Volcanic ash: the day we learned what it can do
It was on 24 June 1982 that the world learned, in dramatic fashion for the first time, precisely what kind of damage tropopausal volcanic ash can do to an aircraft. Since then a network of volcanic ash...
View ArticleWhat you expect to see
If there’s one question about the BA 777 St Kitts short runway take-off I would like to have answered, it would be this: I know that there is a psychological tendency for pilots to see what they expect...
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Last flight of BA’s last 757
G-CPET is the aircraft that will carry out the last scheduled British Airways Boeing 757 revenue flight, and the timetable below charts its last working day on Saturday 30 October: BA1384 Heathrow to...
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That last BA 757 flight in G-CPET
Capt Chris Smith, BA’s most experienced 757 captain (All pictures by Nick Morrish/British Airways) It’s Saturday 30 October, about 1715 local time on the ramp at London Heathrow, and Capt Chris...
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Concorde flies under Tower Bridge (pictures)
About half a second later we made it through. Phew! Left wingtip a bit close. Worried about the fin, too. I was on board the world’s only active Concorde simulator when I took this picture. The visual...
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It can’t be that bad: BA is recruiting again
The last time British Airways offered wannabe pilots the chance to train for a job with the company was before 9/11. Between now and 2016, says BA head of recruitment Robin Glover, the airline needs...
View ArticleEmirates on the modern airline pilot
Emirates has implemented evidence-based recurrent training for its pilots, on the grounds that it’s direly needed. Not very many carriers have done. British Airways is soon to introduce EBT to its...
View ArticleUK pilot union turf war
On 15 November the Independent Pilots Association launched a campaign to attract British Airline Pilots Association members. The IPA was capitalising on discontent among BALPA members about the...
View ArticleWhat Daily Mail passengers worry about on a BA flight
On 20 December a British Airways Airbus A321 flight from Heathrow to Glasgow suffered a serious cabin air contamination event. The pilots felt dizzy and, worried about losing consciousness, donned...
View ArticleNATS’ clever invention will reduce delay at LHR
UK air navigation service provider NATS has just achieved a “world first” by winning approval to operate time-based aircraft separation on runway approaches at London Heathrow airport. So what? Well,...
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