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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Here's a good article explaining the problems with the Cooper-Letwin Bill. The fact that the Bill could, in its current form, have unintended consequences is something they might have picked up on had they bothered to scrutinise it properly and not just rammed it through the Commons in four hours. h...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Klaus wrote:
Dutchy wrote:
Whom advocated to disband NATO?

Donald Trump, as always following Vladimir Putin's talking points and interests.

Except that the whole Russian Collusion/Puppet thing has been well and truly dispelled. Give it up.

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Makes perfect sense to me. The House of Commons doesn't want a hard Brexit and made it the law. What is wrong with it? Or is it that you don't like it's content? Except they didn't. The bill passed is specific to the date April 12th and has been so poorly and hastily concocted that it does little m...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Members of the House of Lords are, quite rightly, attempting to filibuster the Cooper-Letwin Bill. The Bill is nothing more than a poorly concocted piece of constitutional vandalism for which there is absolutely no good reason to have abandoned precedent and rammed it through the House of Commons in...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

For the first time I truly feel anger for this. It is time to grow-up and take some responsibility for this. You and 17million of your fellow countrymen voted for exactly this, so this is on you, all of you 17 million. So yes, I hope you will crash out. I hope Northern Ireland will vote to rejoin I...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

We'll see. This isn't even close to being finished yet. Like you say, we'll see. But I rather consider last night to have been an embarrassment, and a cursory glance at the Continental Press reveals that they think so too. At the heart of this all is Parliamentary Government vs. Government by Parli...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

I think it's hilarious that all of their self-aggrandizing efforts to take control, fueled by nothing but their own hubris, have come to naught. The hole Brexit thing is hilarious if the consequences weren't so serious. So your statement can't be qualified in another matter than complete and utter ...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Parliament voted down tonight: > No-Deal Brexit (B) > Common Market 2.0/Norway Plus (D) > Norway Option (H) > Customs Union (J) > Labour’s Brexit Plan (K) > No-Deal Emergency Brake (L) > Second Referendum (M) > Malthouse Plan B (O) Brilliant, all motions turned down by this Parliament, so in conclu...

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Re: A Lufthansa Business Class trip in Europe - Toulouse to Frankfurt on the A320neo

Thanks for the excellent report. I agree that Lufthansa intra-Europe Business Class is very reasonably priced - and so too are upgrade options across the Lufthansa Group. The service looks pretty standard, but I mean that as a compliment, because the standard is above-average. I am always impressed ...

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Michel Bacos, Air France Entebbe Captain, dies.

Michel Bacos, Captain of Air France Flight 139 which was hijacked by Palestinian Terrorists in 1976, died yesterday at the age of 95. This article from The Times of Israel documents his brave actions as the situation unfolded. He refused to leave his Jewish Passengers and stayed onboard with them un...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Richard28 wrote:
KLDC10 wrote:
my vote for Brexit was not based on a desire to close Britain off to the world

KLDC10 wrote:
why you insist on bleating about it from New Zealand.

no comment.

There's no contradiction here. New Zealand is unaffected by Brexit, so I don't understand the hysteria.

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

zkojq wrote:
How very noble of you.

How unnecessarily sarcastic of you. I explained that that my vote for Brexit was not based on a desire to close Britain off to the world. That is a perfectly reasonable position.

I really don't understand why you insist on bleating about it from New Zealand.

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Re: Mueller's Investigation/Report Complete!

This is hilarious. Up until a couple of days ago, Democrat surrogates were telling us that Donald Trump Jr. was about to be hauled off in handcuffs and that the President would be brought down. And now what? They've got nothing. Say that with me: NOTHING. The media has strung the world along on a wi...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

zkojq wrote:
So you're telling me that the ending of free movement of people won't keep out foreign reprobates such as myself? Sounds like you were sold a lie, mate.

I don't recall voting to close the borders or ban tourism. To end EU Freedom of Movement, sure.

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

On the basis that there is no evidence whatsoever and you have automatically assumed she is telling the truth. Whereas you've automatically assumed she's lying based on no evidence. Right. Maybe she should have put it on the side of a bus. :sarcastic: :banghead: It has been reported that she has ma...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

I land in Manchester on May 22nd. Will this be long enough after a hard-brexit for me to see lots of empty supermarket shelves so that I can make some smug Instagram posts? Is the food supplies minister, David Rutley MP, any good at his job? What a stupid question. Don't be so ridiculous - or, if y...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

