Recent content by Russ Butler

You think airport security is bad as a passenger! Try being treated as if you are a terrorist every day that you go to work by the uneducated, low paid, ignorant security staff who are in constant fear of making a mistake, missing something and being sacked. No liquids, no frozen meals etc etc...

At home base you would ask for a replacement to be brought to the aircraft, but if their was not time to get a replacement or you are down route we can dispatch with only one and not two working, obviously both pilots have one each. For the Airlines not carrying loads of documents saves a lot...

Leipzig/Halle in Germany has a siding and loading area, adjacent to the DHL hub, which was unused in the 3 years I flew for DHL. (The hub at Leipzig was handling around 50 aircraft and 250,000 parcels a night). It could potentially be used for a high speed service towards Munich when the Berlin...

I pad, what is the issue with those. As an airline pilot we operate paperless flight deck with all documents bar for the QRH, (emergency check list) and minimum equipment list (which you use to see if you can depart with a technical defect) being on the iPad only. This includes all navigator...

HS 2 should be re routed to serve Heathrow and terminate at St Pancras International with a direct link out to Stratford. This would give one change only access from East Anglia, the East and West Midlands and direct trains from Leeds, Manchester and Birmingham. The link out to the West would...