Re: YouTubes assault on the First AND Second Ammendment

First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petitition the Government for a redress of grievances. (Emphasis...

Re: Is "god" a myth?

Define God. What is the purpose of arguing over the existence of something that lacks a definition? Through time, people's conception has changed and even today, no two people agree on what God is. Yet plenty claim to believe they know what God wants. I get the need for a God that some people have. ...

Re: Hard Left UK State Broadcaster TV Tax Rising. Again

I'd say there's absolutely a commie slant on our state media. Get rid of it. O I know, dear. I understand that Corbyn is drafting instructions to conduct a census of spoons and forks so that they can be nationalised. Imagine, decent British cutlery is no longer safe from the clutches of the state a...

Re: Hard Left UK State Broadcaster TV Tax Rising. Again

News has a hard left slant Oh, I know what you mean, luvvie. It really went to the dogs when they renamed themselves the Bolshevik Broadcasting Commissariat, and newsreaders began the news with "Good evening, comrades." Saint Margaret of Finchley must be turning in her grave after all she...

Re: In the Shed: Skippers Metro Ravensthorpe - Perth

Hi Roy, I really enjoy your reports for the detail and history about the places you visit. Hi Andrew, thank you for the feedback. Sending down some "entitled flyers" would be a good idea. It'd be a culture shock - even the coffee machine wasn't plugged in. :rotfl: When we released it the ...

Re: Qantas, AirAsia, food and trains in Sydney, Singapore and Penang

Hi Andrew! Once again, a great series of trip reports and some fantastic photos. I always enjoy seeing the shapes in the cloud and how the colours change, giving splashes of reds, yellows and blues. Mind you, I can see that they might become a bit much when you're hoping to see the wide expanses of ...

Re: Pulling Life Support from Loved One

I am sorry for your loss and can only guess what you might be feeling. Each of us will have memories of people who we loved and of how they met their deaths. I cared for both my father and my mother when they approached death, one from cancer, the other related to dementia. Both died at home as was ...

Re: Julian Assange Rape Investigation Is Dropped in Sweden

If *any* of this was related to US demands on the UK, why wasn't Assange extradited to the US during the 2 years he spent in the UK fighting the extradition to Sweden...? It is possible that the US may have been considering a request to extradite from Sweden. So far no evidence has been provided th...

Re: In the Shed: Skippers Metro Ravensthorpe - Perth

Great start to the new year's for you, and thank you sharing this one :) Thanks for dropping by and leaving a comment. Would love to see kangaroos jumping over stray cattle :lol: That would be a sight. I've only ever once had the unfortunate collision with a kangaroo. The emus are far worse, often ...

Re: Taking the Metro: Skippers Aviation Perth - Ravensthorpe

Skippers have an interesting range of aircraft. Their name conjures up thoughts of a fish and chips takeaway or Gilligan's Island! :lol: Thanks for dropping by. Yes, they do have an odd mix. I heard somewhere that Rex takes over the Shark Bay and Carnarvon run later this year. It will be interestin...

Re: Is it illegal to look at papers in the galley

I disagree. Pretty much completely. "Entitled" is not the proper verbiage, "want" is accurate Privacy laws vary by country. From the available information, I deduce (maybe erroneously) that this incident was on a BA flight. Although the flight was to JFK, it had originated in th...

Re: Is it illegal to look at papers in the galley

I guess the answer is whether you are happy with other people seeing confidential information about yourself. If someone, invited into your house searched your phone, started reading your diary or emails while you popped out to the toilet, would that be OK with you? The fact that passengers may acce...

Re: Varweel F70!

Great trip report. It was good of KLM to go one extra step and make it special for passengers by providing memorabilia and allowing time for photos, flight deck visit, etc. If you ever get Fokker withdrawal symptoms, come to Australia. Virgin Australia and QantasLink operate several routes with the ...

Re: In the Shed: Skippers Metro Ravensthorpe - Perth

Hi jrfspa320 and VapourTrails. Thanks for reading and leaving comments. flew with rex into esperance instead Yes, the timetable isn't really suitable for business bu geared towards a) availability of aircraft, and b) the needs of Galaxy, who basically underpin the service. I've also done the flight ...

Re: Passenger thinks AirAsia's uniforms are revealing to the point of being 'disgusting

Uniforms should not be sexy. Don’t you think that should be the decision of the people who wear them ? How common is it for airlines to let the crew determine what the uniform will be? Aren't those sort of decisions made by somebody higher up the food chain? As to the uniforms, how about eye candy ...

In the Shed: Skippers Metro Ravensthorpe - Perth

In the Shed: Skippers Metro Ravensthorpe - Perth "You could fly down," my sister said when she invited me for Christmas. So fly down I did and the time spent with family was enjoyable. In the first part of this two-part series, I described the flight down and a day in the Fitzgerald River...

