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by Desert Rat
26 Nov 2018, 15:41
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air France new millenials subsidiary is called Joon
Replies: 38
Views: 10456

Re: Air France new millenials subsidiary is called Joon

Poiu wrote: 26 Nov 2018, 11:36
Desert Rat wrote: 26 Nov 2018, 09:48.
Air France, where the pilots salary is function of the speed and weight of the A/C (authentic).
A bit simplistic!
In many airlines, pilots earn more if the fly bigger aircraft.
Yes true, but AF is the only one incorporating the speed factor, brought by the"Concorde"...
by Desert Rat
26 Nov 2018, 09:48
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air France new millenials subsidiary is called Joon
Replies: 38
Views: 10456

Re: Air France new millenials subsidiary is called Joon

Yes, only the pilots are air france staff.
Air France, where the pilots salary is function of the speed and weight of the A/C (authentic).
by Desert Rat
18 Nov 2018, 14:29
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

:roll:
by Desert Rat
31 Oct 2018, 16:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

French military may be....Air France was operating a lot of cargo flight for them, they just have 2 777F nowadays ( I think), so capacity to support deployment abroad is quite limited.
by Desert Rat
13 Oct 2018, 16:06
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

:arrow: ABB Little "C" check I heard....
by Desert Rat
02 Oct 2018, 20:33
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Thanks for the heads-up, but what I meant was that those delays in Paris weren't code fourty!
by Desert Rat
02 Oct 2018, 20:28
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: [Cancelled] Primera Air to launch three U.S. routes from Brussels in 2019
Replies: 89
Views: 18153

Re: Primera Air to launch three U.S. routes from Brussels in 2019

It's quite moving to see other operators willing to assist stranded primera pax...
by Desert Rat
02 Oct 2018, 20:23
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 news
Replies: 243
Views: 181994

Re: Sukhoi Superjet SSJ100 news

May be they should start to work on the tech pub side, because without AMM, IPC, etc...up to date, it's not easy to fix the damn thing!
by Desert Rat
30 Sep 2018, 22:20
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

I remember a while ago someome depicted the poor performance of ABB while flying from Paris to Lagos...with a screenshot attached to demonstrate how ABB was bad in terms of on-time departure... Well take a look at their Abu-Dhabi operation for British Airways...not that bad! https://www.flightradar2...
by Desert Rat
28 Sep 2018, 21:46
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Better to keep the A/C on the ground than losing money.
by Desert Rat
28 Sep 2018, 00:11
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

To make your long story short...it's all about branding right?
by Desert Rat
27 Sep 2018, 19:14
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

:mrgreen: a Wallonian national embarrassment, then? :mrgreen: (sorry, couldn't resist. Admins, feel free to remove, it's not serious) Well, as a Flemish by genes, I can tell you that I'm very proud of this "embarrassment"...whether you call it Belgian or Walloon...at least they try hard, ...
by Desert Rat
25 Sep 2018, 18:51
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

It is not a confirmation, it's an estimate...and beside the loss, there's also profit, generated by the ACMI operation, so let's put some perspective on this. As there is revenue, line of credit will not disappear overnight, other big operator face as well issue with credibility i.e. Air France or L...
by Desert Rat
19 Sep 2018, 22:31
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

When I wrote ABB I meant Air Belgium...not OO-ABB...the aircraft...
PBH A/C would be the last one...OO-ABD.
by Desert Rat
18 Sep 2018, 17:27
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Yes, but ABB had enough A/C's to operate their business this summer, reason why a pay by the hour A/C will be left on the ground, and the other 3 will be prefered for the daily operation. This might be an explanation....I don't say that's the way it is. To have a pbh A/C in the fleet would give them...
by Desert Rat
18 Sep 2018, 16:54
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

Well. My question was rather « why do you say finally? », but they all jumped into the little joke of André :shock: Easier than answering the real question, I guess. I can't read minds, but I guess TLSpotting wanted to say " the first revenu flight was done quite long after delivery of the air...
by Desert Rat
07 Sep 2018, 17:29
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

I had a chat today with the AF mechanic who was on the flight that got delayed in Libreville at the beginning of the AB operation for AF...that was not a technical delay, it was caused by a catering container that was loaded the wrong way in the hold and was stuck on the roller tracks. The gabonese ...
by Desert Rat
15 Aug 2018, 13:11
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: The Trump administration and aviation
Replies: 179
Views: 66487

Re: The Trump administration and aviation

Well, it was more a joke than a message to mods, i wanted to associated Trump, amendment, bigotry and dictatorship on a single sentence... Btw, delete anything you want I don't give a godamn ...dog! Dog being the word of the day in the trumposphere! Just took a subcription to the post, just to follo...
by Desert Rat
14 Aug 2018, 17:50
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: The Trump administration and aviation
Replies: 179
Views: 66487

Re: The Trump administration and aviation

I would rate it more related to the muslim bigotry rather than dictatorship....but that's just my feeling ...and...please respect my first amendment mods...
by Desert Rat
14 Aug 2018, 15:59
Forum: Latest aviation news
Topic: Air Belgium in 2018
Replies: 1859
Views: 409409

Re: Air Belgium in 2018

And who are you to contact airline people about their strategy or their business...may I ask?