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NEWS
UK public sector strike to hit airports, airlines Significant delays are feared Wednesday at UK airports, particularly London Heathrow (LHR), with UK Border Agency immigration officers expected to join a massive, one-day public sector strike protesting austerity measures. Link
Airlines brace for strike at London's Heathrow Airport International airlines are preparing for a possible strike at London's Heathrow Airport on Wednesday. U.K. immigration workers are threatening to strike, which could lead to long delays for passengers going through immigration. "Modeling of the impacts of strike action on passenger flows at Heathrow shows that there are likely to be very long delays of up to 12 hours to arriving passengers," said BAA Airports, the airport operator. Link
Qantas: Ongoing industrial dispute cuts 1H profit by 66% Qantas (QF) said the extensive industrial action taken by its three labor unions has cost the airline A$194 million ($195 million). Combined with soaring fuel costs, the airline’s first-half profit will be slashed by up to 66%. Link
Qantas Set To Drop Asian Carrier Plans Australia's Qantas Airways is set to shelve plans for a new premium airline in Asia as global economic turmoil shakes management confidence in the project, the Australian Financial review reported without citing any sources. Link
Air India Lenders Approve Restructuring A consortium of lenders to state-run Air India has broadly approved its financial restructuring plan, a move that would come as a huge relief for the cash-strapped airline, a source with direct knowledge of the development said on Monday. Link
Man Sentenced In US Stowaway Case A Nigerian-American man who pleaded guilty to stowing away on a commercial airline flight from New York to Los Angeles was sentenced on Monday to time served and placed on supervised release. Link
International Air Freight Traffic Slows – IATA International air freight traffic was 4.8 percent lower in October than a year previously, while international passenger traffic grew 4.6 percent but at a slowing pace, the International Air Transport Association said on Monday. Link
MEA Pilots To Strike Over Dismissed Colleague Pilots working for Lebanon's Middle East Airlines voted to hold a 48-hour strike from Monday night in protest at the dismissal of a colleague suffering from cancer. Link
First Thai Airways A380 enters final assembly line Thai Airways' first Airbus A380 aircraft has entered the final assembly line in Toulouse, France. At the final assembly line, the various sections of Thai Airways' first A380 will be brought together and assembled on a single jig in several phrases prior to being moved to the "final control station" for equipment and systems installation and checks, the airline said in a statement. Thai Airways is set to receive the first of six A380s on order in the third quarter of 2012 and will operate the aircraft on premier routes between Bangkok and Europe. Link
F-22 oxygen report delayed for months The US Air Force has extended by several months a self-imposed deadline for releasing a scientific analysis of the oxygen problems blamed for two groundings of the Lockheed Martin F-22A Raptor. The five-month old oxygen study by a scientific advisory board led by retired General Gregory "Speedy" Martin was due to be released in November, a schedule upheld by the USAF earlier this month. Link
Australia saves six F-111s, offers seven, buries 23 Australia is offering to loan seven retired General Dynamics F-111 aircraft to Australian museums and other organizations, while it has buried another 23 aircraft in a landfill."Following their retirement in December last year, aircraft museums and historical organizations around the country contacted me expressing strong interest in displaying the F-111," said minister for defense materiel Jason Clare. Link
UK clears Hawk T2s, Tucanos for return to training duties The UK Royal Air Force is to resume normal flight activities with its BAE Systems Hawk T2s and Shorts Tucano T1 basic trainers, but its older Hawk T1s remain temporarily grounded. Operations involving the two types were stopped on 8 November, after a pilot from the RAF's Hawk T1-equipped Red Arrows aerobatic display team died following a ground incident involving his Martin-Baker Mk 10 ejection seat. Link
Lufthansa to stop investments for six months Lufthansa (LH) will freeze investments, including hiring, for six months owing to the weak global economy. However, fleet investments will not be affected, the staff magazine Lufthanseat reported. The move should assure LH’s investment grade credit rating will not be downgraded as demand weakens. Link
Despite bumpy ride, Virgin America aims to bring the fun back to flying Notwithstanding some setbacks in bringing a new reservation system online, Virgin America wants to make flying enjoyable again through state-of-the-art amenities and accommodating staff, CEO David Cush says. In this interview with The Associated Press, Cush talks about the company's struggle to turn a profit despite high fuel prices, continued efforts to find slots in Newark, N.J., and the possibility of going public. Link
United Continental focuses on Latin American market United Continental is focusing on the growing market of Latin America. "It's a market that's been underserved," said Tom Parsons, CEO of BestFares.com. "Now, it's just a huge revenue market." The carrier reported that revenue for flights to and from Latin America increased 22% from last year. Link
FAA orders carriers to remove some oxygen generators The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered airlines to remove oxygen generators from airplane bathrooms because of concerns that the generators could be used to start fires. The FAA says it would take up to four years to design and install a secure oxygen system. However, the agency says the generators present no "specific threat at this time" and that flight attendants "have their own mobile masks" and possess training should there be a passenger in a lavatory after a decompression event. Link
Rising fuel prices cause airlines to drop small-plane flights Airlines are dropping flights by their least-fuel-efficient small planes in a bid to reduce fuel costs. The cuts are leaving some smaller cities without air service and forcing passengers to make lengthy road trips to the nearest major airports. Airlines have ended flights to 27 small airports across the U.S. in the past two years, Airports Council International says. Link
Boeing offers in-flight communication for fuel efficiency Boeing offers a service that communicates with pilots in-flight to save money on fuel costs. "It taps a different aspect of the business that airlines haven't yet tapped into," said Derek Gefroh, program manager for Boeing's InFlight Optimization Services. Alaska Airlines has been testing the Wind Updates feature of the Boeing service. Link
Airlines should implement passenger dress code, experts say Several incidents in which flight attendants have asked passengers to deplane because of inadequate dress have left experts calling for an airline dress code for passengers. "In the end, the flight crew is in charge of the aircraft, and they have to make judgments based on what they think is going to create the safest and most comfortable environment for everyone on the airplane," Virgin America CEO David Cush said. Link
Blog: Airlines should update rules on electronic devices Blogger Nick Bilton wants rules updated on powering off cellphones and other electronic devices in flight. "New technologies are often greeted with fear and that is certainly true of a disruptive technology like cellphones," he writes. A Federal Aviation Administration spokesman cited a Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics study that found "insufficient information to support changing the policies." Link
Other News
Atlantic Airways (RC), the national carrier of the Faroe Islands, posted a profit before tax of DKK27.4 million ($5 million) in the first nine months of 2011, up 166% from a DKK 10.3 million pre-tax profit earned in the year-ago period. The strong profit increase was achieved despite a small 6% decline of its third-quarter profit before tax to DKK17.9 million from a DKK 19 million pre-tax profit earned in the year-ago period. It cited higher fuel costs and a lower contribution from offshore activity in Faroese waters compared to a year earlier. Third-quarter revenue was DKK134 million, unchanged compared to the same period in 2010.
