Hong Kong Aviation

Buffalo Airlines TV Show - ICE PILOTS

Billy Sex Crime — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 05:39:24 GMT

http://www.willflyforfree.com/?page_id=32&page=2 Ice Pilots NWT is a 13-episode real-life docu-series about an unorthodox airline in the Canadian North. Yellowknife-based Buffalo Airways flies WWII-era propeller planes – big old aircraft built by "Rosie the Riveter" that have remained virtually unchanged over the years. Rookie pilots defy bone-chilling temperatures to fly cargo and passengers through blizzards, breakdowns and transatlantic journeys. It's an impossible ...

Rocker Kiwi pilot has smash hit on YouTube

Admin — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:35:47 GMT

Tim Costly clearly far to talented to be in Aviation much longer! The Jet Pilot Song has been featured on here before but here's the story behind it! He's a pilot. A Huey pilot-turned-international singing sensation. But Tim Costley never intended it that way. Blessed with a quick mind and incurable sense of humour, the Ohakea-based Iroquois helicopter pilot ad-libbed a song in an Australian mess hall that has become an internet hit. The inspired music video Jet Pilot burst ...

Don't Leave Home Without Duct Tape

Admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:08:01 GMT

Best duct tape story ever During a private "fly-in" fishing excursion in the Alaskan wilderness, the chartered pilot and fishermen left a cooler and bait in the plane. And a bear smelt it. This is what he did to the plane. The pilot used his radio and had another pilot bring him 2 new tires, 3 cases of duct tape, and a supply of sheet plastic. He patched the plane together and FLEW IT HOME! Duct Tape? Never Leave Home Without It

Retrial For Nancy Kissel

Admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 06:17:52 GMT

HONG Kong's top court today overturned American woman Nancy Kissel's murder conviction and ordered a retrial in the gruesome killing of her investment banker husband, one of the city's most sensational crime cases. "The court unanimously allows the appeal, quashes the conviction and orders a retrial,'' Chief Justice Andrew Li said. Ms Kissel, 45, dubbed the "Milkshake Murderer" for allegedly serving her husband Robert a sedatives-laced strawberry milkshake before bludgeoning ...

Dead Man Found In Landing Gear

Admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:11:00 GMT

JAPANESE authorities have found the body of a man in the landing gear of a Delta airliner that arrived in Tokyo from New York. The man, who was of dark complexion and dressed only in blue jeans and a long-sleeved shirt, was carrying no passport or personal belongings. A mechanic found the body in the landing gear bay of the Boeing 777 after Delta Flight 59 landed at Tokyo's Narita International Airport at about 6:05 p.m. Sunday, a Chiba prefecture police spokesman said. "Doctors ...

BOOYAHHHHHHHHH

Billy Sex Crime — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:19:14 GMT

Robin Hood

Billy Sex Crime — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:57:27 GMT

Come on lads .... everyone was on pprune complaining about the ridiculous moderation ....... I built you a site where you can roam free !

Bring it!

Dirt Required

Billy Sex Crime — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:24:23 GMT

Bit over the top Billy

Admin

New Airport Express Station

CANNOTLA — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:46:33 GMT

The rumour (came from our office staff) is that across the road at KA - due to the new CAD HQ being built next door to KA House - they will have defacto access to a new AEL stop. Will open next May apparently.

Crew Report facilities there are also to undergo a substantial upgrade.

Comments anyone????

PS - Heard at least 6 of our 330's go across there too. What next????

Drunk pilots lose drivers' licenses but can still fly

Admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:42:53 GMT

SEVEN airline pilots banned from the road for drunk driving have been allowed to continue flying for international carriers. Figures obtained from the Civil Aviation Authority showed eight commercial pilots were convicted of drunk driving in 2008 and lost their licenses, the Sun reported. Four worked for British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Cathay Pacific and Eastern Airways. The rest were freelance. Six were allowed to continue flying while one was temporarily suspended. The other has ...

Cathay Plans Small Capacity Increase

Admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:24:30 GMT

SINGAPORE: Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific Airways is considering a small capacity increase this year which it may add to if faced with stronger demand, its CEO said on Monday. "We are planning a small increase in capacity this year and reinstating some of the frequencies that we dropped last year," Tony Tyler said in an interview in Singapore, ahead of an airshow being held in the city. "We are looking at low single-digit increase in capacity overall, both on the freight ...

