Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 3]
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RizzoTheRat said:
On a flight in to Gatwick last week they were checking passports as we got off the aircraft. This was at a normal gate so we still had to go through passport control in the airport. Do they occasionally do that as a random spot check or would they have been looking for someone in particular?
Suspect the latter.RizzoTheRat said:
On a flight in to Gatwick last week they were checking passports as we got off the aircraft. This was at a normal gate so we still had to go through passport control in the airport. Do they occasionally do that as a random spot check or would they have been looking for someone in particular?
Both. Its more likely the former, in fact, UK Border Force do carry out a number of spot checks on arriving aircraft, which delays people like my from doing my job but never mind.
But they also do look for specific people coming off the flight. The other part of the company I work for does aircraft cleaning and that includes dumping the toilets out... if you've ever had to stand next to the drain grating whilst the UKBF searches for a passport that someone's flushed away.. you never forget that smell. That was a real "Treat" I got from one of the managers playing a bit of a joke on me some years ago. "Alex, come on, we'll go and get bacon rolls for everyone" but he'd just got the call to say he needed to be present for them to do this search of the waste.
Never did eat that sandwich.
marshalla said:
allroad one said:
Another question: why do some reverse gears whine?
They're straight cut.Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
jimmytheone said:
But why is reverse such a tall gear?
Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
Not my experience. I would have thought reverse was no taller than 1st, probably a fair bit shorter. If first is geared to 20-30ish then you shouldn't be slipping it any more going backwards than forwards on any given incline. Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
Probably optimised for J-turns
Speed 3 said:
jimmytheone said:
But why is reverse such a tall gear?
Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
Not my experience. I would have thought reverse was no taller than 1st, probably a fair bit shorter. If first is geared to 20-30ish then you shouldn't be slipping it any more going backwards than forwards on any given incline. Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
marshalla said:
Speed 3 said:
jimmytheone said:
But why is reverse such a tall gear?
Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
Not my experience. I would have thought reverse was no taller than 1st, probably a fair bit shorter. If first is geared to 20-30ish then you shouldn't be slipping it any more going backwards than forwards on any given incline. Most cars I've driven seem to be able to do 20mph+ in reverse (which is really useful) whereas for low speed manoeuvring you often end up slipping the clutch
Oscarmac said:
How do they get those posters for circuses, wrestling and stunt shows into the insides of unoccupied retail premises? Do they make an appointment with the landlord?
If you mean the ones that hang inside the door they sellotape a couple together end to end and then feed them over the top of the door.StevieBee said:
Do planes ever get stolen?
I don't mean a little one from some remote airfield....big ones; Airbuses, Boeings...
The only one I can recall is this one:I don't mean a little one from some remote airfield....big ones; Airbuses, Boeings...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Boeing_727-223_...
BristolRich said:
When did pushing pull along suitcases become a 'thing'?... I don't mean the four wheeled jobs, I'm talking two wheels...
At Reading station today I stumbled (literally) across this many times and was like watching somone trying to reverse a trailer into a tight space.
The same idiots that push those flatbed trolleys around B&Q. Also watched a load of halfwits pushing trolleys through the mud at Glastonbury. Constantly winding themselves when they bogged down.At Reading station today I stumbled (literally) across this many times and was like watching somone trying to reverse a trailer into a tight space.
Ayahuasca said:
When most of the world uses the decimal system, why are aircraft flying altitudes expressed in feet?
And what is with the 'flight level nn' business? Why not say 'nn feet'?
Most captains, when doing passenger PA now express the altitude in feet and metres.And what is with the 'flight level nn' business? Why not say 'nn feet'?
Edited by WD39 on Wednesday 20th July 20:08
XFDreamer said:
Willy Nilly said:
XFDreamer said:
I flew back form Ibiza with Easyjet last weekend. We were bussed out to the aircraft in the usual way but as we got to the plane we noticed the Guardia Civil (friendly Spanish policemen) had a passenger from the incoming flight face down on the tarmac in handcuffs.
The captain came over to the bus and explained this chap had had too much to drink on the flight and had started a fight and asked if we minded staying on the bus for a short while so the air crew could give witness statements.
My question is how would this chap get home after the police had released him? I can't imagine Easyjet would want to fly him again and surely they would pass on their knowledge of him to other airlines.
Maybe he's walking home?
Council. The captain came over to the bus and explained this chap had had too much to drink on the flight and had started a fight and asked if we minded staying on the bus for a short while so the air crew could give witness statements.
My question is how would this chap get home after the police had released him? I can't imagine Easyjet would want to fly him again and surely they would pass on their knowledge of him to other airlines.
Maybe he's walking home?
Another reason PH is becoming a place I visit less and less.
Flying to a place where people gets leathered on arrival is uber council
You could have picked up a sense of humour in duty free while you were there.
Willy Nilly said:
Easyjet - council, everyone knows that.
Flying to a place where people gets leathered on arrival is uber council
You could have picked up a sense of humour in duty free while you were there.
Pfft. Amateurs. If you haven't had ten pints in the Weatherspoons in departure you're not trying hard enough.Flying to a place where people gets leathered on arrival is uber council
You could have picked up a sense of humour in duty free while you were there.
Willy Nilly said:
Easyjet - council, everyone knows that.
Flying to a place where people gets leathered on arrival is uber council
You could have picked up a sense of humour in duty free while you were there.
Willy, please stop making an arse of yourself.Flying to a place where people gets leathered on arrival is uber council
You could have picked up a sense of humour in duty free while you were there.
We stayed in a 2.5 million Euro villa called Casa Azul. It costs 10,000 Euros a week to rent.... Google it!
Easyjet is the only option to get to Ibiza easily from where I live.
Not everyone goes to Ibiza to get leathered!
I've got a sense of humour...........say something funny I might laugh.
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