Re: EK 235 (DXB -> ORD) - A fake smile, doesn't go a long way

Everything about my trip was good except for service. Sorry to hear that the service did not meet your expectations. I have flown Emirates many times and so far haven't had cause for complaint. The cabin crew have always been welcoming and proactive when I have travelled. There was a time a few yea...

Re: A blast from the past: DC-10-30 - When VA was still VIASA…

Who said that “Under the wing, you know! Wasn't that Markus (Flieger67 or similar)? At one time it semeed that he was in competition with Planehunterto see who could upload their weekly trip report first. But is is great that in those days you were able to move around so freely. What a wonderful tr...

Re: Catching the 747 to Launceston and the 748 back

Hi Andrew, You had me going for a minute with the 747 and 748, :wink2: Mind you, Alliance used to do something similar with their Karratha route, where one of the flights was 737 but they operated a Fokker 100. Sorry that your return flight caused you more discomfort than the outbound flight. But it...

Re: France set to put a ban on "Fake News"

This does not surprise me at all. Countries like France already have laws making it an offence to express the wrong onions. I have no problem with sponsored content being made more obvious. Nor do I have problems with articles being labelled as "opinion" rather than pretending to be news. ...

Re: Taking the Metro: Skippers Aviation Perth - Ravensthorpe

Nice photos and report. Bet it was easier at the small dedicated terminal compared to the main terminal at Perth airport. Hi Ryan. Glad you enjoyed the report. You're not wrong about the Skippers terminal. Less crowded and no security circus. Under our wonderful aviation security laws, the size of ...

Re: Taking the Metro: Skippers Aviation Perth - Ravensthorpe

I enjoyed your TR. I very much enjoyed your trip report! What a beautiful landscape! Thank you for reading it and for your feedback. Both Metro and the company that flew it, OLT, disappeared from Bremen - OLT due to being bankrupt. Shame about the number of smaller airlines that have disappeared fr...

Re: Thai Airways, Business Class - Boeing B 787-8: Bangkok to Perth

Enjoyable read and good photos. I trust that you have/ had a good time in my home city of Perth.

Re: First Air 737-400 Ottawa to Iqaluit

Wow, what a contrast. I'm used to flying over large expanses of arid lands, shimmering in a heat haze. To see all that snow and ice is unreal. The light load obviously gave you an excellent opportunity to take plenty of photos. I do hope that loads are better than this in regular operations. With lo...

Re: A Dash 8 to Kangaroo Island with QantasLink

Hi Ryan! I always look forward to seeing your trips to regional and/or local Australian airports. This one was all the more interesting for covering an inaugural flight. Hopefully the route will prove successful. Shame that you couldn't visit the flight deck for whatever reason, which as others have...

Taking the Metro: Skippers Aviation Perth - Ravensthorpe

Taking the Metro: Skippers Perth - Ravensthorpe When my sister invited me to join her and her family for Christmas in Ravensthorpe, she also suggested that I could fly. That wasn't a bad idea as the drive would take about six hours, compared to a little over two hours (including travel to and from ...

Re: Christmas love it or loath it

Suffice to say if you want to bash Christianity then Christmas is not for you. As fr being to commericial stores are just taking advantage of the hoom in sales. I don't get into it as much as others because I don't have children but it's a time to be thankful for what one has. But there are some wh...

Re: 1967: Australian PM goes for a swim, never comes back...

or by deranged people, Perhaps not successful ones, up to that time. But there was the attempted assassination of Prince Albert, Duke of Edinburgh (second son of Queen Victoria, him very good fella) back in 1868. During a visit by the prince to New South Wales, Michael O'Farrell decided to fire on ...

Re: Australian Same Sex Marriage Survey Results Annoucement

All future ministers receiving licenses in Australia cannot refuse to perform same-sex marriages. Current ministers with licenses, will not be required to perform same-sex marriages. That's the State dictating what "the church" "is". No separation there. No, this is incorrect. T...

Re: Australian Same Sex Marriage Survey Results Annoucement

Fantastic! I cheered, I cried. After all the attempts to block, delay, and amendments designed to water it down to meaningless, the Bill has passed with just 4 members voting no on the third reading. All that is now required is for the Governor General to give the assent for the Bill to become an Ac...

Re: On-board showers on Emirates' A380

EricAY05 wrote:

What if the aircraft encounters sudden turbulence? Is there a chair with a seat belt in the shower?

Re: What Four Words do you misspell all the time?

1) License (shouldn’t there be an “sc” combination in there somewhere? That one is my top one too, because it's spelled licence in French (and UK English), so that's confusing and I end up being wrong in both languages. In English "Licence" is a noun, as in Driving Licence. "License&...

Re: Court rules in favor of Kuwait Airways when it decided not to carry a Jewish passenger

The passenger in question refused to fly non stop instead..... mmmh... I am all for principle, but since he would only been flown back to Germany, why the hassle? No need to fly back to Germany as boarding would have been refused. And that may have been precisely the aim. The object may well be to ...