Singapore air show offers scant sales hopes

Admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:21:27 GMT

Military aircraft makers are set to dominate Asia's largest air show in Singapore this week. Few, if any, sales of planes to commercial airlines are expected during the event. But the Asia Pacific region is experiencing a return to growth that should prove lucrative going forward. So aircraft and equipment makers such as Boeing, EADS, Airbus, as well as Honeywell, Rolls-Royce and Lockheed Martin, are exhibiting at the show. Attendance and deal-making at the Singapore air show, which ...

Pemco seals deal with Yangtze River Express and Hong Kong Airlines Cargo

Admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:18:48 GMT

Pemco seals deal with Yangtze River Express and Hong Kong Airlines Cargo 01/Feb/2010 Pemco World Air Services has announced that it entered into an agreement to convert six 737-300 passenger aircraft to freighter configuration for Hainan Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Group. Under the terms of the contract, signed in 2009, Pemco has already completed redelivery on two 737-300 aircraft conversions in October 2009 and January 2010. The third freighter is on schedule for redelivery in February, ...

HK to host air navigation meeting

Admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:16:27 GMT

HK to host air navigation meeting The International Civil Aviation Organisation's sixth meeting of the performance-based navigation task force will be held in Hong Kong February 3 to 5. The meeting will review the regional implementation of performance-based navigation. The organisation and the Civil Aviation Department are co-hosting a seminar on the issue today and tomorrow. Opening the session today, Director-General of Civil Aviation Norman Lo called for closer collaboration and co-operation ...

Asia - Worlds Largest Aviation Market

Admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:04:52 GMT

Last year, for the first time, the Asia-Pacific region overtook North America as the largest aviation market. Figures issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show that in 2009, 647 million passengers were transported by air in Asia compared to 638 million in North America. Over a quarter of the 2.2 billion airline passengers flew in the Asia-Pacific region. In Asia, in the last ten years, China has surpassed Japan as the largest aviation market. There are currently 1400 ...

Australia Day 2010

Billy Sex Crime — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:40:32 GMT

Quick Math.

Bloody Dragon — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:49:02 GMT

2 777 deliveries in Dec
1 777 next week
1 747F coming back from desert
1 747Pax that is no longer going to desert

Total hiring of crew :0?????
Sure there was a surplus, but thats gotta be getting kinda thin.

New York Times CX Article

Admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:36:37 GMT

January 29, 2010 After a Bad Year, an Airline Picks Up Speed By BETTINA WASSENER HONG KONG — On a scale of one to ten, six is not exactly great. But in the airline industry, a self-declared confidence level of six is almost gushingly positive. Especially when it comes from Tony Tyler, the chief executive of Cathay Pacific, one of the largest and most established airlines in Asia and a bellwether for the entire region. “I have been down in the twos and threes, so that’s a big step ...

runway incursion at HKG

sanicom — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:48:25 GMT

Word is that Hong Kong Airlines or Express had a runway incursion sometime last week. So what's the story guys?

Drunk Pilots

Billy Sex Crime — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:14:52 GMT

Cathay To Increase Jeddah & Sapporo Flights

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:23:34 GMT

Cathay Pacific Airways will increase the number of flights to Jeddah from four times a week to daily from 28 March in response to market demand. The airline launched its service to Saudi Arabia's second major commercial city last October. With the additional flights it will operate a total of 14 flights a week to the Kingdom, including a daily service to the country's capital, Riyadh. There are excellent connections to and from the new flights out of Sydney and Melbourne. In addition, Cathay ...

FUCK ME THIS WAS CLOSE

Billy Sex Crime — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 06:43:09 GMT

stickshaker.org official media release

Admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:15:13 GMT

FOR A WORD FORMAT MEDIA RELEASE PLEASE DOWNLOAD HERE : http://www.mediafire.com/file/zeo0ofyjq0n/Media Release_Stickshaker.org.doc Media Release: Stickshaker.org - Shaking up the world of aviation websites. JANUARY 20, 2010: A new web forum for pilots has been established that is set to shake up the existing aviation websites. Stickshaker.org was created by a diverse group of airline pilots who were looking for an alternative to the highly moderated mainstream aviation forums. Stickshaker.org ...

