Viking Warrior

Thank you derry, Weston , and west stand and loo for your very informative posts . It's good to hear the more technical aspects of being a pilot . I am curious about one thing on the news today . If they can make out that debris is a pallet surely they must be able to identify a much larger peice of debris significantly much larger than than the pallet .? Satellites are able to pinpoint really close up features . Look at the taking of bin laden and identifying the compound house he was in

Dave . I'm like you and do not gave a clue what has happened. But some of the more secret service , FBI etc will have a better idea than most of us

In local authorities you will find staff mainly in social care residential units who work these rota's any 5 days out of 7 not your normal Monday to Friday workers . Those that work Monday to Friday may well receive a 33% enhancement for hours after 10 or 11 pm. if they are working on a sleep Rota they will be paid a sleep in allowance and for anytime they are woken during the night Contractual OT does occur in specific jobs with in local authorities . In the private sector OT is usually non consolidated . But I'm aware some companies do give consolidated OT .

Thanks Weston , derry and west stand very informative posts . Aintforever and bactotim . I think you are out if order in your comments re Weston and west stand . They reading between the lines of their respective posts . Instead of trying to discredit or mock them .

If you are on a rota system then Sundays will be a part of the working week . If you work regular weekends you will get a a 10% enhancement if you just work Saturday. If you work regular Saturday and Sundays then it will be 25% enhancement . Next put down please Barry

KL linked to psg Thought I would make up this with everything else that has been made up by the media and various fans forum .

Sorry to disappoint you Barry . There is such a thing as contractual overtime and it is pensionable . We use it on certain positions

So the mcanns issue a statement they are happy with the new police investigation . What happened to the burglars leads the met were pursuing ? Not heard a word from the mcanns or the met the police on that lead .

Gs , goat boy has two friend requests now only 315 more to go and he will have one more than you

Minty As usual a good pragmatic post from you but I think you read to much into my post . I'm simply basing my opinions on news reports . Like you I don't know anymore than any other member of Joe public . The press are not helping the situation You may well be correct about other exterior factions at work . There's one report saying the un should take over this investigation to ensure there is no cover up taking place etc . Not sure why that reporter came up with that story . But while I don't have a clue what has happened to this plane . I do get curious at some of the press releases coming from Malaya and in many cases each reporter is spinning the story for whatever reason . I am however concerned that there were other nationalities on board other than the Chinese passengers and the media should respect the relatives of all passengers and what they are going through.

I find the Malaysians very good people . However the politicians over there are being extremely economical with the truth . Hence the reason the Chinese are getting hacked of with them Why do sky and co keep adding in there news reports that this flight went missing on such and such a date and that the last communication was good night and then the transponders were switched off . I think the majority if the world understand that . Stop using the same news print in every article . Look at their latest headlines relatives are staging a hunger strike . Somewhere in that report is the reason why they are taking such action . But it's difficult to establish that in sky's latest report

One thing that is becoming clear is that the Malaysians have not got a clue and are just scratching at straws . Perhaps they should consider their very early statements about the two Iranians .? Who else on board had false passports .

Saint Rees are you planning your own version of fast and furious 7 by any chance ?

Alex salmond is one of the most inspirational leaders in the world i. He is visionary . He's charismatic financially astute .an expert in every walk of life . He's non divisive . A peacemaker He should be made the world global president

One positive aspect if you can call this positive . Is that it will stop people seeking a cheap route to seek asylum in Europe . And security will be stepped up in KL etc for a few years to come . As for the pilot . Is that YouTube clip in his own home . If so is an impressive array of flight simulator equipment I thought when the media said he had a flight simulator it was some sort of PC game

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I have itchy feet and contemplating returning to Hampshire . Possibly the surrounding areas of Winchester. I miss Southampton and the saints. The town centre needs improving but I compare it with Aberdeen which is also in need of a huge revamp . As like saffampton it us scruffy and un appealing . But seeing mackrill has posted I would never want to live in skateville . I stayed there for 3 months with my parents in transit on our way back from Singapore . What a shyte hole Southsea was

Your up early gingerletiss Just woken up and hearing the news as well. That this plane has been hijacked or more to the point someone /some people on board turned off the communications systems . Scary Could be Chinese separatists, the Iranian guys al Quieda et al . If it has landed safely is this going to be a potential flying bomb ior some form of ransom demand for either the plane or the people on board . What ever has happened it us bloody scary

I was flying back to Kirkwall from aberdeen yesterday afternoon. I was looking out the starboard side at the north sea and scapa flow and can confirm I saw no sign of any aircraft debris, just the odd whale it the water I was observing

This one is for PAP saw this post on facebook The presence on board this flight of more than 20 employees of an American electronic warefare company may possibly have something to do with its disappearance. I don't believe it has simply fallen from the sky, I suspect that it has been diverted to somewhere, where the knowledge of these people can be harvested freely. Hence the 'confusion' from the media and the various governments involved.

Sid the kid is coming to see us at St Mary,s Also the following may help convince the disbelievers on here “I don’t like to promise results, that’s cheap,” Krueger said. “I like to promise that we will create processes that enables us to reach our potential. Where that takes us, nobody knows. The sky is the limit in sports. We would like to build a model where we are striving for that potential. My sole focus is on the process. If our environment feels that we are doing the best on a daily basis, we will accept the results that come with that. Maybe we can reach those high aspirations that everyone likes to talk about… let the process decide that and let’s throw ourselves into that. That’s what I’m all about.”

I have know idea what happened just speculating on the various threads that exist . I appreciate the knowledge of our resident genuine pilots on here re how an aircraft might behave One piece of information and pun intended . Is the fact there will be alsorts of debris floating in the sea around the works following the Japanese tsunami . Larger boats recently being washed up in the states and an even big vessel floating aimlessly in the seas . Last reported somewhere in the Atlantic if I remember correctly . So it is possible that the satellite imagery my be from the tsunami and not the aircraft

I know there are ranks out there but the authorities should not dismiss them out if hand . It's quite feasible that the guy on the rig did see something .. If they extend the search area any further then they will be searching the likes I of the Indian Ocean . If it's at the bottom of the sea somewhere then that could take weeks to find . But I guess there's several subs scanning the ocean bed as I type . The film moguls will do a drama film about it in the years ahead .

Hutch spot on . All about same sex marriages and chalk streams in danger from fracking so far this morning and that was at 6 'o'clock

BBC news still running with the news that large amounts of debris have been sighted by a Chinese satellite yet other news channels are discounting this including the Chinese The beeb are so crap. With their news reporting .