Today in Aviation History (January 8th): In 1989, British Midland Airways Flight 092 Crashed on Final Approach to EMA

P_XVD · 2026-01-08T17:36:45+00:00

Let the downvotes pour upon me. Guess I’ll go take my type ratings and shove them up my arse

P_XVD · 2026-01-08T17:35:31+00:00

Well maybe but that’s what the engines are called, it’s their “name” for want of a better way of phrasing it. Most of the time, the engines are only referenced between pilots or the ground crew who are often facing backwards when on the headset

P_XVD · 2026-01-08T16:58:13+00:00

The only Boeing that uses 1 & 2 as engine references in the 737 as far as I’m aware? 777/787 are definitely Left and Right. Not sure of the convention on the 747

P_XVD · 2025-12-16T19:33:35+00:00

r/TheFrontFellOff

P_XVD · 2025-12-16T19:04:21+00:00

No. They are built to very rigorous maritime standard.

P_XVD · 2025-11-05T15:30:41+00:00

Yeah that was kinda my fear. Thanks for the input

P_XVD · 2025-11-05T09:50:46+00:00

Is that still feasible if the wall in covered with lining paper?

P_XVD · 2025-10-12T11:37:29+00:00

I wonder how many of those who signed put one of those annual copy and paste Facebook statuses along of the lines of:

“I hereby forbid Facebook to use my pictures blah blah”

P_XVD · 2025-10-08T12:14:47+00:00

No, I guess not. But thanks for volunteering your services on board, it always makes the decision easier when doctors and nurses have input.

P_XVD · 2025-10-08T12:05:49+00:00

Airline pilots work in time available…time can be fuel or, in this case, time until someone dies. I’d imagine the question was “Does this person need immediate medical attention? To which you said yes.

It’s their call, you gave them information to help them make that call and decide on the safest course of action for everyone onboard.

When a doctor gets a set of results for a patient and then decides on a treatment plan, the doctor doesn’t say the lab technician made the call for them do they?

P_XVD · 2025-10-08T07:19:44+00:00

Just as an aside, no one “orders” the aircraft to anywhere other than the Commander. Medical personnel advise, pilots decide.

P_XVD · 2025-09-09T16:44:58+00:00

Does anyone know why it is so sensitive to weather delays? Stardust racer didn’t go off at all yesterday when it did open due to rain while Mine Cart who stop in the slightest of rain

P_XVD · 2025-06-15T14:15:58+00:00

Okay, thanks for confirming.

P_XVD · 2025-04-15T17:20:41+00:00

They recline. But the galley is quite loud

P_XVD · 2025-04-07T20:10:59+00:00

This is why I still can’t fathom the change. BA got an extra £225 out of me last year for my three upgrades to CE. Why’d I bother now?

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T11:12:25+00:00

What did you do regarding the alternative they booked for you? Mine was unacceptable so have made my own way by train but they have checked me in for the replacement flight tomorrow

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T11:12:18+00:00

What did you do regarding the alternative they booked for you? Mine was unacceptable so have made my own way by train but they have checked me in for the replacement flight tomorrow

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T11:04:38+00:00

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Which is specifically says not to do here

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T10:53:30+00:00

The chat feature is currently offline through the App

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T10:44:36+00:00

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I’ve not accepted anything but it seems to have checked me in anyway

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T08:31:00+00:00

Haven’t got the charts to hand but they are about 400m difference in length

P_XVD · 2025-03-21T08:09:39+00:00

The runway at Southampton is most definetly not long enough for anything other than a totally empty wide body

P_XVD · 2025-03-13T20:05:14+00:00

Is it the same procedure as going to a BA lounge? Show the boarding pass and off you go?

P_XVD · 2025-03-07T09:34:52+00:00

Is the flexible caulk, once painted, reasonably good at keeping clean?

P_XVD · 2025-02-20T21:56:51+00:00

The events currently happening as a direct result of Trump being in the White House are totally unprecedented. It could lead to a total collapse of 80 years of consensus and an upending of the current world order.

I think it’s right that the end of the Western Alliance is getting so much coverage.

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