New Low Level F16 Video Low Level Flying

Admin — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 04:07:27 GMT

Forward this video on and help the stickshaker.org community grow! Top right of this page there is a button "Share" you can use this function to share this video and threads around the net.

Best Airline

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:25:47 GMT

It has been a rough time for the airline industry, with the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) reporting losses of nearly US$5 billion in 2008. More heavy falls are predicted for this year. But results at Singapore Airlines, named Best Airline for the fifth year in a row, have shown the market may be levelling out. The airline has reported a net loss of US$115 million for the second quarter, an improvement on its first quarter net loss of US$222 million. The airline ...

Cool Flying Toy For Sai Kung Residents!

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:05:53 GMT

http://www.jetlev-flyer.com/

stickshaker.org youtube video

Admin — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:57:17 GMT

Site upgrade

Admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:09:50 GMT

The site will be moving to it's own domain name soon and it will also host some additional sections to cater for other parts of the world, but retaining a Hong Kong focus. I'm going to take PPRUNE head on and advertise the forum in the coming weeks. Nothing happens over night but we all have to start some where!

Everyone's feed back, messages and input is greatly appreciated. I hope I can build a great site that encourages open dialog, with a fun flavor.

Cheers.

Wanchai pilot forum theme

744CaptainAndersen — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 06:18:11 GMT

Mate,

Hate to sound negative or to be bitching already...but is there any other background that's more pleasing to the eyes?

What's with the commie red?

The Captain.

A pilot's life: exhausting hours for meagre wages

Admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:22:06 GMT

$20,000 pay and lengthy commutes to work renew fears for passengers' safety The old hands say there was never much glamour in piloting several tonnes of metal thousands of feet in the air. But there's no denying that to the earthbound back in the jet-set era half a century ago – when Pan Am's "Clippers" ruled the air lanes and service was modelled on transatlantic ocean liners – pilots were regarded with an awe just short of that accorded to astronauts. The exotic blend ...

LOG IN TROUBLE & CONFIRMATION E-MAILS

Admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:29:01 GMT

Hi people,

There's been a few instances where people are not getting their confirmation e-mails so they can log in.

I've manually activated everyone now so you can log in and contribute to the forum.

Help the forum grow by adding a post!

A forum is like a plant, you sew the seed (make a post) nurture it (check back respond reply) and it grows into something useful (a thread full of information)

Thanks!

Anti CX pilot video?

WC — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 10:21:57 GMT

Heard about a anti CX pilot video. Apparently a buch of still pics combined together with a red hot chilli peppers soundtrack. Anyone heard of it or seen it?

PPRUNE Sux I've managed to Piss Them off Real Good

Billy Sex Crime — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 03:18:38 GMT

Hello friends looks like I finally managed to annoy the precious ones at pprune good and proper! I guess after my usual antics, cheeky posts and blatant advertising on their website they booted me off again! I can understand that they booted me off for promoting this new forum on their site! But the good thing is the extreme banning and deleting peoples posts were getting beyond a joke, so it gave me to motivation to start this site so YOU! the users can have your say without being persecuted. Please ...

Air Pacific Code Sharing With CX

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:08:52 GMT

ONLY nine of the 28 countries that established air service agreements with Fiji fly into the country. A total of 12 airlines fly here from nine countries under the existing agreements. Director of Civil Aviation Akuila Waradi said there were no airlines flying from the remaining 21 countries mainly because of soaring costs in the aviation industry. Mr Waradi said for those countries that did not have their airlines flying to Fiji, a few were using the code sharing agreements linked with ...

Dragon Air Low Cost?

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:36:29 GMT

Remember all those jokes about Dragon Air becoming Cathay's low cost airline? Well the Indians seem to think Dragon's a low Cost outfit! "This is for the first time that a no-frills international carrier is operating out of the city with this kind of baggage charges," said Travel Agents' Federation of India's regional (East) chairman Anil Punjabi. Experts said such modules are followed in other low-cost carriers operating internationally like Air Arabia, Dragon Air, Tiger Aviates ...