Re: Court rules in favor of Kuwait Airways when it decided not to carry a Jewish passenger

don't they ask for the passport details during the reservation process? At the time of making a reservation the principal concerns are seat availability and processing payment. It is not necessary to check documents at that time. There are good reasons why bookings are permitted in advance of docum...

Re: Court rules in favor of Kuwait Airways when it decided not to carry a Jewish passenger

How could Switzerland have found any differently from Germany? From my understanding of the linked German article, the Swiss ruling related to intra-European flights and, according the article, the airline subsequently suspended intra-European flights. but it seems a bit odd that Kuwaiti would even...

Re: Australian Same Sex Marriage Survey Results Annoucement

With regard to the voter turnout, do you think this was partly due to the fact that we are just used to voting by law anyhow.. In part yes. But I also think that for many it was an important decision in which they wanted a say. The turnout was high partly for that reason. There is always a minority...

Re: Australian Same Sex Marriage Survey Results Annoucement

Results are in. Australia has voted Yes. 7.82 million or 61.6% in favour. 4.87 million or 38% voted No. The response rate was 79.5%, which is higher than both the US Presidential Election and the Brexit Referendum participation rates. All States and Territories voted Yes. The lowest result was New S...

Re: Australian Same Sex Marriage Survey Results Annoucement

religious institutions have rightly been given the understanding that they can refuse to marry a same sex couple if that is against their moral principals. Existing rights to discriminate extend beyond refusing to marry someone. Under the current Marriage Act, a minister, for example, may refuse to...

Re: Australian Same Sex Marriage Survey Results Annoucement

I certainly hope that the predicted majority in favour of same-sex couples being allowed to marry becomes established fact. It will prove how widespread the support is, whichever way the vote goes. While the Prime Minister has stated that the Government will facilitate (note that does not mean suppo...

Re: The Islamic State is no more

I looked at your Guardian link, but let's be real, Fox and Breitbart are thoroughly dishonest ideologues; no serious person would accept either of them as an information source. Whether you approve of Breitbart or Fox is immaterial to the fact of events they covered having actually occurred. I deli...

Re: What will you wear for Thanksgiving?

There was a time when adults along the parade route dressed appropriately. There was also a time when people dressed appropriately for the theatre or concert recital. People would even dress up to fly. Now, sometimes the actors on the stage don't even bother to wear any clothes. But I guess dressin...

Re: The Islamic State is no more

Can you provide something to back that statement up? Yes, groups claiming support for Daesh have been critical of Hamas for "failing to implement Shari'ah" and "being soft on Israel". Such groups were responsible for a number of bombing attacks in Gaza. https://www.theguardian.c...

Re: The Islamic State is no more

But right now we are the muscle behind Israel's expansion program. I think that the issue of Israel is exaggerated when it comes to what drives terrorism by organisations like Al Qaeda and Daesh/ISIS. The origins of those organisations lie less in any hostility to Israel than the conditions in the ...

Re: Travel Warning to developed countries

What would happen to an Evangelical Christian who, acting within his belief, attempted to or actually did convert a Muslim to Christianity? It is the case that in general people are not harassed for being Christian, Hindu or whatever in the UAE. In fact, the Government of Dubai, for example, has do...

Re: United Airlines discriminates based on nationality

It is clear that "discrimination" is employed in the setting of fares. It is perfectly normal, acceptable and legal business practice which may be displayed in various forms. Posters may have a different opinions on that but that does not make a concern "ridiculous drama". Others...

Re: Mispronounced Words

I was told be a well respected senior economist that the plural of cost is cost. According to your economist, maybe. Would it not depend on the circumstance in which the word is used. Would not "cost" be a total or a summation, whereas "costs" would indicate or suggest separate ...

Re: Hapag Lloyd

Following the acquisition of the Hapag-Lloyd group by TUI, initially TUI continued to use the Hapag-Lloyd Flug name (and for a while that of Hapag-Lloyd Express) while it sought to acquire its own licence in Germany. As part of a restructuring of TUI Group, the airlines were merged and rebranded as ...

Re: Need help buying an airplane

Have you considered an amphibious floatplane? Something like a Cessna 206 with floats might be suitable if you don't want anything too large. Or, if you want something that you can turn the passenger or freight cabin into living accommodation, how about a Cessna 208 floatplane? Neither has the range...

Re: Airline workers share 17 things they wish passengers would stop doing

Its OK for an airline employee to deliberately give a passenger a bad experience if the passenger somehow misbehaves? Certainly, an airline employee should not deliberately send an item of baggage to the wrong destination simply because he/she doesn't like the passenger's attitude. If proved, it wo...

Re: Southern Sky Airlines Antonov 24 Almaty-Balkhash-Astana

Interesting trip report. It's always a bonus when you can walk up to the e aircraft and take photographs on the way. Though the aircraft looked a bit tired and worn, it muct have been quite splendid when it was first delivered. A mirror on the ceiling is a rather odd feature. It would help cabin cre...