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FabDiva

Re: Heathrow: N or S runway for landings on given day?

Also if approaching from the west, landings are almost always on 09L and departures on 09R

The initial climb for 09R is over more industry and open space, while 09L would be over more residential areas.

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FabDiva

Re: Man flew LHR-JFK without any documents

BA insists on photographic ID even for domestic flights out of LHR so I find it difficult to believe anyone could board the normal way to the US without their passport being checked. Is that a recent change - I know other airlines have been doing it for a while but BA did not. There isn't/wasn't a ...

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FabDiva

Re: Airbus Looking for Potential Delivery Spots for United

I said it then and I will say it again, they should have done a clean sheet design and it has come back to haunt them. Penny wise, pound foolish. Marketing department forcing the hand of the company, again... Lazy sales department trying to placate Southwest and its desire for the same type rating ...

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FabDiva

Re: Brawl on Ryanair flight

I've just seen a comment on trains too - also possibly another British quirk - the amount of middle aged people who can't sit on the train for a couple of hours without taking a packs of lager, bottles of wine or cans of G&T etc always amazes me. There are now Dry Trains where alcohol is banned...

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FabDiva

Re: Brawl on Ryanair flight

https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-wo ... os-reports

FabDiva

Re: Akasa Air nears order for 150 Boeing 737 MAX

You know what, forget doing the plug. Just have all MAX 9 have a door there and just le the airline put whatever seats they care to put. 220seats or under 189. I never understood the reasoning for the option. Just from this point on, all max 9 will have the emergency door aft the wing... done. Des ...

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FabDiva

Re: DL orders 20 A350-1000

I think I am being extremely dumb here as I have no idea what is mean by the term A35L. As far as I am aware there are 3 variants. A359 (for the A350-900), A35K (for the A350-1000) and the A350F for the under development freighter version. Check out the Delta Fleet thread - the 35L is brought up at...

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FabDiva

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX, FAA temporarily grounds 737MAX9 for inspections

So I think the question is why are these not designed like a plug type door (#1 above)? Is it necessary for them to be able to open outward? Aircraft doors can either be in-swinging or out-swinging. Larger aircraft have a lot of overhead room and can store doors in the A/C overhead when opened (you...

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FabDiva

Re: AS1282 PDX-ONT decompression event, returned to PDX

Maybe a stupid question.. Why put a plug door in the fuselage when you don.t need it..It is covered with a normal cabin panel. I understand if you put 215 pax in the -9 it is a emergency exit? But if airlines carry less passengers why put a door in if you don.t need it? I this not customer build? W...

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FabDiva

Re: 737s at Heathrow

Isn't containerisation of the full service carriers also a factor, with full service tending to have their A32x fitted for luggage/cargo containers rather than bulk (which is the only option on the 737) Heathrow T5 is container only, (any bulk arrivals need to have their luggage loaded into a contai...

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FabDiva

Re: Airport gates in US vs elsewhere

In the US there are no bus gates in a large majority of airports, even in small one such as TUL, SBN or GRB to name a few. In Europe, there are no bridges for anything smaller than an A220 (ERJs, CRJs, etc), bus gates in major airports are extremely common specially at CDG and FRA but also at LHR, ...

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FabDiva

Re: SIA 777 Narrowly Missed Fuel Outage Oct 2022

It looks like poor visibility was probably a factor in them choosing to try Autoland rather than a lack of skill, all their other approaches were manual.

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FabDiva

Re: BA Pilot fired for debauchery prior to JNB-LHR flight

jomur wrote:
the unions won't have anything to do with it.

If they do, it will be the bare minimum that they are required to do.

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FabDiva

Re: United hard landing at IAH?

I can't remember any hard landings in a 767. You are apparently too young to have had many 727 landings. I landed in enough 727's that anytime it was a soft landing I was impressed. Many times. An NH 767 had a hard landing and suffered very similar damages. Please provide the evidence please for th...

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FabDiva

Re: United hard landing at IAH?

The 767 is EASY to land smoothly. You must of had crappy pilots on your 767 flights. Royal Air Maroc had a Boeing 767-300 that looked very similar to the UAL photo. It sat on the ramp for months. Finally, Boeing group showed up, did the repair, and off it flew. Maybe 10 years ago. Thomson bent one ...

