Whos scared of flying?
#106
Take off and landing are when you are most likely to be involved in a nasty incident. If something happened you'd have to make a decision about how and where to try and exit the aircraft - if you've got the window blind closed you can't see if there is fire outside / that part of the plane is under water etc.

Kath
#107
I think most people who made 'unkind' comments were and are probably gobsmacked that any airline employee would have gone into any detail at all about the death of a colleague.
As for the comment about Mods thinking there are more dishonest than honest posters is simply daft (if that upsets anyone then bad luck). Just because one person doesn't like that they are being queried by complete strangers about something that did or didn't happen to them doesn't mean that we consider everyone dishonest.
What do any of us know of any other posters? Zip! Dorothy could be a guy living in Sri Lanka with six wives and been in prison for murdering 20 people for all anyone actually knows (other than those who know her of course).
Just because someone says something on a faceless forum doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Most of the time it is, I'm sure, I for one don't have the imagination to make up another person and that goes for the majority of posters but...........
If anyone takes any of the above personally then frankly, get a life. It was very much a general discussion forum comment.
As for the comment about Mods thinking there are more dishonest than honest posters is simply daft (if that upsets anyone then bad luck). Just because one person doesn't like that they are being queried by complete strangers about something that did or didn't happen to them doesn't mean that we consider everyone dishonest.
What do any of us know of any other posters? Zip! Dorothy could be a guy living in Sri Lanka with six wives and been in prison for murdering 20 people for all anyone actually knows (other than those who know her of course).
Just because someone says something on a faceless forum doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Most of the time it is, I'm sure, I for one don't have the imagination to make up another person and that goes for the majority of posters but...........

If anyone takes any of the above personally then frankly, get a life. It was very much a general discussion forum comment.
#108
Warning to people who don't like flying. DON'T READ!!!
Was working on a BA aircraft in the hangar at GLA a few years back( I'm an engineer). We were very busy & I was jumping between about 4 different aircraft due to lack of avionic cover.
Finished one of the aircraft & it got towed back to the ramp for the GLA - MAN service. All good. Finished shift, went to bed & came in the next night.
Called into office. Apparently the aircraft could not pressurise, & had to fly to Manchester unpressurised. The engineer at Manchester was called out & dicovered the engineer at GLA(i.e. me) had forgotten to replace the belly panel hatch ,leaving about a 2ft hole on the bottom of the aircraft.
I was soon promoted after that one

Was working on a BA aircraft in the hangar at GLA a few years back( I'm an engineer). We were very busy & I was jumping between about 4 different aircraft due to lack of avionic cover.
Finished one of the aircraft & it got towed back to the ramp for the GLA - MAN service. All good. Finished shift, went to bed & came in the next night.
Called into office. Apparently the aircraft could not pressurise, & had to fly to Manchester unpressurised. The engineer at Manchester was called out & dicovered the engineer at GLA(i.e. me) had forgotten to replace the belly panel hatch ,leaving about a 2ft hole on the bottom of the aircraft.

I was soon promoted after that one


#109
I think most people who made 'unkind' comments were and are probably gobsmacked that any airline employee would have gone into any detail at all about the death of a colleague.
As for the comment about Mods thinking there are more dishonest than honest posters is simply daft (if that upsets anyone then bad luck). Just because one person doesn't like that they are being queried by complete strangers about something that did or didn't happen to them doesn't mean that we consider everyone dishonest.
What do any of us know of any other posters? Zip! Dorothy could be a guy living in Sri Lanka with six wives and been in prison for murdering 20 people for all anyone actually knows (other than those who know her of course).
Just because someone says something on a faceless forum doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Most of the time it is, I'm sure, I for one don't have the imagination to make up another person and that goes for the majority of posters but...........
If anyone takes any of the above personally then frankly, get a life. It was very much a general discussion forum comment.
As for the comment about Mods thinking there are more dishonest than honest posters is simply daft (if that upsets anyone then bad luck). Just because one person doesn't like that they are being queried by complete strangers about something that did or didn't happen to them doesn't mean that we consider everyone dishonest.
What do any of us know of any other posters? Zip! Dorothy could be a guy living in Sri Lanka with six wives and been in prison for murdering 20 people for all anyone actually knows (other than those who know her of course).
Just because someone says something on a faceless forum doesn't necessarily mean it's true. Most of the time it is, I'm sure, I for one don't have the imagination to make up another person and that goes for the majority of posters but...........

If anyone takes any of the above personally then frankly, get a life. It was very much a general discussion forum comment.
And for the record, I am most definetely a man living in Scotland.
It's just I'm trapped in a woman's body
Last edited by NELBHOY; Jul 9th 2009 at 10:18 pm.
#110
#111
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moneypenny what is the obivious?read it and weep you were not there get over yourself you were not there so cannot comment,no you can sprout hot air love ya wouldnt want to be ya.z
#113
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nelhboy commonsense provailed,moneypenny sign sealed and deleived.zwhere is pollyana?
#115
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nelhboy yes slightly pished but im havin flash backs must be the scottish in me ayrshire rocks. PS husband is goin to ban me in a minute.











#116
Go for it. I got 2 warnings when I was pissed heh heh.
One for calling a guy a humourless t**t because he said he was going to beat the s**t out of me if he ever met me in person

Still don't know what that was all about
#119
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nelhboy dont encourage me I am a mence,I am really tryin to be good I have been banned before I think I told Dorathy to follow the yellow brick road over the cliff its all a blur.z
#120
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As the pussycats say hush hush hush hush, I will survive





