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Wendy, control of the aircraft from the ground never took off due to fears about it being hacked and aircraft crashed on purpose. I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not, tbh.

I actually think that CMD has a pretty good idea of the real world, he just doesn't come across that way. He has more experience with the NHS than most people would ever want to, but still gets portrayed as the NHS killer. Milliband would be far more credible if he ditched the union support altogether, and stopped aiming all the evils of the world at the door of business. Labour should be smarter than that now, which is why Blair was so successful in the first five years.

Very. New engine is about 1/5 of that cost, and there's no inherent issues with either the DE or HR engines. They'll go on forever, if you look after them with decent oil and sensible changes intervals.

Oh well if cost is no issue, then get a Kranzle. Just not the one Dan suggested... (only because I don't want him to be right all of the time ). *smugface*

Kranzle. Accept no substitute. 7-122 for me. Superb piece of kit, it really is.

Bloody good to drive though, irritatingly enough. Even the diesel one I had was pretty fun, albeit a bit nose heavy.

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I think if they did, the world would explode. Or even better/worse, put them both on treadmills and see if they would take off...

*tyres

Low mileage cars are a good idea if you're never going to drive them. If you have any intention of putting anything close to average miles on them, then you lose your 'investment' straight away and it was pointless paying the premium.

Come the last election CMD was pretty down to earth I thought, but he definitely seems to have gone the wrong way just to appear the complete opposite to Wallace. To look at it in another light, imagine if Milliband was PM and there was a genuine crisis with us vs Russia: Putin would kick him all over the place. He has absolutely zero presence when putting him up on the world's stage.

Fair enough point. Like I said, I can't explain it myself tbh, maybe it's just because any incidents are so incredibly rare and completely out of my hands that it's not something I remotely worry about. Maybe enjoy was the wrong word, but has this stopped you from ever flying again? Or considering it, at least?

That's a shame if true mate, no-one should stop doing something they enjoy just because of one lone nutcase. Are you never going to fly again then? Security at airports is all for the media, trust me when I say it's an utter sham and makes no difference if someone is dead keen on doing some harm.

Ignore whether you're getting a better car or not, or whether a low mileage car is better than yours. Look at it like this: IT'S AN 11 YEAR OLD 350Z FOR NINE THOUSAND POUNDS On no sensible planet is that a good deal in the first place. Alarm bells should be ringing big time at that alone.

I've played MS FlightSim. I could land a big ol' Airbus, easy. Oddly, despite the fact I work in aviation (of sorts), all this stuff about planes crashing and getting lost and all that doesn't bother me one jot. Couldn't tell you why.

Given how incredibly crap the 040s are, I'd be chucking that pair on eBay and moving to MPSS all round.

Yeah, definitely open it. What's the worst that could happen?

Not impossible there's another slug of air floating around, certainly another good bleed won't hurt.

"Geoff, that TG thing. Quite a bit about it in the papers." "Yeah Ted, I noticed. We should probably investigate." "Okay, well I'll do a quick drive past of Dunsfold over me lunch break if you start filling the paperwork in now Geoff. Deal?" "Sounds good to me Ted, we'll be home by 3pm and case closed!"

Is it hot hot air or just warm air you get? Aircon on make any difference?

Seriously?! That's ridiculous. I mean, it's a great tagline for the airline, but if I was capable of flying a plane I'd wonder where I'd gone wrong in life to be serving drinks in council class.

Ah come on, we've all had dreams of successfully landing a plane after the pilot has been taken ill, I say this is a great opportunity for stewardesses to make that a reality!

That's the spirit!

Pretty much why domestic abuse is so rare to obtain a successful prosecution for, sadly.

They can in theory, but that makes it so easy for the defence that in practice they seldom ever bother.