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07.Mar.2008 : Farewell eMail In response you yesterday’s e-mail a lot of replies are starting to come in, which quite honesty I didn’t think about. I will answer them all, but it’s going to take some time. I’ve decided to add them to this blog, just first names only. I hope no-one takes offence at that. [...]
Attached are two documents that seemingly appear to be genuine Airbus documentation detailing damage done to QF32 as a result of the uncontained failure on the Airbus A380 earlier this month. The first document, QF32-A380-Damage-Overview.pdf, appears to be a PowerPoint slide presented by Thomas Montagne, Airbus’ Technical Services Manager. It presents an overview of major [...]
06.Mar.2008 : Farewell Email For the past few years, I’ve run a roster process that converts the company roster into a variety of electronic formats through my web site Infinidim. This service provides rosters to about 1000 pilots (about 400 on a paid subscription basis), for which I’ve been charging 100 dhs ($35 AUD) per [...]
Having jumping through multiple hoops to get the original – you would think that having operated into the States every month for the last two years, renewing my visa would not be that difficult a process. Well .. If you read my previous post, you’ll know that despite being told that the process would be [...]
I have just completed the process of renewing my US Visa. This is the first renewal of my crew C1/D visa that permits me multiple entry into the States as part of an operating Airline Crew Crew Member – it was issued while I was working for Emirates in 2005. Though dimmed through the mists [...]
Thanks to Dave from AirlineReporter.com, here’s a nice little (simplistic) video on aviation weather from a passenger perspective. It looks into turbulence in light aircraft and airliners, icing, windshear, lightning strikes, fog and forecasting. There’s also some interesting footage shot from inside the Boeing 787 simulator. From the King5.com website: When airline pilots are cruising [...]
Qantas have produced a number of excellent podcasts. The first series, Plane Speak, is presented by Captain Dale Newman, and he answers some of the common questions that are asked by passengers. The second series is released as part of Qantas’ 90th Anniversary birthday and cover the history of the organisation dating back to the [...]
05.Mar.2008 : SmashWreckBank (Mashreq Bank) I passed through my Jumeirah branch of SmashWreckBank this morning. Let me say right up that MashreqBank was recommended to me by someone in HR Recruitment when I joined – and it turned out that the person in the bank responsible for new accounts was this HR employee’s brother. In [...]
We considered devoting a segment on the uncontained engine failure of Qantas Flight 32 (VH-OQA, an Airbus A380) in the latest episode of Flight Podcast, but decided it was inappropriate to address the issues in any detail in the early stages void of any real or formal investigation. We have a panel of experts that [...]
The real story about a cargo fire indication that forced Northwest airlines Flight 41 to divert into Iran was never told in any detail. The airline did a wonderful job of silencing the crew on board the airliner to the point where most employees were – and remain – blissfully unaware that one of their [...]
Recently, after commenting on the latest of Qantas’ engine troubles, I was asked to talk about what was an “interesting” in-flight moment for me. Despite this being one of the most common questions, I realised that I’ve never blogged about “interesting” flight moments – which of course immediately motivated me to do so. Funnily enough, [...]
05.Mar.2008 : HR Briefing Today was the Briefing with HR. It took place at the new EGHQ building. First a checklist session with Alavia and then an interview with Helena. I must say that having struggled with the decision and discussed it to endless lengths with Meg and some close friends, it’s annoying to go [...]
I received a disturbing phone call from a friend only a few hours ago who had caught the tail end of a news bulletin suggesting that Qantas debris had washed up onto a Beach in Batam. Traditional news services failed me, so I turned to the one place that offers immediate information – Twitter. As [...]
Friend and fellow podcaster Karlene Pettit recently blogged on managing the A330 speed/configuration during approach. I thought it might be interesting to explore the topic on the 777. The point of Karlene’s article is that often the manfacturer’s profile doesn’t comply with the ATC environment we find ourselves in, and the performance characteristics of the [...]
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