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by sidestick
09 Jun 2009, 18:21
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air France AF447 crash into the Atlantic: Airbus A330 aircraft parts found
Replies: 168
Views: 55008

Re: Air France flight AFR447 Airbus A332 missing

To MEA: yes, numerous case of faults regarding these pitot tubes installed on 320/330 and 340. Even AF acknowledge that. (See the above link to Eurocockpit web site and related link to the Air Caraibes incident....) Looks like to me that the chronology of the messages is almost exactly the same :oops:
by sidestick
13 Feb 2009, 21:41
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Cargo B
Replies: 28
Views: 8957

Re: Cargo B

Just wondering :how can an airline be profitable if you are paying leases and pilots for 3 747's and in practice only uses 1 to generate income...? Cargo B is advertising in the Flight Magazine: "Cargo B Airlines has approximately 25 CVs on file of qualified staf with JAA Licences who are curr...
by sidestick
15 Oct 2008, 22:19
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: 2 Dutch F-16's sent out to intercept 767
Replies: 2
Views: 1209

Re: 2 Dutch F-16's sent out to intercept 767

Funny enough, on the 14th Aug 2005, 2 F-16's intecepted a Delta B767 coming from IST enroute to the US....
They "lost" com over germany as well..... :shock:

Could that be that the media service took more than 3 years to put the info online?? ;)
by sidestick
14 Sep 2007, 10:17
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: b.air forced to lease MD-83 from flightline!
Replies: 32
Views: 7292

For the documentation, Netjets offers First officers over 10000€ a month plus twice as many days off as at SN... They know personnel are the essential key to a well-working company and treat their people very nicely!! Very tempting...especially for the actual SN captains... And it takes over 5 year...
by sidestick
02 May 2007, 18:17
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: VIRGIN ATLANTIC starting US-flights out of BRU?????
Replies: 19
Views: 3711

spotter1102 wrote:Yes but it's possible :wink:

City Bird flew nonstop BRU-LAX in the past.
VG/Delsey Airlines as well with A332.
by sidestick
24 Jan 2007, 12:07
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Brussels Airlines in need of A330 ccm's and pilots
Replies: 12
Views: 2963

Re: Brussels Airlines in need of A330 ccm's and pilots

For the cockpit crew they are recruiting external cuz they need qualified people for the first 6 months. .. Hello, Why SNBA needs contract pilots if the company receive the plane only for the winter season? They have plenty of time to qualify new pilots or give a recurrent to previously A330 qualif...
by sidestick
20 Sep 2005, 10:21
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: OO-TUC 767-300ER delayed
Replies: 223
Views: 51506

This operation of OO-TUC looks more like a third world ops. If it was not to carry pax, I would smile, but this become very serious........ :?
There is room for more LH planes in Belgium, just lease some in good shape.

Happy landings
by sidestick
24 Mar 2005, 10:18
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: sabena dividend was paid today
Replies: 4
Views: 1487

Re: HOW MUCH DID SABENA PILOTS GOT PAID OUT ????

beco wrote: I was told that several pilots with 4-8 years job experience (A330-340) got between 4 million BEF and 7 million BEF. .
Unfortunatly, being one of these guy's, I can only say that this is absolutly not true......... :( although I wish so.
by sidestick
22 Mar 2005, 21:01
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: sabena dividend was paid today
Replies: 4
Views: 1487

With some dept still to be sold, let's hope it will not be the last one. :lol:
At least, it's progressing............
by sidestick
22 Mar 2005, 20:58
Forum: Civil aviation / General aviation
Topic: Fly by wire ..
Replies: 19
Views: 3710

Dassault is developing the new 7X as the first business aircraft using fly by wire flight controls.
The prototype should be flying very soon. :D