Wednesday, 30 December 2015

ye old excellent days of air travel

Saturday, 26 December 2015

Tuesday, 22 December 2015

Austrian Airlines FAs

Six Pack – The Primary Flight Instruments

The Six Pack is not a half-dozen beers, and it’s not a well toned and muscled belly. Instead, Pilots know the 6-Pak refers to the six Primary Flight Instruments. 3 + 3 = 6 The 6 basic flight instruments are divided into two categories.

Heathrow: Average of 10 families a day being denied boarding on trips to South Africa

In the busiest week of the year for British holidaymakers heading for South Africa, an average of 10 families a day are being denied boarding when they turn up at Heathrow. They fall foul of draconian new rules that demand a full birth certificate for each child.

Grant Hughes, an account manager from Suffolk, was booked to fly from Heathrow to Addis Ababa and onwards to Durban with Ethiopian Airlines. Mr Hughes, 45, was travelling with his fiancee and his two children, aged 11 and 15, for their wedding in the city on 16 December. But the airline, which had not told them birth certificates were obligatory, refused to let them board the plane.

Responsibility rests with passengers to ensure they have the necessary documents to enter a country. Airlines face fines from the South African authorities if they carry passengers under 18 who do not have a birth certificate and are therefore inadmissible.

Monday, 21 December 2015

a tail-strike

When the plane takes off, why doesn’t the tail hit the runway?

December 21, 2015adminAircraft, Airlines

It sometimes does happen. It’s called a tail-strike where the rear end of an aircraft touches the runway. It can happen during take-off if the pilot pulls up too quickly. It can also happen during landing if the pilot raises the nose aggressively.