tom_widdows

Im willing to concede to anyone with more knowledge on the subject than me. What I've posted comes from discussions with an ex North sea Rigger (14 years with Britoil & BP) and self confessed Aeroplane nut.

Simple fact is helicopter as an aircraft is not as safe as a plane. Plane's engine(s) fail the pilot at least has the ability to glide and control a chance of controlling a crash landing. I would presume part of the annual top up training commercial pilots go through in the simulator is how you crash land in numerous conditions and terrains. When a plane lands on water the shape and design makes it actually quite stable so in theory it will take alot longer to sink, certainly long enough to get the survivors out and onto life rafts. Helicopter engine fails and it drops out of the sky. They are also extremely unstable which is one of the reasons riggers do the training in the water tank when the mock helicopter cabin is dropped into the water and then turns upside down. Even if the airbags deployed when it hit the water even in a mild swell it wont take much to capsize and then it comes down to several factors such as how experienced the passengers are, how well they can actually cope with the shock of the initial crash and suddenly being submerged into sea water, that they didnt inflate or accidentally activate their life jacket before they managed to get out through the windows etc. The Superpuma has been used since the late 70s and given the number of flights they make around the world every day they are about as safe as a helicopter can be. Like all aircraft they go through serious checks before they are allowed to take off and if any fault is found in any aircraft it is not allowed to leave the ground until 1) they fixed the faults and 2) they know what caused it 3) they know how they fixed it. The sad fact is compared to a plane the helicopter is a deathtrap.

IN/OOT: OOTPrematcher: Great Wilderness ChallengeMatch: Great Wilderness ChallengePost Matcher: Parents HousePredtiction: 2-0 Hearts

Think the football authorities will be the least of his worries Id be more concerned about the police, Lawyers, & Bricktop

Looks like a fairly decent crowd at Firhill tonight Seems the away fans are now getting stuck in the old main stand rather than behind the goal. Well except for Celtic who will get the stand behind the goal (about 900 less seats) after being supposedly banned from the main stand (mostly timber construction) due to their use of fireworks at recent matches. Hope the pricks in our support don't do anything stupid in September.

Good thing for me was McGinn picking the ball up and taking it back to the halfway line after scoring the 1st penalty. Not content with just drawing level

6500 wigan fans apparently Crowd is over 80000 too

Anyone know roughly how many wigan fans turned up at wembley today? Looks like 3/4 of the stadium is Man United

about 5000 so no chance

pubs have a duty of care to their customers and that extends to the company they employ to provide their security. Few years back the pub in the galleria told its doorman he was not allowed to use his radio to call an ambulance for a girl who had collapsed in the street outside because it would need to be reported as an incident on their premises. He was also not allowed to help because they were paying him to guard the door End result was muggins here had to keep the girl alive at the same time as balancing the mobile on my shoulder trying to convince the switchboard that blood leaking from head requires more than a plaster.

Unless yer last name is Broadfoot

106 games in 7 years (15 games a season) Significant injuries throughout his career. our physio team must be wet as an otter's pocket at that prospect

Abandoned for a project which didnt even apply for outline planning permission so they lost their funding and will now need to seek it out in the middle of a recession. That council is a fucking joke

and there it is 6-0 down at home. 8-0 on aggregate

7-0 on aggregate now Another goal and Hibs can take our label of 'worst scottish team performance in Europe'

I still reckon his penalty save in the cup final is the greatest penalty save of all time. Watch how low, how powerful & how far in the corner Rogan's shot was and how quick he managed to get down to it. Twas also back in the days when even average players could take penalties without bottling it.

Hooper off to QPR So thats the Tic, Motherwell, Arabs (x2), Hibs (x2), & Hearts have all lost their top scorers from last season.

Broken legs heal Rabies on the other hand

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Sooooo When was the last time you heard of a player without a club 2 weeks before the start of the season getting an international call up?

So have the proved the fire was started by a firebomb attack on that particular bus? Or was it one of the many that were destroyed in the blaze and the media saw an opportunity to spread this story out in the very slow footie news weeks in the lead up to the new season?

Sounds like the typical wannabes My one question is this though Am I the only person who hesitates to answer the question 'Are you an Aberdeen Fan' especially when I'm on my own in a rival teams city?