fredag 23. november 2012

SAS i kveld - Oppstyr i Danmark


MASSEOPPSIGELSER: Dansk kabinpersonell hos SAS har levert inn oppsigelser i hopetall etter at deres forening CAU mandag denne uken var de siste som signerte den knallharde nye spareavtalen med ledelsen i flyselskapet. Foto: Johan Nilsson (AP Photo)                       

Danske kabinansatte rømmer SAS

73 ansatte har allerede innlevert sin oppsigelse, og flere ventes.
De danske kabinansatte har lenge vært den hardeste neglen for SAS-ledelsen.
Det var derfor få som var overrasket over at forhandlingene med deres forening (CAU) trakk ut kriseløsningen som lå på bordet, og som det til slutt ble enighet om.

Varsler flere oppsigelser

Nå skal flere av de danske kabinansatte ha fått nok av flere arbeidstimer, lengre arbeidsdager og mindre lønn, ifølge Ekstrabladet.dk. I alt har 73 av dem innlevert sin oppsigelse de siste dagene.
– Folk forsvinner herfra. Bare de siste dagene har vi fått 73 oppsigelser, og det blir langt flere i den nærmeste fremtid når det går opp for dem, hva den her avtalen inneholder, sier nestleder i CAU, Jean Pierre Schomburg til nettavisen.

Får det ikke til å gå opp

Personalet mener deres nye arbeidshverdag ikke lar seg kombinere med et normalt familieliv.
CAU har etter at forhandlingene ble avsluttet mandag sendt ut informasjon til sine medlemmer om de nye vilkårene, ifølge Ekstrabladet. Det skal også senere denne uken avholdes møter i fagforeningens lokaler.

– Iscenesatt drama

Foreningen sa likevel ja til avtalen for at ikke SAS skulle gå overende, og med den konsekvens det vil ha for København Lufthan og alle arbeidsplassene som ville bli berørt. Det var likevel med blandede følelser, ifølge nestlederen i CAU.

torsdag 22. november 2012

B787 byggingen

 
BBC Supersized Earth.. Sjekk dette programmet om byggingen av B787 inkl. bilder av Dreamlifter, en fet B747. http://tinyurl.com/d293zkc
Undertegnede fikk en "tour of the plant" sammen med Eirik Walle for et år siden. Imponerende greier.....

SAS - Mer "fall out" etter nær døden opplevelse

 
SAS her fire fly av denne typen
 
Foto: Wikipedia

– SAS flyttet dyre fly til Norge av frykt for kreditorer

På grunn av frykt for konkurs omregistrerte SAS to av sine dyreste fly til Norge for å beskytte dem mot kreditorer, skriver Politiken.
To fly av typen Airbus A330, som koster mer enn en milliard per fly, fikk endret sin tilhørighet fra henholdsvis Danmark og Sverige til Norge. Dette skjedde de siste månedene etter krav fra flyenes eier, den franske storbanken Crédit Agricole, ifølge Politiken.
SAS har leaset de store langdistanseflyene siden 2004. I motsetning til Danmark og Sverige har Norge ratifisert den såkalte Cape Town-konvensjonen, som betyr at eiere av fly og andre «mobile aktiva» har en særlig beskyttelse mot krav fra kreditorer ved en konkurs.
Crédit Agricole fryktet å «havne i klørne på sultne kreditorer», om flyene forble i de danske og svenske luftfartsregisterne, sier en kilde til Politiken.
Det danske flyet ble flyttet til det norske registeret den 16. oktober. Flere uker før SAS annonserte sin omfattende spareplan. Det svenskregistrerte flyet ble flyttet til Norges register i forrige uke, bare noen få dager før de avgjørende forhandlingene mellom SAS-ledelsen og de ansatte

Spruce Goose - Sjekk denne modellen

Classic Hughes Aircraft Flying Again



Aero Telemetry, a small company in southern California, is finishing up a model of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose flying boat with a 20-foot wingspan, which it calls "the world's largest flyable, most historically accurate and detailed scale model" of the iconic aircraft. The airplane is one of three Hughes aircraft that the company is building to create a traveling exhibit. Joe Bok, the company CEO and an aerospace engineer, designed the models used in The Aviator film, released in 2004. Bok, however, felt that the models used in the movie, created under intense deadline pressure, "left much to be desired," company spokesman Rob Hartz told AVweb. So on his own, Bok is creating meticulous new versions based on extensive research.