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread

My understanding is the Airline side of Flybe 1.0 was kept going by income from the MRO activities at Exeter. With no MRO income I'm not surprised Flybe 2.0 failed

The Exeter MRO is now with Exeter Aerospace (Emerald Airlines)

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FabDiva

Re: Yeti Airlines AT75 crash in Nepal

English translation: "Stéphanie Courvelaire commented: January 15, 2023 - 11 h 43 min Christian was on board this flight. He sent us a text telling us that he saw the very young and only pilot who seemed busy looking at his phone during the landing phase" Only pilot?? Can you even see the...

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FabDiva

Re: FAA delays LGA Airtrain approval

For me, without detailed knowledge of construction costs vs. benefits, it seems to be much easier to just dig a deep tunnel from Sunnyside Yard directly to La Guardia completely avoiding the NIMBY issues, and allow direct connection to both Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal. Elon Musk and his...

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FabDiva

Re: Update: Stobart Air ceases operations, appoint liquidator

bennett123 wrote:
Actually there were two BA ERJ at EXT yesterday.

First G-LCYN which arrived as BA4479 which flew back as BA4478. A couple of hours later G-LCYZ arrived as CJ7031.

Charter for Sale Sharks who are playing Exeter Chiefs in the English Rugby Playoffs today.

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

I realise that, but pretty sure BE never made it to 3 years with the slots… If I remember correctly they fell about 1 month short - I wonder if Virgin were trying to keep them afloat until the slots became theirs, but with Covid looming and travel restrictions starting to spread (especially for Lon...

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

Looks like BA had to give them LHR slots for EDI and ABZ services https://www.acl-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/BA_BE_S21_27April21.pdf WOW... So if I have read that right, BA have had to give a defunct airline some domestic slots ..? God help anyone who trusts their money with this new crowd. ...

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FabDiva

Re: Windsor Castle No Fly Zone

I suspect it's targeted at Drones, at the moment Windsor is "We recommend you do not fly here" because of the proximity to Heathrow. The town and castle are outside of the Flight Restriction Zone for Heathrow (being more than 5km from the Runway) so it is legal to fly there* - by imposing ...

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FabDiva

Re: 19 seaters in Europe

https://www.islesofscilly-travel.co.uk/skybus/

They used to use Islanders on the St Just route but seems they've gone full Twotter now

FabDiva

Re: Batik Air A320 lands with nosegear turned 90 degrees

bennett123 wrote:
If it can default to 90 degrees, why not default to 0 degrees?.

it's better to spring load it up against the stops one way or the other then try and line it up in the middle when you can't be sure it's centred.

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FabDiva

Re: PW4000 powered B777 Fleet Groundings

That's the beauty about traceability! Each engine has/had an inspection. Some would of been rebuilt with new blades, each blade should have a service start date technically so you can track the no. of days vs flight hours. My question is, did all 3 failures happen at the same stage of a flight? 2 h...

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FabDiva

Re: All UK-NL air travel banned due to New COVID

What a mess. The 1st of Jan this mutation won't have disapeared, what then? I guess other countries will need to follow. After the 1st the UK becomes a 3rd country anyway and as things stand only "essential" travel will be permitted under the EU's Covid border restrictions. I assume this ...

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FabDiva

Re: Airbus corporate shuttle to BFM?

BMI used to do Airbus shuttle work out of BRS.

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FabDiva

Re: Is DL taking delivery of A350’s from NRT to avoid tariffs?

I recall that for some Lease/Finance transactions on new aircraft the aircraft had to be in UK airspace when the payment was made (guessing a UK financier), so some deliveries from both Boeing and Airbus would do a few orbits over the UK while the paperwork was signed then head for the final destina...

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FabDiva

Re: What is the future of LGW? What will it mean for the other hubs?

I prefer Heathrow because direct coach* (I live in the South West) - for Gatwick I have to change at Heathrow, add in connection times to allow for M25 delays and Gatwick is completely off the radar. It would need to offer a huge saving to cancel out the time penalty *It still takes 3.5-4 hrs, Brist...

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FabDiva

Re: BBD ejection strategy: got lucky or sound decision-making?

Perhaps a bit of both? It will be interesting to see what Bombardier does going forward. Weren't they searching for a JV/merger partner for their rail business? Seems the European rail manufacturers + Bombardier are having a tough time competing against the Chinese. The rail business has been sold ...

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FabDiva

Re: How will coronavirus impact the shift from air to rail travel?

£9.99 fares on London-Scotland are nowhere near as common as they used to be 10 years ago. Once you do a fair comparison of train v rail (ie air ticket booked 1 month in advance is not compared to rail ticket booked 1 hour in advance), train is not so expensive Indeed and given UK APD is £12 that £...