2.000.000 signatures enough for you? Erm, no. 4million enough for you? Creeping towards 10% of the constituents. No, of course not. I'm not sure whether I have made the nature of my objections clearly enough. First of all I reject the legitimacy of the petition. I have provided evidence that a sign...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Always, otherwise, I couldn't run my business like I do. But more importantly, 5% voting for something online is amazing certainly if you compare it to the others, they are stuck with less than 200.00-400.000, so nearing 3 million is quite a signal, even you have to admit that 8-) Perhaps in the Ne...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Oh, and this: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584 Largest and fastest growing petition to parliament. Ever. And also entirely irrelevant, since it isn't a referendum and anyone can sign it. I just went onto the website and searched for a random petition. The "safeguards" again...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Indeed: the drama is dead, long live the drama. Like I said before, a part of me just says let there be a hardest Brexit as possible and let the Brits take the hit, they wanted it (well the frontmen of Brexit all have made sure that they won't take a hit, but the normal Brits will). And I must say ...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

So you are saying that the 740.000+ are fake? Or at least the majority? You only need 100.000 to be considered, so I would say it has been met by UK citizens, don't you think. No, I didn't say anything of the sort. I suggested that the integrity of the petition has been compromised and have present...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Oh, and this: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584 Largest and fastest growing petition to parliament. Ever. And also entirely irrelevant, since it isn't a referendum and anyone can sign it. I just went onto the website and searched for a random petition. The "safeguards" again...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Oh, and this: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/241584 Largest and fastest growing petition to parliament. Ever. And also entirely irrelevant, since it isn't a referendum and anyone can sign it. I just went onto the website and searched for a random petition. The "safeguards" again...

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Re: Croatia Airlines revised livery

It seems the new look could have been very different... http://incubius.com/croatia-airlines-rebrand Calling this [childish exercise?] a 're-branding' calls for courage and a brazen face. :checkmark: :checkmark: :checkmark: The concepts shown in that article are horrific. I struggle to believe that...

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Re: Terrorism in NL? Shots fired in tram.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47611811

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Re: Apparent launch of A220-500 with launch customer

VirginFlyer wrote:
Hash tagging it with #ET302. Classy.

V/F

Leaves a bad taste in the mouth, doesn't it?

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Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

https://imgur.com/a/EGtc5QH Couldn't get the full upload, but here's the website of the UA purple hued signage in ASE. https://imgur.com/a/EGtc5QH Quick mock up based on your image: https://i.imgur.com/ut8nxU4.png Not bad, but I think I like the globe facing the other way (as on the euro-white) a b...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Interesting article, thanks for pointing it out. I don't think anyone truly knows what is going to happen, we are in unchartered territory. Something must happen to get out of this deadlocked Parliament. Yes, I think it is fairly neutral and fact-based. Well, now that is the crux of the problem. Pa...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

It was easily defeated now, but then I'm surprised somebody tabled it this early. The people's vote option is likely to have significantly more support further down the road. Yes, I know, but this is how Parliament works in the UK. Timing is everything. The numbers, however, are telling. Labour whi...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

So far, an Amendment to the Motion calling for a Second Referendum has been soundly rejected. It was easily defeated now, but then I'm surprised somebody tabled it this early. The people's vote option is likely to have significantly more support further down the road. Yes, I know, but this is how P...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Have they decided yet? Will GB ask for an extension of article 50? Voting is still ongoing. So far, an Amendment to the Motion calling for a Second Referendum has been soundly rejected. Amendments must be voted on first, then the motion itself will proceed - with or without Amendments as applicable.

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Re: Trump overrules FAA, grounds 737MAX

32andBelow wrote:
So dumb. All 3 airlines and the pilots union are okay with the plane. But trump and Fiji and Lebanon know better

And most of Europe. Let's not pretend the decision was taken lightly by the UK CAA or other European Authorities.

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

The polls suggest the mood is swinging the other way - and I'm hoping 2016 was peak gammon. Hopefully, we can come out of this intact and the state and media can get their act together and start presenting reality instead of populist sound bites and generally promoting and educating good policy. Do...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

the drums of no deal are beating louder in the UK Until 7pm this evening when our sovereign Parliament overwhelmingly rejects the idiocy that would be no deal. And that accomplishes what? The parliament has then decided, it does not want the deal, it does not want the no deal and it does not want t...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

In what world does TM live if she thinks this will go well for her? This is crazy. In the end the Brits need to pick two out of three: hard brexit, no wall across Ireland and no walls inside the UK. Picking all three is the unicorn. What the EU has been saying for two and a half years: what do you ...

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Re: ERJ 175 Pilots bored out of their minds even on regional flights

Can they turn off the autopilot and hand fly if they get bored? Naturally, but there is little reason to do so at Cruise Altitude. More likely is that a Pilot might decide to wait longer to engage Autopilot after takeoff. Actually you can’t turn off autopilot above 29000 ft. You cannot fly in RVSM ...

