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Very surreal.
Unfortunately I'm not sure you can fully protect against that sort of issue.Comment
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Overcooked overhyped media coverage as usual. The pilot is already a national "hero" in the US (yee-haw). No doubt his pimps/lawyers will have the movie rights sewn up this time tomorrow and his front row seat booked for the Obama-fest next week.
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Go on - what will be the name of the movie ? Anyone got any guesses?Originally posted by moorfield View PostOvercooked overhyped media coverage as usual. The pilot is already a national "hero" in the US (yee-haw). No doubt his pimps/lawyers will have the movie rights sewn up this time tomorrow and his front row seat booked for the Obama-fest next week.Just call me Matron - Too many handbagsComment
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Seems like it was a flock of geese, which took out both engines.Comment
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Flocking hell...everyone got out..that's really good news and one hell of a pilot.
I remember belly-flopping in to my local swimming pool at 4mph from 10 feet height. Water was as hard as concrete. How a plane doing 170mph didn't disintegrate is amazing (and no doubt skillful flying).Last edited by Board Game Geek; 16 January 2009, 02:43.Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
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It'll be a pretty short movie - Plane takes off, a couple of big bangs, and it splashes into the water! Drama over.Originally posted by moorfield View PostOvercooked overhyped media coverage as usual. The pilot is already a national "hero" in the US (yee-haw). No doubt his pimps/lawyers will have the movie rights sewn up this time tomorrow and his front row seat booked for the Obama-fest next week.
Although I suppose they could ham up the human interest side with all the passengers perched on the wings. But they weren't exactly in the middle of nowhere wondering if help would ever arrive.Work in the public sector? Read the IR35 FAQ hereComment
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Isn't it about time the ALF started a campaign to ensure that RR only use free-range chickens, fattened to the required dimensions on organically-grown corn, before being lovingly slaughtered as they enjoy a warm bath, and then frozen in solar-powered freezersOriginally posted by zara_backdog View PostThey use ' frozen chickens' in a test rig - there is one set up at RR in Derby. Mr ZB works in the aerospace industry
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No problem. Captain's wife wants a divorce; air traffic controller struggles with alcoholism; passenger A needs a kidney transplant; passenger B is a nervous terrorist; passenger C is a nun with a guitar.Originally posted by OwlHoot View Post
The first seventy minutes of the film take place in the terminal as these people argue with each other, wrestle with their inner demons, or sing All Things Bright and Beautiful to some disabled children on a once-in-a-lifetime journey on a different plane.
Then there's five minutes of taxiing and taking off, five more minutes for the plane to plummet into the river, and five minutes for them all to be rescued and find redemption.
That makes eighty-five minutes, allowing an additional five minutes for the credits to roll as everybody leaves the cinema and never gets to see who the "Key Grip" was.
Ninety minutes, straight to DVD. Job done
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