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Iberia Express arbitration ‘back to square one' after court ruling
The Spanish High Court has overturned the original arbitration process that nominally ended the conflict between Iberia and pilots union SEPLA, saying it was technically flawed and should be restarted. Reacting to the decision, SEPLA says that the ruling "brings us back to square one" and that industrial action coordinated with other unions remains a likely outcome. Its dispute with the Spanish flag carrier revolves around Iberia Express, a low-cost subsidiary set up by parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) last year to optimise Iberia's short-haul network and reduce operating costs.
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Banks Give Kingfisher November 30 Deadline
Kingfisher Airlines' creditors have asked it to bring in fresh equity or an investor by November 30, the chairman of State Bank of India told reporters.
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Air Berlin Goes To Court Over Airport Delay
Air Berlin has asked a German court to rule on the amount of compensation it should get due to delays in the opening of Berlin's new airport, the company said on Tuesday.
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Polish Editors Fired Over Plane Crash Story
One of Poland's best-selling newspapers fired its most senior editors on Tuesday over a "flawed" article that triggered a political row when it said traces of explosives had been found in the wreckage of a presidential jet that crashed in 2010.
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US Air Force praises early performance of Lockheed Martin F-35
Initial feedback from US Air Force pilots and maintainers operating the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter at Eglin AFB, Florida, suggests the aircraft is performing better than its predecessors did at a similar stage of development. The F-35 is in its infancy, but the stealthy type is already proving to be relatively stable from a maintenance standpoint, says Col Andrew Toth, commander of the 33rd Fighter Wing. "The system right now is behaving as advertised, [although] occasionally, we will have some issues with it on the ground," he says. However, this is usually easily fixed by shutting the aircraft down and then restarting it.
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Russian airline market grows 15.2% in 9 months
Russian airlines carried 57 million passengers during the first nine months of the year, up 15.2% over the year-ago period, Russian Federal Air Transport Agency/Rosaviatsia said in a statement. International traffic rose 22.2% to 29.9 million passengers and domestic traffic increased 8.3% to 27 million. Load factor was 79.4%, up 1.6 points year-over-year. The total market share of Russia’s five biggest airlines increased to 62.4% from 56.4%.
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Jazeera 3Q profit up nearly 25% in best-ever quarter
Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways Group reported a third-quarter net profit of KD7.6 million ($26.9 million), up 24.6% year-over-year. Operating revenue rose 5.9% to KD20.4 million. The Group, which comprises Jazeera Airways (J9) and Sahaab Leasing, said this is the best quarter in its eight-year history despite continuing unrest in the region
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Aviation Quote

Being a stealth pilot is one of the most labor intensive and time constrained types of flying that I know. We have very strict timing constraints: to be where you are supposed to be all the time, exactly on time, and that has to be monitored by the pilot. For example, during a bomb competition in training in the US, I dropped a weapon that landed 0.02 seconds from the desired time, and finished third!

— Lt. Col. Miles Pound, USAF

On This Date

---In 1910... The 1st use of an airplane to carry commercial freight is the Wright Company’s airplane that flies from Dayton to Columbus, Ohio carrying 10 bolts of silk to the Morehouse-Martens Company.

---In 1945... The 1st speed record of over 600 mph is established by British pilot Hugh Wilson in a Gloster Meteor jet fighter at 606 mph.

---In 1949…First flight of the Sikorsky S-55.

---In 1950…BOAC retires its last flying boat airliner from service.

---1966…First flight of the Pilatus PC-11.

---In 1976…First flight of the Dassault Falcon 50 F-WAMD.

---In 1989… Last training flight of an SR-71. Pilot Tom McCleary, RSO Stan Gudmundson. This flight was 21 years, 7 months, and 7 days after the first SR-71 flight. (Q)

---In 2006…FedEx announces the first cancellation of the Airbus A380. Instead FedEx orders 15 Boeing 777 Freighters.

---In 2006…The Royal Australian Air Force's first C-17 Globemaster III makes its maiden flight.

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Parachute Joke

An airplane was about to crash; there were 4 passengers on board but only 3 parachutes.

The first passenger said, I'm Kobe Bryant, the best NBA Basketball player. The Lakers need me, I can't afford to die.." So he took the first parachute and left the plane.

The second passenger, Hillary Clinton, said, "I am the wife of the former President of the United States; I am the most ambitious woman in the world. I am also a New York Senator, a potential future President and, above all, the cleverest woman in the world." She just grabbed the second parachute and jumped out of the plane.

The third passenger, The Pope, says to the fourth passenger, a 10year-old school boy, "I am old and frail and I don't have many years left. As a Christian I will sacrifice my life and let you have the last parachute."

The boy said, "It's Ok, there's still a parachute left for you. America's cleverest woman took my school backpack.

Trivia

General Trivia

1. How long should a pilot wait after refueling to drain the tank(s) to check for the possible presence of water contamination?
a. 5 minutes per foot of tank depth
b. 10 minutes per foot of tank depth
c. 15 minutes per foot of tank depth
d. 20 minutes per foot of tank depth

2. True or false; Robin Hood Airport is near Sherwood Forest and serves Nottingham.

3. True or false; The first successful man-carrying balloon flight was made on November 21, 1783, and was particularly hazardous because buoyancy was generated by fire and the balloon was made of paper.

4. True or false; Tropical storms become hurricanes when their steady-state winds reach 74 mph or greater. This is the minimum wind speed required for a discernable eye to develop.

5. True or false; Like Gulfstream IVs and Vs, space shuttle orbiters are not equipped with a standby magnetic ("whiskey") compass.

6. True or false; SpaceShipOne's two historic space flights on September 29 and October 4, 2004, reached sufficient altitude to qualify its pilots, Mike Melvill and Brian Binnie, as astronauts, but neither flight achieved the altitude reached by Maj. Robert M. White on July 17, 1962, in the rocket-powered North American X-15.