Zimbabwe Sevens To Play In HK

Admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:51:39 GMT

THE Zimbabwe Sevens rugby team will play in the Hong Kong leg of the IRB Sevens World Series in March. The Cheetahs received the invitation from the International Rugby Board this week. The IRB Sevens is an eight-legged series which takes core teams to eight cities around the world. The Hong Kong leg is the sixth after Dubai (UAE), George (South Africa), Wellington (New Zealand), Las Vegas (USA), and Adelaide (Australia). They also play in London and Edinburgh in Britain. Zimbabwe, a ...

Police To Charge Acid Throwing Prick

Billy Sex Crime — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:50:40 GMT

Police in Hong Kong say they will charge a man over one of a series of acid attacks in the territory. He is one of two suspects arrested on Wednesday over an attack in December in which the corrosive liquid was thrown on crowds in a busy shopping district. The other suspect has been released. The attack, in Causeway Bay, burned five women and a man. At least six similar attacks in a year have injured more than 100 people. The latest, on Saturday, hurt 30 people. In that attack, two ...

Logic or as they say at work THE BIG PICTURE

Ming Court Master — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:40:15 GMT

Pilots Ordered To Smarten Up

Billy Sex Crime — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:41:21 GMT

Been done to death on PPRUNE but just wanted to add a link here so people can get the fire hose out and not worry about being banned. Hong Kong - Pilots at Hong Kong's biggest airline on Sunday were under orders to smarten up after being given a dressing down for being poorly turned-out in public. A memo sent to the airline's 2 000 pilots by Cathay Pacific general manager for flying Captain Henry Craig said cockpit crew had been spotted looking untidy and unkempt going to and from work. He ...

Whistle Blower Drops The Shit On Jetstar Vietnam

Billy Sex Crime — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:21:51 GMT

BRUCE Buchanan, the chief executive of Jetstar Airways in Australia, said yesterday there would be no apology or any reinstatement of the men who blew the whistle on Jetstar Pacific in Vietnam to its aviation regulator. Mr Buchanan, chief executive of Jetstar Airways and on the board of Jetstar Pacific, where whistleblowers Digger King and Bernard McCune worked, yesterday told The Age: ''I just find it astounding that someone would take photographs, send them off to their friend who had just ...

Airline Crack Whip On "High Pilots"

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:14:19 GMT

NEW DELHI: Pilots and cabin crew members used to reporting to work in high spirits beware. Airlines have started taking a cue from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) tough line on drunken flying and begun taking strict action like sacking the ‘high’ fliers. In the past four months, DGCA’s random checks have led to 15 airline employees — six pilots and nine cabin crew members — being found drunk while reporting for work. Kingfisher has terminated the service of two ...

Welcome From Billy Sex Crime

Billy Sex Crime — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:53:43 GMT

Welcome people and thanks for coming over and checking out my new forum. It might sound a bit extreme but after being banned from PPRUNE numerous time for having fun and taking the piss, I got jacked off and decided to start a forum where people can shoot the shit, take the piss and air some grievances. I'm not going to shut threads down or ban people for saying what they think, the whole idea of a forum is open discussion regardless of how off the beaten track it may become. Register with ...

Regulating Blood Alcohol Limit of Pilots CAD

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:26:14 GMT

Hong Kong (HKSAR) - Following is a question by the Ir Dr Hon Raymond Ho Chung-tai and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Ms Eva Cheng, at the Legislative Council meeting today (January 13): Question: It has been reported that in recent years, incidents involving pilots discharging duties on international civilian passenger aircraft while being drunk happened from time to time, and such behaviour seriously affected the safety of passengers and other crew members.In this ...

Cebu Pacific Repremanded for "Wrong Call"

Billy Sex Crime — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:30:56 GMT

MANILA, Philippines—The pilot of the Manila-bound Cebu Pacific Air flight from Hong Kong was involved in the attempt to offload a child with a learning disability from a Dec. 23 flight. Airline officials said they have started a company-wide reorientation of front-line staff to avoid a repeat of the incident, which it now appears involved not just the flight’s cabin crew but also the pilot. Candy Iyog, the Cebu Pacific vice president for marketing, said all crew members involved have ...