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Re: Ethiopian Airlines 737MAX crashes enroute to Nairobi

Some fairly big pieces of wreckage too ... https://imbo.vgtv.no/users/vgtv/images/e53290373a18b6d8ac54cb0734de7ba0?t%5B%5D=1960x1100q50 https://vgc.no/drfront/images/2019/03/10/w=654;h=436;455639.jpg https://smp.vgc.no/v2/images/4f76b342-be21-44ec-87b1-93de47230ed6?fit=crop&h=1340&w=1900&am...

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Re: Aer Lingus RJ85 new livery

I guess the CityJet Avros are going to hang around a little longer then!

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Re: ERJ 175 Pilots bored out of their minds even on regional flights

NYPECO wrote:
Can they turn off the autopilot and hand fly if they get bored?

Naturally, but there is little reason to do so at Cruise Altitude. More likely is that a Pilot might decide to wait longer to engage Autopilot after takeoff.

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Re: United Airlines "Evolution" to Globe Livery coming in April

toxtethogrady wrote:
Well, okay -- United is about to lose the last element of Continental Airlines that existed. They ditched the Houston headquarters and downsized the hub. So what's left for anyone in Houston to show loyalty to?

What are you talking about? Houston is United's second-largest hub.

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Re: What old liveries would you like to see back again ?

This would do nicely: https://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/airliners/8/4/5/1289548.jpg?v=v40 https://www.airliners.net/photo/KLM-Royal-Dutch-Airlines/Boeing-747-206B/350181?qsp=eJxtjTsOwjAQRO%2BytZug8EnKUFCSggus7AUsBdvaXT5WlLtjORIV3ejN08wMNgalj15yIuhBCNnewUBCxodAPwN6toxXHVC8XbVN22zNrzhRIP5fQd/tur0B...

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Shoreham Airshow Pilot Acquitted of Manslaughter

I'm not quite sure if this is the correct forum, but Pilot Andrew Hill, whose Hawker Hunter T7 crashed at Shoreham Airshow in 2015, killing 11 people has been, per the BBC, acquitted of Manslaughter. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-47495885 The AAIB cites the official cause of the crash as 'Pilo...

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Re: Manafort sentenced to 47 months

There's also the story going around, that Ellis previously sentenced a man to 40 years in prison for dealing meth, citing mandatory minimum laws and claiming he thought the length of the sentence "wrong, but not immoral". And your point? Mandatory Minimums are quite different from a sente...

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Re: CityJet abandons the Sukhoi Superjet. A chance for the C-Series?

It would not surprise me at all if nothing replaces the RJ85s (or SSJs) and Cityjet just ends up being a CRJ operator for SAS and AF/KLM. Haven’t they scrapped all their own scheduled flying, or at least planning to? Also the A220-100 is much larger than a RJ85. Those could honestly be replaced by ...

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Re: Delta Pilot leaves Gun in Aircraft at ATL

The idea of any crew member having a gun on their person on an airplane is outrageous. However, just to humour those gun nuts, why would a pilot need one? Shouldn't the purser be the person to carry it? If any violent incident was to happen on an airplane, it would 99.9% happen in the cabin. The fi...

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CityJet abandons the Sukhoi Superjet. A chance for the C-Series?

I am sure that many on this board are familiar with the problems experienced by CityJet and Brussels Airlines with the Sukhoi Superjet. The wet-lease agreement came to an end earlier this year and, as this article explains, CityJet has now returned the SS100s: https://www.aerotime.aero/aerotime.team...

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Re: My Mother Committed Suicide (Repost)

Thank you to everyone for the condolences and encouraging words. I am getting better every day and am sleeping more each night. We're gonna make it through this; I just keep telling myself that. Your positivity in the face of adversity is inspiring. I'm truly sorry to read of your loss and thank yo...

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

If she does back a delay, May’s pro-Brexit colleagues will accuse her of betrayal and could even support a vote of no confidence in the government -- potentially triggering a general election. It's extremely unlikely that MPs of a party in power would vote against it in a no confidence vote. I thin...

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Re: Chagos Islands ( incl. Diego Garcia )dispute: UK obliged to end control - UN

Quote from the article you linked: "The court's advisory opinion, delivered in The Hague, is not legally binding."

I don't see why the US or UK should bother heeding this opinion. Probably a non-story.

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Re: Brexit part 5:Bye England! See you soon Scotland ?

Actually, that is what democracy is all about! Democracy is a dictatorship of 50% of all votes +1. That’s why the other 50% -1 want a new referendum Most importantly it is the continued repetition of votes, that is why there are elections every couple of years. best regards Thomas I'm not convinced...

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