So far the company has created a 1/2 scale Hughes H1 Racer, which flew last year, and this year, the company flew "the world's largest flyable museum-scale replica" of the twin-engine twin-tail Hughes XF-11, with a 30-foot wingspan. According to the company website, Bok and his team were given access to rare photographs and original Hughes Aircraft blueprints of the XF-11, detailing the intricacies of the complex design. The flying Spruce Goose replica will debut at the Academy of Model Aeronautics Expo in Ontario, Calif., in January. According to Hartz, "Joe considers these airplanes to be his best effort at creatively combining design, engineering, technology and art as a functional form." No plans are in the works to sell copies of the models, Hartz said, but he didn't rule out the possibility.

Top Gun i 3D planlegges

"Top Gun" Sequel On Hold, But 3D Version Expected


Plans were in the works for a sequel to Top Gun, one of the most popular aviation films ever, when director Tony Scott's suicide in August stalled the project, but a 3-D Imax version of the original movie now is expected to debut in February. The new version of the film already has been completed by Legend3D, according to The New York Times. It had been seen as a way to build excitement for the sequel, but now representatives of Paramount, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Legend3D don't want to talk about the project, said the Times, and they are being careful not to seem "insensitive or exploitative."

Scott, 68, died in August when he jumped off a bridge in Los Angeles; he reportedly left notes behind for friends and relatives, but no motive for his action has been made clear. Actor Tom Cruise had been working with Scott, and a screenwriter had been hired for the sequel, but that project is now on hold indefinitely. The 3-D flying film might become a "box-office triumph," said the Times. A 3-D version of Titanic, released earlier this year, brought in more than $342 million in ticket sales around the world

Integrering av UAV`er møter motstand i USA

Privatlivets fred stikker kjepper i hjulene til Huerta. Han velger å sette sikkerhet (safety) opp mot det argumentet.

Huerta: UAS Integration Delayed


Citing concerns over privacy, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta has told members of Congress that the selection of six test sites for unmanned aerial systems will not happen in time to meet the agency's target of the end of this year. In a letter (PDF) to U.S. Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., co-chair of the Unmanned Systems Congressional Caucus, Huerta said FAA staffers have been "working diligently to establish the framework for test-site selection … However, increasing the use of UAS in our airspace also raises privacy issues, and these issues will need to be addressed as unmanned aircraft are safely integrated." Earlier this month, 20 aviation advocacy groups (including AOPA, EAA, NATCA, NBAA, GAMA, and more) jointly sent a letter (PDF) to Huerta, asking him to keep the FAA focused on safety, not privacy issues, in regards to the integration of UAS.
"The FAA has no statutory standing or technical expertise" in regard to privacy issues, the letter reads. The groups also asked Huerta to "ensure UAS are safely and responsibly integrated into the national airspace in a timely manner." At a meeting of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems in August, Huerta said he was "very optimistic" that the FAA would meet the congressional mandate to integrate most UAVs into the national airspace system by 2015 (2014 for UAVs weighing less than 55 pounds). "Rest assured that the FAA will fulfill its statutory obligations to integrate unmanned aircraft systems," he said. However, a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office released in September noted that although the FAA "has taken steps to meet the requirements set forth in the 2012 Act, it is uncertain when the national airspace system will be prepared to accommodate UAS."

Ubemannede tårn

Det er vanskelig for undertegnede å si hvorvidt trusselen om ghost airplanes er reell eller ikke. Jeg antar at ubemannede tårn vil ha optiske systemer som kan se det som er nødvendig å se når forholdene tillater det. Jeg tror også at disse hackerflyene vil bli avslørt ganske kvikt. Send meg gjerne informasjon om trusselen dersom du vet noe om saken. Fjernstyrte tårn er en realitet og vil bre om seg, også her.

Reports Question Zombie Towers, Ghost Airplanes

Recent reports in the mainstream media raised questions about whether FAA's NextGen air traffic control system might be vulnerable to hackers who can create "ghost airplanes," and also asked why 102 "zombie towers" across the country are kept open all night despite low traffic. The FAA has said that airports with four or fewer flights per hour at night don't need to keep the tower open, according to Bloomberg News, yet about 100 towers are staffed that fall within those guidelines, costing about $10 million per year. Meanwhile, an NBC affiliate in California's San Francisco Bay area reported that hackers say they could insert fake "ghost" airplanes into the ADS-B system and controllers would be unable to tell them from real aircraft.


FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told NBC Bay Area the agency has "a thorough process in place to ensure the safety and security of the ADS-B system." Potential vulnerabilities are assessed on an ongoing basis, he said. "We require continual, independent validation of the accuracy and reliability of ADS-B and aircraft avionics signals. The air traffic system is based on redundancies to ensure safe and secure operations." As for the "zombie" towers, Bloomberg said "members of Congress from both parties" have blocked attempts to reduce hours or merge facilities.