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Old 25 February 2008, 03:02 PM
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Old 25 February 2008, 03:08 PM
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lol saw this on the news , it made chukle
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Old 25 February 2008, 03:24 PM
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Anyone got the movie link.

BTW this guy was on £250K a year plus all the stewardesses he could sh*g.
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Old 25 February 2008, 03:48 PM
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chief pilot of the 777 fleet and in his 50's.....you'd hope so!
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Old 25 February 2008, 04:02 PM
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I wonder if he yelled over the P.A. system "This is charlie leader, bandits at 10 o'clock, tally ho!!!" just before the manouver
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He should of done it properly and done the fly-by sideways

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I think someone in the company had a sense of humour failure on this one. I'd have enjoyed the ride
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I wonder if the guys in the tower reacted the same way the guy in Top Gun did
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Branson will no doubt employ him just for the publicity
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Old 25 February 2008, 05:25 PM
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"Negative Ghostrider, the patern is full"

"son of a Bitch"

"Great ***** of fire! "

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Old 25 February 2008, 05:40 PM
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you forgot the bit about him wanting some butt
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Old 25 February 2008, 06:12 PM
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Next time, do it inverted.
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Old 25 February 2008, 07:31 PM
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Two things;

1. can those planes actualy fly inverted?

2. how much to std airline pilots earn?
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Old 25 February 2008, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by POC
Two things;

1. can those planes actualy fly inverted?

2. how much to std airline pilots earn?
What has inverted got to do with it? It was a low level fly-by, no inversion?

Anything from £40k ( New LO-CO Capt ) to 120k ( Senior BA 747 Capt )
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Old 25 February 2008, 08:29 PM
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Prehaps he should have had a chat to "Leslie",

Im sure a short pass to a vertical climb would have been far better

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Old 25 February 2008, 10:12 PM
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Brand new 777? It would be rude not to....its the equivelent to doing doughnuts in a brand new Veyron

7/10 for effort:

An inverted flypast at 30ft would have been a bit more daring
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Old 25 February 2008, 10:25 PM
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Crap (made from pictures i think) but you ge the idea:

YouTube - Cathay Pacific Very Low Flyby of 777-300ER
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Old 25 February 2008, 10:32 PM
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Pah. Should have done it one of those A380 things.

Mind you, as mentioned above, Branson will probably employ him to do it in one of his when he gets one.
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Old 26 February 2008, 11:42 AM
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Very surprised at what is an over-reaction. That really is not dangerous just after a runway approach. His mistake was not to get authorisation to do it.

On my Squadron only wimps flew much above 50 feet anyway!

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Old 26 February 2008, 12:37 PM
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That was on the Boeing plant field wasn't it? I'm sure they've seen a LOT worse there I'm sure all aboard enjoyed it, bit mean to fire him
 
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Old 26 February 2008, 01:21 PM
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Apparently most airlines do a lypast when picking up new aircraft from Boeing, and yes it seems as if he is being fired for doing it without authorisation, which apparently should have come from the Hong Kong Aviation Authority who complained to Cathay Pacific.

He is also not too popular with other pilots at Cathay because he was instrumental in getting rid of a large number of them a few years ago.
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