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Thanks for that. How right you are, Newfies are something special. You will know when. Somebody said something like better a week early than an hour late. Best of luck.

His old legs finally gave out. The lady vets were marvellous with him. They both said it was a release for him. I'm devastated but I know I've done the best for him. We've buried him in the garden.

What they did do was cost the Conservatives seats, eg. Itchen. They polled more votes than the majority. I can see a deal between UKIP and the Conservatives, withdrawing candidates where Conservative candidates agree to campaign for an out vote.

They are chasing their tails.

The Malaysians are something else. For God's sake the incompetent arrogant ****s couldn't even report the final sign off with KL control correctly. They must think the whole world is stupid. The latest nonsense is we are forensically investigating who made the call. Any pilot will tell you, they can instantly recognise colleagues and friends/acquaintances when they transmit. For God's sake just ask a few mates/colleagues who have flown with them to listen to the transmissions, they will soon identify which pilot made the transmission. Forensically my arse.

As he was sold prior to the administration shouldn't any money attributed to that time go to the creditors?

Yes Mike, It must be really valuable data. So they now know where it is.

This is a unique situation that in my opinion probably could not have happened in Europe or North America. It has never happened before unless the BSA Lancastrians or Amelia Erheart is considered but that was before modern radar. We may never find it but if it went the way it was supposed, Malaysian and Indonesian radar have a lot of questions to answer. But they won't!!!

It looked like a reasonable statement to me. Why bother with all the micro analysis. Eg selling Osvaldo and Ramirez wipes out the transfer debt. Although I'd like to see us keep Ramirez. Shaw quoted in the Echo hardly sounds like he wants to go. It seems that Pochettino staying is probably a key element. I suspect with the right money offered he will stay.

If there was a catastrophic fire in the flight deck the power to the computers and autopilot/autothrottle would be cut so the aircraft would not follow a course or hold a height. The autothrottles might even retard and leave the engines on idle. I don't buy this theory, somebody set the aircraft on it's final course from the Malacca Strait to a point west of Australia (If that's where it is eventually found to be)

This is all just bloody nonsense. The politicians don't want the referendum because the people may well give the answer they don't want. Whatever the arguments it is time for the people to be given the chance to make the decision. After all nobody under 55 has ever voted on it and for those that have, the common market is something entirely different to what we have now. Clegg has been banging on about a vote if there is substantial change. He is ignoring the fact that nobody ever endorsed what we have now never mind the future. Time for the referendum.

I can understand where he is coming from and have some sympathy. Firstly the Malaysians should have handed the reins to the NTSB or AAIB. Secondly left it to their aviation people and not had the PM, DM or TM doing the briefings. My experience of that area is nobody will ever admit to not knowing let alone listening to 'inferiors'. Hence the cluster****.

If a destination is entered in FMC there will be a final fuel figure shown on the Progress page. Otherwise Total fuel on gauges divided by total fuel flow on the engine gauges gives approx. endurance plus a bit for reduced power descent.

Just for you, edited.

It depends on the individual, eg. Everest 29000 ish climbed without oxygen after acclimatisation. Most long haul crew spend their working life at say 8000ft and regularly can operate up to 10000. I've operated higher than that in unpressurised aircraft due icing/weather without noticeable effect. Start dying? probably above 20000, just a guess.

At 37000 under a minute to unconsciousness without oxygen. There are three ways of controlling the speed of the aircraft. Auto throttle Off-- manually advance/retard thrust levers. Auto throttle ON-- turn the speed control knob and set the speed in the speed window -- below 26000ft - knots, above - mach percentage. Enter speed in cruise page of FMC and select V Nav (Vertical Navigation)

I think if they go down to the Conference they don't qualify for any remaining parachute payments.

Whilst a team from the airline is the appropriate contact with the passengers, they would have no part in the investigation other than give access to the investigators to company records and personnel.

In the flight deck is standard Boeing, there may be another one down the back. Activating the SARBE emergency beacon was an option if fitted. Ours were in overhead bins front/back.

I would think Mobile phone reception would be impossible for most of that flight.

That would be impossible. The Malaysian cabin crew looked after the pilots really well. If they were locked out of the flight deck they would have been very concerned.

Q1 were they dead or alive. If the aircraft was depressurised, easily done, those not on oxygen would not survive. Only the pilot oxygen would last. The pilot would have to be mad to do that. If alive, as long as the airshow was off nobody in the cabin would know where they were. I've flown with Malaysian cabin crew, they are excellent but very deferential to the pilots especially the captain. However I can't see how the other pilot could be incapacitated without the cabin staff finding out unless he was involved. It doesn't stack up too well.

If it was VHF radio - on tape unless switched off/wiped. Presumably HF the same. Satellite phone a possibility but accessible. I can't see how it could be kept secret.

Or as some have said that they would have problems if the GPS content came out. Sounds like a neat solution.

It sounds as though Inmarsat were able to work out to the AAIB's satisfaction the aircraft route. It sounds that West Stand wasn't misled and there was more information in the ACARS pings than originally supposed.