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REPETITIVE AIRLINE FAILURES
I worked on the British Airline Pilots Association Executive Council for twenty years and in my career time witnessed the total collapse of some 16 Airlines. The ones named will be known to many rea ........
FATIGUE
When I obtained my first job as a qualified civilian pilot, I joined a company called Dan Air. More of that in the book of course. Dan was what used to be referred as a charter company. They, like m ........
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FLIGHTS OF FANCY (PART 2)
I had been retired for ten years and had now reached State Pension age. A family celebration was called for and a wonderful evening out had been arranged which was a black tie event. Prior to the de ........
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FLIGHTS OF FANTASY. (PART ONE)
This is not the trip as described fully in the book “Flying used to be Fun.” In the early seventies, much to everyone’s amazement the Royal Air Force agreed with British Airways that the two organi ........
SENIORITY
Seniority is one of the “S” words that tend to dominate a pilot’s life throughout his whole career. The second “S” is for salary and the third “S” is a short three letter word which the reader will ........
FED UP WITH SECURITY?
Basically, airline travel took a very severe turn for the worse in 1970, when Leila Khaled high-jacked a Boeing 707 belonging to El Al, the Israeli airline. This armed intervention occurred in Briti ........
FRIGHTENED PASSENGERS
FRIGHTENED Of Flying? Amazingly many people still are, so you are not alone. Courses are now run to help people overcome this problem. As a Captain you were not usually the first person to be aware ........
DO YOU WANT TO BE A PILOT?
If the answer is yes there are only two ways currently available. The cheapest way is to apply to the Royal Air Force. Once selected as suitable and providing you meet the very demanding selection ........
SERIOUS AIR MISSES
Potential readers may not be familiar with the phrase Mandatory Occurrence Report. These reports have to be made when a potentially fatal incident is experienced on a civilian aircraft. The next sta ........