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FabDiva

Re: PIA A320 (flight PK8303) crashes in Karachi

Who is examining the black boxes? https://www.thenews.com.pk/ Main headline. Airbus sending a team to Karachi today. Usually the aircraft manufacturer is only assisting the investigators. Which juridiction do the investigators come from? Is it French BEA or is it Pakistani Directorate General of Ci...

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FabDiva

Re: New York-JFK tower shut down

ojjunior wrote:
JFK looks operative.
Arrivals and departures running normally so far.
Including an odd AZ arrival from FCO(???)

Repatriation flights are still running at the moment, most schedules reduce next week.

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FabDiva

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020 - Part II

Flights will keep flying, both to take US Citizens back from Europe and for returning passengers (EU and Beyond) from the US

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FabDiva

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020

Thunderbolt500 wrote:
Has there ever been a ban of flights between us and europe

Sept 11th aftermath is the only one I can think of

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FabDiva

Re: Coronavirus Aviation Related News & Discussion Thread - March 2020

I believe Ireland is included with the UK, my understanding is the ban only applies to the Schengen Zone. In any case I'm pretty sure your recent passport history is visible to the border agents when they scan, so a scan out of France (or even a Scan into the UK at the juxtaposed controls in Calais)...

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FabDiva

Re: Belfast City Routes Up for Grabs - who will take over?

ISTR that in the No Deal Docs the UK was not going to object to EU airlines operating domestically with the hope that the EU would reciprocate. That was however under the previous administration, the current one may have other ideas

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FabDiva

Re: Belfast City Routes Up for Grabs - who will take over?

IMO, the most at risk is EXT. The only other airlines flying from EXT are TUI and FR, neither seems to have much enthusiasm for internal routes. Looking at BHD, the only other operators are EI, BA, T3, KL and LM. Of these, Brexit would probably rule out EI and KL, and BA seem to have little enthusi...

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FabDiva

Re: Stobart Air in trouble

Is it true, that Stobart ceased flying on, but Blue Islands and Loganair still continue to operate the former FlyBe routes? It's down to how they operated. (Pre-Connect) Stobart were a subcontractor to Flybe. Flybe decided the routes and took the revenue risk, Stobart were paid by the hour for supp...

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FabDiva

Re: Stobart Air in trouble

Stobart did a lot of contract flying for Flybe (most of the ATR operations), that's now ceased suddenly, I suspect things will re-balance as the dust settles and the aircraft from the Flybe contract get new work. I can see someone trying to fill the gaps in the Dublin regional network left by Flybe,...

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

That's some good news at least. They are also an ATR and Embraer centre so hopefully will pick up some work. IIRC they also do work on the RAF's A400Ms.

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

As mentioned who would try to sneak in and ‘steal’ the aircraft? ATC would just permit the aircraft leaving. It’s just not plausible. It is standard operating procedure for basically all airports where fees are outstanding, so more than plausible. Consider how ATC would know that the fees have or h...

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

They don't have a good reputation. Also the flight is a Humberside then Lapland charter - seems the wrong time of year for Lapland?

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

As far as I know no others appeared, but around that point they seemed to pause repaints. I wonder if the all purple was proving too expensive to maintain.

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

The centre one was the original livery, the front one was the current livery. The rear one was a partial repaint following repair after having a MLG collapse at Amsterdam and remained a one off

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FabDiva

Re: Who will replace Flybe?

Should add the £100bn was for the complete HS2 network to Manchester and Leeds including stations and trains. The rebuild of Euston into a double deck 400m station is going to be one of the most expensive parts, hence phase 1 only including 4 stations (Birmingham City, Birmingham Airport, Old Oak Co...

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FabDiva

Re: Who will replace Flybe?

With Exeter I can see the likes of Aer Lingus Regional, Blue Islands, Cityhopper and Hop! giving thought to replacing the more popular Flybe routes from EXT. Maybe they'll time better for connections, certainly Flybe's EXT-DUB timings missed the US flights going out and with a late evening return wa...

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread Update: Flybe ceases flying, enters administration

Exeter has a grand total of 2 departures today, the TUI to Lanzerote that went out early today, and a Blue Islands one off 'rescue' flight - it's not looking good.

(Cue joke about 3 runways per flight)

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread

vfw614 wrote:
Where is that aircraft heading to? Looks like a mistake to me.

FR24 often loses tracking in that area, the terrain is quite lumpy, sometimes they pop back up halfway down the ILS but this one next reported on the ground. Didn't see it because there is a layer of low cloud over Exeter at the moment

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FabDiva

Re: Flybe News and Discussion Thread

Very unfortunate advert on the last flight

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