731

Re: Air France KLM News and Discussion Thread - 2021

AF KLM say they will soon commit to up to 140 narrow bodies. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.marketwatch.com/amp/story/air-france-klm-plans-to-decide-soon-on-major-medium-haul-jet-order-271632907993 No need to link me to Google when you have the actual source available, there’s a reason why Google...

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by Jetty
Mon Sep 27, 2021 5:37 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Migrant Crisis at the Texas Border
Replies: 117
Views: 6544

Re: Migrant Crisis at the Texas Border

Lots of fact deniers participating in this thread. Implying that millions of Europeans flee Europe in boats across the Mediterranean to Africa, instead of people from impoverished African nations fleeing their continent to Europe. Yeah, because educated people flee FROM economic opportunities! Wow,...

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by Jetty
Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:02 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Migrant Crisis at the Texas Border
Replies: 117
Views: 6544

Re: Migrant Crisis at the Texas Border

If you look at history, immigrants will always "win". No matter how many resources you throw at it. African migration to Europe is down significantly since Europe confiscated NGO ships and erected fences. The ONLY way for immigration to stop if to make life better in those countries from ...

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by Jetty
Mon Sep 27, 2021 1:26 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Migrant Crisis at the Texas Border
Replies: 117
Views: 6544

Re: Migrant Crisis at the Texas Border

If you look at history, immigrants will always "win". No matter how many resources you throw at it. African migration to Europe is down significantly since Europe confiscated NGO ships and erected fences. The ONLY way for immigration to stop if to make life better in those countries from ...

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by Jetty
Sat Sep 25, 2021 3:29 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Voter ID Law Blocked in North Carolina
Replies: 74
Views: 4772

Re: Voter ID Law Blocked in North Carolina

Most of the first world countries demand and ID when you vote, many even wherever you go. How that is racist is beyond me. Nonsensical framing by the Democrats.

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by Jetty
Mon Sep 06, 2021 6:38 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Military coup is now ongoing in Guinea, Africa
Replies: 4
Views: 991

Re: Military coup is now ongoing in Guinea, Africa

I didn’t even know Guinea had a government. But sad that is has been dissolved.

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by Jetty
Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Florida Man Screams N-word and Hurls Metal Pole at MIA
Replies: 29
Views: 7865

Florida Man Screams N-word and Hurls Metal Pole at MIA

- A crazed man was captured on video getting violent with Miami airport staff on Friday - The unidentified man could be seen screaming and yelling at the American Airlines terminal when he picks up a metal pole and threw it at workers nearby - Miami-Dade police say the man was a veteran in crisis. H...

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by Jetty
Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:20 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Euros 2020 thread
Replies: 420
Views: 24415

Re: Euros 2020 thread

All the practice in the World can’t replicate the pressure of a tournament shoot-out. It doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that top players often “go missing” at such times. I really feel for Rashford, Sancho and Saka - it took courage for them to put themselves forward to take a penalty especia...

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by Jetty
Thu Jun 10, 2021 10:28 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?
Replies: 88
Views: 6047

Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

Nope, each Member state has its own Asylum policy, the Dublin Agreement only is about who has to take the refugees (that is the party Orban violated) and minimum standards (that Orban violated). Absolute nonsense. I’ll simply quote the EU itself: Maybe try reading it? "Minimum standard", ...

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by Jetty
Thu Jun 10, 2021 5:27 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?
Replies: 88
Views: 6047

Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

Europe had a mutually agreed and quite restrictive immigration policy, Nope, each Member state has its own Asylum policy, the Dublin Agreement only is about who has to take the refugees (that is the party Orban violated) and minimum standards (that Orban violated). Absolute nonsense. I’ll simply qu...

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by Jetty
Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:36 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?
Replies: 88
Views: 6047

Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

Saying "asylum seekers don't contribute to the system" is wrong. If they're integrated correctly they do contribute, and that doesn't cost that much to do. It isn’t mostly a financial issue, some migrants have such incompatible values that no amount of money can make them a desirable part...

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by Jetty
Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:29 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?
Replies: 88
Views: 6047

Re: Which country has ended Asylum Seeker in Europe?

None, it would violate the terms of the EU membership: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/democracy-and-human-rights/fundamental-rights-in-the-eu/guaranteeing-the-right-to-asylum#:~:text=The%20right%20to%20asylum%20is,EU%20Charter%20of%20Fundamental%20Rights.&text=The%20EU's%20M...

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by Jetty
Fri May 14, 2021 4:39 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: Rocket attacks in Israel
Replies: 434
Views: 30179

Re: Rocket attacks in Israel

bennett123 wrote:
What legitimate options do the Palestinians have?.

Can they rely on the Israeli courts?.

Of course not. The whole judicial rationale for eviction that Jews have right to return to land they owned decades ago is as biased as it gets because that would never work the other way.

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by Jetty
Tue May 11, 2021 5:10 am
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Another Fight Club Brawl at Miami Airport Yesterday
Replies: 71
Views: 14109

Re: Another Fight Club Brawl at Miami Airport Yesterday

I know some people said this is a Miami thing, but uhmm, this kind of behavior is quite normal in Orlando, Tampa or Jacksonville. It's a Florida thing. Uh, no, it’s not. As someone who’s lived in various cities around Florida (Tallahassee, Tampa, Orlando) this crap doesn’t happen. This is third inc...

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by Jetty
Tue May 04, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: AA FA attacked inflight
Replies: 52
Views: 13958

Re: AA FA attacked inflight

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Additional reporting including an interview with the perpetrator at the Daily Mail: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... ndant.html

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by Jetty
Fri Apr 09, 2021 8:05 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Air France KLM News and Discussion Thread - 2021
Replies: 486
Views: 116731

Re: Air France KLM News and Discussion Thread - 2021

Don't confuse the French State with the French . My particular point is about the French State being left with having a much bigger say in the running of KLM than the Dutch Government. As part of the Dutch financial aid the government got a 5 year guarantee of the independence of KLM and the positi...

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by Jetty
Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:08 pm
Forum: Civil Aviation
Topic: Updated: Air Canada Drops Transat Takeover After EU Competition regulator concerns
Replies: 482
Views: 16036

Air Canada Drops Transat Takeover After EU Competition regulator concerns

Air Canada dropped its takeover of vacation operator Transat AT Inc. because it couldn’t convince European regulators to approve the deal on acceptable terms. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-02/air-canada-cancels-takeover-of-transat-after-battle-with-europe I wonder if Air Canada int...

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by Jetty
Sat Jan 30, 2021 8:17 am
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: GameStop Stock Fiasco
Replies: 122
Views: 7240

Re: GameStop Stock Fiasco

There’s no need for anyone to act like a dick and be gleeful about the fund being in trouble. The shorting is a 0 sum game. The hedgefunds were gleefull about good old GameStop being in trouble. In return fans of GameStop who like the stock are gleefull that hedgefunds are in trouble. Either the pe...

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by Jetty
Fri Jan 29, 2021 11:17 pm
Forum: Non-Aviation
Topic: GameStop Stock Fiasco
Replies: 122
Views: 7240

Re: GameStop Stock Fiasco

Hedge funds don't hold big short positions and certainly not on cheap stocks, not much room for margin going short on those. Margin requirements and risk calculations never took into account a dying company like GameStop going up 1000% out of practically nowhere. That's why this worked and hedgefun...

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