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[TheLocalYokel]

Yeah and i was really enjoying it until they started talking about "Boobs and Bums" in the cockpit

It was the female flight attendant who brought up the subject asking the 'eligible' young first officer which attribute he preferred. I don't know whether the film makers put her up to it. It was a good job the male pilot didn't broach this or there would be shoals of complaints about a sexist attitude and being demeaning to women.

It was a bit of a silly interlude and in my opinion added nothing to the programme.

 

[58terminus]

Yeah and i was really enjoying it until they started talking about "Boobs and Bums" in the cockpit

Yes i thought that was strange and out of context.Suppose they just wanted to remind viewers they were watching ITV

 

[Matt995]

the most interesting thing I picked up from the Easyjet ITV programme was how some airports only allow captains to land, ie Kos, Heraklion and Thessaloniki, would be interesting to know if any UK airports are captain 'only' landings, maybe London City? Presumably Birmingham has no restrictions, although our crosswinds can often make it difficult!

 

[Coathanger16]

the most interesting thing I picked up from the Easyjet ITV programme was how some airports only allow captains to land, ie Kos, Heraklion and Thessaloniki, would be interesting to know if any UK airports are captain 'only' landings, maybe London City? Presumably Birmingham has no restrictions, although our crosswinds can often make it difficult!

I've heard that London City is captain's only landing - though it will depend on the airline.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

the most interesting thing I picked up from the Easyjet ITV programme was how some airports only allow captains to land, ie Kos, Heraklion and Thessaloniki, would be interesting to know if any UK airports are captain 'only' landings, maybe London City? Presumably Birmingham has no restrictions, although our crosswinds can often make it difficult!

Bristol can be tricky at times, I'm told. With the amount of flights by easyJet there I don't think it's a captain-only landing airport though.

 

[58terminus]

I've heard that London City is captain's only landing - though it will depend on the airline.

Thats interesting.So even if not an emergency it's not a hard and fast rule?

 

[Coathanger16]

Thats interesting.So even if not an emergency it's not a hard and fast rule?

As I understand it - which may be completely wrong - the airport itself doesn't set who can land aircraft there. Its up to the airline to decide. For instance it may be that at LCY, BACF only let Captains land, whilst Flybe will let both Captains and First Officers land.

Obviously, if there's an emergency where for some reason the captain is unable to land the aircraft, one would assume the first officer would be allowed to - although in the case of LCY, I expect if that situation arose, they'd probably divert to another, "simpler" airport.

I think some airlines make Madeira a captain's only landing. In that case, there's not many, if any, airports you can divert to!

 

[JF57]

the most interesting thing I picked up from the Easyjet ITV programme was how some airports only allow captains to land, ie Kos, Heraklion and Thessaloniki, would be interesting to know if any UK airports are captain 'only' landings, maybe London City? Presumably Birmingham has no restrictions, although our crosswinds can often make it difficult!

Gibraltar is captains only certainly for Monarch

 

[Ray Finkle]

Mo Farah offers support for Birmingham's 2022 bid

https://twitter.com/bbcmtd/status/898541345731739648

 

[Ray Finkle]

24,999 posts.......with 24,000 of those about Primera

Just who will get the 25,000th???

 

[Brum X]

LBA we are catching you at a faster pace than ever before

I predict that by 2019/2020 BHX will be the number one forum on FFA

 

[richard winterbourn]

Ray, a nice clip of Mo, a man who has the appreciation of sports and athletics followers world-wide and who clearly believes in Birmingham's credentials to host the Commonwealth Games. How strange then that two of the three comments that followed it, from wherever they came, were derogatory....

Sadly, we live in an age where 'spoilers' are a tool of the social media classes and they are used for a variety of reasons, both locally or further afield. If you have an agenda, rubbish it or your opponent. So, i am sure that in the run-up to the day when the UK's decision as to who will be our choice for the Commonwealth Games is made, we are going to see more of this kind of activity.

I believe that Brum's case to host is the best and i hope it wins on that basis. I would feel very sad if any of us here in the Midlands was to do anything that would denigrate the efforts being made by our rivals in Liverpool.

Let the best city win - and i hope that is Brum....

 

[Brum X]

Ray, a nice clip of Mo, a man who has the appreciation of sports and athletics followers world-wide and who clearly believes in Birmingham's credentials to host the Commonwealth Games. How strange then that two of the three comments that followed it, from wherever they came, were derogatory....

Sadly, we live in an age where 'spoilers' are a tool of the social media classes and they are used for a variety of reasons, both locally or further afield. If you have an agenda, rubbish it or your opponent. So, i am sure that in the run-up to the day when the UK's decision as to who will be our choice for the Commonwealth Games is made, we are going to see more of this kind of activity.

I believe that Brum's case to host is the best and i hope it wins on that basis. I would feel very sad if any of us here in the Midlands was to do anything that would denigrate the efforts being made by our rivals in Liverpool.

Let the best city win - and i hope that is Brum....

The sad thing is most of those comments come from Brummies themselves I say to them if you hate Brum that much p-ss off and go and live somewhere else and i dont normally swear.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I predict that by 2019/2020 BHX will be the number one forum on FFA

It'll be interesting to see what the passenger numbers at BHX are if/when we overtake the LBA forum.

I can feel a predictions thread coming on

 

[Brum X]

It'll be interesting to see what the passenger numbers at BHX are if/when we overtake the LBA forum.

I can feel a predictions thread coming on

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The sad thing is most of those comments come from Brummies themselves I say to them if you hate Brum that much p-ss off and go and live somewhere else and i dont normally swear.

Not restricted to Birmingham. I read both the Bristol and Plymouth newspapers on line on a regular basis and residents in those cities are forever running the places down and citing other places as the sort of city their's should be. It's a case of people always thinking the grass is greener over the hill when most of the time it's not.

 

[JENNYJET]

As a born Brummie I can relate to the parochial negativity being uttered. I believe it is because care not to witness decline but celebrate growth when an if it happens. Birmingham the city of, has one huge opportunity with winning the Commonwealth Games, and the Airport Needs to get moving on the development it needs or become serial losers.

 

[wolfheze]

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[Elmdon80slad]

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[wolfheze]

Just had a really quick look (at work) .
Some really good photos on there