Primarily for general aviation discussion, but other aviation topics are also welcome.
#1553527
Feedback is just that: a venting facility. I've never heard a programme's representative admitting anything was ever amiss; there's more often a rambling justification that adds more to one's dissatisfaction.
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#1553571
joe-fbs wrote:Referring to an earlier post, around the time UK operators were complaining that they could not offer passenger rides in their Dakotas because of EASA, I sat for a couple of hours at a German airport (Hamburg probably) watching a Tante Ju giving passenger rides. So EASA rules or operators looking for an excuse or local CAA gold plating or ...?

In 2008 that Air Atlantique did a final UK tour of "last DC-3 rides". I understood that this was because they were not going to the expense of modifying their DC-3s to meet EASA requrements for passenger carrying, and the concession was about to expire. These requirements were related to passenger egress in emergency as you would have had to jump a few feet from the main door to the ground. I would guess that the JU52 is lower and so doesn't have the same problem.
#1553607
These do apply:

CAT.IDE.A.215 Internal doors and curtains
Aeroplanes shall be equipped with:
(a) in the case of aeroplanes with an MOPSC of more than 19, a door between the passenger compartment and the flight crew compartment, with a placard indicating ‘crew only’ and a locking means to prevent passengers from opening it without the permission of a member of the flight crew;None of this applies to the Dakota:

ORO.SEC.100 Flight crew compartment security — aeroplanes
(a) In an aeroplane which is equipped with a flight crew compartment door, this door shall be capable of being locked, and means shall be provided by which the cabin crew can notify the flight crew in the event of suspicious activity or security breaches in the cabin.

This doesn't:

(b) All passenger-carrying aeroplanes of a maximum certificated take-off mass exceeding 45 500 kg, or with a MOPSC of more than 60 engaged in the commercial transportation of passengers, shall be equipped with an approved flight crew compartment door that is capable of being locked and unlocked from either pilot’s station and designed to meet the applicable airworthiness requirements.
#1553613
The BBC used to have a full-time speciaist 'Air Correspondent'. The last one that I recall was Reginald Turnhill. He came to aviation journalisim from a non-aviation journalist background, but made a habit of checking his facts before he opened his mouth. He did a terrific job, but sadly on retirement he was not replaced by a 'specialist' .
There are millions of citizens who have a personal interest in aviation. Just look at the hundreds who turn out to watch a brief five-second fly-past by the Reds (Filton, last week); and the many hundreds of thousands who flock to organisied airshows all around the country for the same.
The BBC wastes millions on subsequently cancelled projects, on which none reading this would spend a penny (sic). The Beeb is giving aviation short change. Further, this kind of reporting undermines the credibily of their general news agenda. If a well-known reporter obviously has not done his homework, how does this reflect on the remainder?
#1553618
Yes, but he isn't a reporter is he?

He's just a gob on a stick who every day needs to generate a little artificial controversy to get the freak show contributors ringing in with their loony ideas and opinions.

Rob P
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#1554395
Rob P wrote:Yes, I suppose he managed to achieve a certain degree of lasting fame for his incompetence. :D

Rob P

Oi, Dennis Healey was my wife's mother's sister's husband's cousin.

We live in enlightened times where everyone is entitled to be offended for no good reason so I demand an apology and financial reparations for my hurt feelings.
#1554405
In Spain last year, I found that I could listen but not download.

I have stopped using Radio Player since they started demanding so much personal information to be able to do it. Which as an enthusiastic licence payer and general supporter of the BBC (I don't listen to commercial radio since Radio 6 replaced Planet Rock in my affections, also Planet Rock became unobtainable on my older DABs and is not on digital TV) I find very annoying. Perhaps I should just register with fake details.
#1554412
Maxthelion wrote:
GrahamB wrote:It can be streamed from any number of sources, including the BBC's owns apps and website (not the tea, though).


Actually, I've found that you can't do that without going to the trouble of setting up a vpn connection back to the UK. Iplayer checks your IP and if it's a forrin one then it won't play.


That's the case with iPlayer (i.e. TV) but with Radio Player it certainly isn't as I was listening to Radio 4 at least once a day over the last 3 weeks while in France with no VPN!