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No he's not.

It probably won't help but as soon as a Flybe flight lands the flight data is remotely sent to a computer at Exeter for crew monitoring purposes. BA had a similar system and I was told our aircraft could be watched in real time which I assumed was through ACARS presumably BA was the same.

I think you are ignoring his contact who I would bet is with Inmarsat.

West Stand and myself have over 40000 hours flying between us and very many years on Boeings. We don't have a clue what happened but the current management of the search isn't even approaching competent and hasn't helped, as for the military radar, what military radar? Any half competent radar operator would know exactly what direction MH370 went. No surprise though. The major powers have unbelievable surveillance capability, my concern is what have they seen.

Still nothing on the search, abandoned until daylight. It is beginning to look like nobody knows, because the Indians etc are still searching the northern arc just in case.

It should be considered that people who have had a lifetime of membership in BALPA and were actively involved, have access to contacts throughout aviation, manufacturers, avionics, AAIB etc. For example I assisted the BMA pilots barristers at the Kegworth inquest, also was helped by an AAIB expert on data recorders to successfully defend a pilot on appeal. For a variety of reasons, security, litigation or personal employment reasons information is passed by experts off the record to trusted contacts. I suspect that the intelligence agencies first and foremost look after their interests. It is fact that the US pointed the Australians in the west of Perth direction. The Enigma factor is still with us. I personally take West Stand's information as read.

In my opinion they wouldn't as the FMS isn't communicable unless the flight and navigation data is transmitted by ACARS throughout the flight or downloaded to the satellite periodically or on landing.

The article mentioned the age of the equipment level. As far as I know the engine/systems data could be enabled but the pilot/atc elements, printer etc not operating. It sounds like the ACARS was switched off but the aerial was not and able to communicate with the satellite.

They say the ACARS on MH370 was too old to have GPS but that doesn't ring true as 767s I've flown were older but had GPS in the systems including ACARS which we didn't use but was probably used by the company etc.

Is it the satellite that instigates the exchange or the aircraft that contacts the satellite? I think the Australians said the intelligence was from the US. There is no doubt in my mind that agencies will be less than helpful primarily protecting their sources and abilities as their priority.

I have the answer, it's obvious. Sign Shaw and Gallagher from Chelsea, Lovren, Wanyama and Lallana from Man Utd, Schneiderlin and Chambers from Arsenal. Then add Rodriguez from Liverpool and Lambert from West Ham and we have the makings of a cracking squad. I see from the papers they are all available!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The receiver obviously interprets the signals. GPS is used to update the IRS's position, increasing accuracy. There is no doubt in my mind that the satellites can be accessed and controlled but it's what it's computers are capable of that intrigues me.

What I thought, but as they are military satellites used by civilians I just wondered what other properties were available.

The planes navigational systems are probably three Inertial Reference Systems, updated by two GPS systems and DME/VOR. Does anybody know whether the GPS / Satellites can be accessed to check what receivers used them?

WHU were pretty close to signing Lambert until Cortese left.

Are you really surprised. Nothing gets printed that criticises the rulers

Male is a long runway (3200m - 10500 ft). Long enough for fully loaded B767-300 with over 300 passengers to take off and fly to the Uk. Landing a 777-plenty of room to do a touch and go.

Changing course using the FMS 'direct to' mode entails just typing in a waypoint and activating, takes seconds and provided L Nav is being used, the autopilot will follow the new track. Otherwise Hdg Sel would be used and the Hdg selected on the rotary knob and digital readout. This deselects the L Nav and en route wouldn't make much sense.

I haven't a clue, but I'm pretty sure the word cluster**** was coined in that part of the world. KL couldn't even see us coming in from the east at 100 miles at 35000. We had to use HF in the South China Sea, VHF wouldn't reach.

The fire theory - the Swissair crew talked to ATC for a relatively long time. It was their failure to immediately turn and descend to the nearest airport that did for them. They might have had a chance otherwise. The crew oxygen masks and smoke goggles or full face mask allow enough time to get down and vent the aircraft. An uncontrollable electrical fire would probably knock out all systems including the autopilot and fly by wire computers. feasible but unlikely. I don't get the 45000 ft altitude. Max alt 43500ft. I flew an empty 767-300 at 43000 but had to descend because of turbulence as it was on the limit of it's envelope. I don't think a 777 with 239 on board probably plus freight and probably total fuel for maybe 7-8 hours could fly at 45000ft without stalling.

I used to find that nobody ever would admit they didn't have a clue if they didn't know because of loss of face.

Most professional would find the fixed base simulators so mind numbingly easy that perhaps 5 minutes would bore them into turning it upside down or fly it through the control tower Most pilots do other things, play golf, chase crumpet, watch football etc. As for the 777, Eric Moody (747 Glider pilot and Saintsweb member) and I on Sat after match talked about it, neither of us have a clue, although we both flew over that way. The only conclusions we came to, it crashed or it landed somewhere, it was hi-jacked or it wasn't, the crew were involved or weren't. The fact nobody tracked the aircraft is the least surprising thing in that area. It could be anywhere. For me, if it is parked somewhere, possible but surprising, if not may be found in deep jungle, or in the ocean off the beaten track. The jungle seems a better bet.

Ramirez had cramp according to Pochettino. JWP needs to stop playing passes without looking. He dropped us in it six or seven times in our own area then did it again for the goal. This young man hasn't really improved since the start of last season unlike Chambers, Shaw and Gallagher. We can't afford him in the middle of the field playing the way he is. Lambert showed class with his goal and pass to Rodriguez. Boruc needs a sharp kick up the backside, his kicking was awful and some of his short pass outs were just stupid. We got away with that today.

Sounds easy to me.

If everybody was unconscious nothing would change. The transponder would stay on it's original selection. However in the cabin the Oxygen masks would drop as the cabin altitude increased, the crew have portable Oxygen bottles. The pilots have masks that can be inflated and put on in seconds. Emergency descents are practiced regularly in the simulator. I used to mentally run through all the memory items while in the cruise every day I flew. Only took about 5 mins reading the Check List and looking at the relevant controls. A King Air was lost on a test flight from Southern England and crashed in Brittany after running out of fuel. One of our crews positioned from Orlando to Cancun in Payne Stewart's Learjet just before the loss. I asked the Captain where were the Oxygen masks and he said he was never told!! It sounded like a sloppy operation.