The FAA has proposed a civil penalty of $180,000 against Evergreen International Airlines, of McMinnville, Ore., for allegedly operating aircraft on seven flights from Aug. 23 to Sept. 19, 2009, when the pilots on those flights had not been trained in familiarization flights in both Class I and Class II airspace. The FAA alleged Evergreen provided only the Class I familiarization flights on seven flights.
Air France (AF) will commence 3X-weekly scheduled service between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Wuhan Tianhe April 11, 2012. AF will use a Boeing 777-200ER configured with 309 seats, comprising 35 in business, 24 in premium economy and 250 in economy.
AVIATION QUOTE
To the aircraft I aim, not the man.
— Francesco Baracca, Italy's leading ace of WWI, in Italian "è all'apparecchio che io miro non all'uomo," the prancing horse emblem he sported on his aircraft was used by Enzo Ferrari on his cars. Corpo Aeronautico Militare, 34 victories WWI.
ON THIS DATE
November 29th
---In 1940…First flight of the Junkers Ju-288.
---In 1943…The Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Hornet is commissioned. Today she is a floating museum docked in San Francisco Bay at the former NAS Alameda.
---In 1945... A U.S. Army Sikorsky R-5 helicopter off the coast of Long Island, New York, makes the 1st air-sea rescue.
---In 1953…American Airlines inaugurates the first regular commercial service between New York and Los Angeles. , with the Douglas DC-7.
---In 1963…Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8-54CF airliner (registered CF-TJN) enroute to Toronto, crashes after takeoff from Dorval Airport in Montreal, killing all 118 on board. Investigators would be unable to determine a cause due to the plane’s extreme damage.
---In 1979… an Air New Zealand DC-10 crashes on the Mt Erebus volcano, killing all aboard.
---In 1987…Korean Air Flight 858, a Boeing 707 flying from Baghdad to Seoul with a stop in Abu Dhabi, crashes off the coast of Burma, killing all 115 on board. The catastrophe would later be blamed on a bomb planted by agents of Kim Jong-il, then the son of the President of North Korea.
---In 1990…Finnair receives its first McDonnell Douglas MD-11.
---In 1995…First flight of the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
---In 1996…First flight of the Tupolev TU-144LL.
DAILY VIDEO
EDITOR’S CHOICE
HUMOR
A Southern Zoo
A small zoo in Mississippi obtained a very rare species of gorilla. Within a few weeks the gorilla, a female, became very difficult to handle. Upon examination, the veterinarian determined the problem. The gorilla was in heat. To make matters worse, there was no male gorilla available. Thinking about their problem, the Zoo Keeper thought of Lonnie Kyle, a redneck part-time worker responsible for cleaning the animal cages. Lonnie Kyle, like most rednecks, had little sense but possessed ample ability to satisfy a female of any species. The Zoo Keeper thought they might have a solution. Lonnie Kyle was approached with a proposition. Would he be willing to mate with the gorilla for $500.00?
Lonnie Kyle showed some interest, but said he would have to think the matter over carefully. The following day, he announced that he would accept their offer, but only under five conditions:
"First", Lonnie Kyle said, "I ain't gonna kiss her on the lips." The Keeper quickly agreed to this condition.
"Second", he said, "She must wear a 'Dale Earnhardt Forever' T-Shirt." The keeper again readily agreed to this condition.
"Third", he said, "you can't never tell no one about this." The keeper again readily agreed to this condition.
"Fourth", Lonnie Kyle said, "I want all the children raised Southern Baptist." Once again it was agreed.
"And last," Lonnie Kyle said, "I'll need another week to come up with the $500.
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And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
halls120/forum/images/avatars/gallery/first/user58/1.pngoffline(Plank Owner) 29 Nov 11, 12:03
And let's get one thing straight. There's a big difference between a pilot and an aviator. One is a technician; the other is an artist in love with flight. — E. B. Jeppesen
