... had a right to expect that the show was properly prepared and all those taking part knew the limitations of themselves and the planes they were flying in. This clearly was not the case here. I cannot believe the pilot had not rigorously practised what he was going to do and also that the ...

http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=203147 Article on it. The work load the flying staff were on at the time was huge. As ground crew we had already questioned it. I had been posted back to NZ about 3 months before this happened. What's not mentioned was ...

I worked on a fighter squadron (well two) for a number of years and I can tell you the displays they put on for air shows were heavy plan, risk assessed and practiced. Always first few times high and over water, then after numerous runs they would lower to display height still over ...

Were're all ill as well, nasty virus going around and 40% of Will's school is off with it. Planning a weekend on the couch and maybe a few hours out on the bike Sunday.

... noticed at the moment it's pretty funny because they come up to us and speak German and we just smile and nod and laugh!! I thought us British were bad when it came to thinking everyone spoke English. Which we tend to take for granted most of the time in my opinion! Although tonight I have ...

It appears there were some quiet shocking lapses in standards and assessments, not just for this show but airshows in general. When you have planes pulling stunts over crowds and built up areas, surely you should do some very strict ...

... bear suit they still won't see you. How often have I seen ambulances and police cars with light and sirens going, and cars not even knowing they were there :( what hope is there for a small little hi viz with some twatty polite bull written on the back of it

... long taster session? IAM in general. He did the whole course with them then went on a trip afterwards and said they rode like complete twats and were dangerous. Fwiw most I expect that most IAM members are people who pride themselves on striving to ensure that they drive to a high standard. So ...

Kwacky wrote:IAM in general or the hour long taster session?

IAM in general.

He did the whole course with them then went on a trip afterwards and said they rode like complete twats and were dangerous.

I've been put off this by the feedback i had from a colleague who went with the local group.

He reckoned they were fine on the training but went out for a long ride with them later and they rode like complete pillocks.

halve the working week and double the hourly rate , instantly twice as many jobs , and besides that its pretty much what we were promised (that machines would work and we would have more leisure time ) by Tomorrow's World and the Jetsons .

We were bored last year. Let it go.

Things change. The same arguments were raised in the 18th and 19th Centuries when machines started to do manual labour work and farming became automated. The population had quadrupled since then and we're still working. Look at the car industry. ...

Things change. The same arguments were raised in the 18th and 19th Centuries when machines started to do manual labour work and farming became automated. The population had quadrupled since then and we're still working. Look at the car industry. ...

I think there's a Messy line here were there are some people who need extra support don't get it and some that don't need it get it. Its very hard to call and in some circumstances made a lot worse by the media they love a good story. Mean ...

... fundamentally undermining our society. When the first of my peers left school, back when I was 15/16 I was dumbfounded to learn that some of them were being paid money by the government to do nothing.! Whilst I got nothing whatsoever for studying & attending school. My upbringing had kept ...

... filled up 4 karts while the other guy had filled 8!! Although I am unsure whether he filled all of them up or if he just checked them and saw they were already pretty full as only 40 mins before we had filled up a fair few...so he could of just been bullsh&tting me haha!! Also last night the ...

... need a left handed threaded nut for the one end to lock the linkage. Now ordered. Used McGill Motorsport in Scotland for both orders. The joints were ordered Sunday evening and received today with no delivery costs charged.

... I went onto the cross-trainer and did 4 minutes before I nearly passed out. So I tried doing chest... didn't happen. Odd thing is, my pull ups were the best I've done in a while with very strict form and a strong hold at the top for most reps. Lets try again this evening

... dedicated graphics card, SSD (120gb), 8gb ram, windows 10. All this cost me less than £600. Mine has been 100% fine but my girlfriend had 3 that were broken out of the box so probably not the best for kids (Toshiba S50B15P) This spec is what I would recommend but go to a shop when you find a ...