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Hmm.. the Food Garden at LCCT looks like a big cafeteria to me. Not sure if comfy enough to sleep at though..

Curious... how did 'Hello Kitty' disappear? Reversed condensation?? ( ..I made it up.. is there such a thing as reversed condensation??)

Egad... and I was just planning another leisure spotting at KUL this weekend.. somehow that sounds terribly unnerving though. I wonder if this will affect more stringent patrol and more 'bereder' teams, making it more hassle for the spotters outside? Really? I have this Korean drama series called "Air City", where the set was done all over, in and out of ICN, and they did portray these airport special forces in many of the episodes. And me being Malaysian minded, I thought that these were just some kind of promo for ICN (which the whole drama did, actually) or just the hype for the drama series.. now that you've mentioned it I think the portrayal is somewhat close to what I've watched on DVDs. I am impressed of ICN. But truly after the shootout at KLIA, I think MAHB should endorse more towards this kind of serious patrolling measures.

Lovely video! I'm going to post in my livejournal and share with all my non-Malaysian friends! Been wanting to find something like this to show them off about Malaysia, though I think the video were like promoting SHOPPING SPREE in KLCC rather than the beautiful islands and other exotics which make Malaysia the most unique in my eyes Thank you for sharing, marcusaffleck!

Hmm.. I was curious about the cost prospects for MH to train their pilots on the possible new fleet, but forgot about the maintenance part. If they do, will it take years for them to get able personnel to man those aircrafts? (Sorry.. not familiar with how long does one aircraft purchase takes, let alone 50+ orders..)

Omigosh... I thought at first that they forgot the manual on how to fix wings to an airplane, its upside down! Whoa... great catch, Pieter. And that's one coolamunga lady F/O in my book.

This one is sharp... i like.

Oh my... alpha delta alpha.. was it at a plane junkyard / graveyard? I dunno but I did slightly shudder looking at the decrepit state of an aircraft. That B707... looks like it became a 'lawn gnome', eh? Thanks for sharing Pieter, not something we see everyday.. (well unless you're one of the occupants under or around those old fuselage )

kianhong, sucky weather or not, I really like your first photo. Love the grey-red hues as the background, it looks like water-color painted! Cool photos of TK, Liam! Haha... you put them in zoom-in sequences too. Nice nose photo, showed the color peeled off in tiny patches already..

Hmm... sorry I didn't ventured in the said webpage, am no help here. But usually when I need to fill in an online form that won't accepted confirmation unless I keyed in everything, even though I have no info to add, I usually writes the word "nil" or just a few "...". Maybe you can try that? All the best haansel

Good luck for those applying.. all the best! And give us any updates ya

Great coverage, TK. very insightful too. I've enjoyed reading these (for the past months.. me slow reader) but sadly by midway, most of your photos were not available.. kept popping as 'IPB Image'. Might be either because of photos being moved / deleted, or there were some problems with the image hosting links. I missed a lot of awesome photos, as acclaimed by many many readers here. Aside from that... mucho gracias for sharing with us your quips and stories and notes and tips et al !! Nice ones, indeed.

To anyone interested... there's a walk-in interview for Silk Air (regional wing of SIA) as advertised in the newspaper The Star, Saturday March 22, 2008. It will be held on 29th or 30th March '08 at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Corner of Jalan Sultan Ismail and Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur. Time between 9am - 4:30pm. Identification documents, copies of educational certs and 2 passport-sized photos are required for that day. Cheers and good luck to those applying!

Yeah, I favor that too And also how Qantas giving the Dugong 'a forehead kiss'.. cute comment!

Ahaha.. by this time you can ask Capt Hisham straight, he's an MWinger too I've been looking to know about this Perth incident ever since Capt Nik mentioned it! Although it's been more than 2 years now and too late to say, but nevertheless, kudos for the calm piloting, Capt Hisham

I love blue, my favorite color. And the first time I saw the Heliconia livery, I thought it's so ice cool. But somehow if compared between these two, I found out that am attracted to the Hibiscus livery slightly more... hmm..

I like this one.. so abstract. Whoa... that dead fish looked like it just recently came out of water... Love the other two... lovely Ohohohoo.. these made me LAUGH! :lol:

Interesting thread! Hmm.. I read that there is no such thing as "air-pocket".. maybe someone can clarify? How does one define an 'air-pocket'? Anyway, found the below, not mine... but goes nicely with this thread "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress." - Captain Eric Moody Captain Moody made this announcement after his British Airways 747 flew through the volcanic ash shot into the sky by the 1982 eruption of Mt Galunggung in Indonesia. The 747 lost power in all four engines but glided long enough to exit the ash cloud and get three engines working again. The airplane's windshield was so sandblasted by ash that the landing had to be made almost entirely by instruments, and the airplane had to be towed to the gate because pilots couldn't see enough to taxi around the airport. Happened 24th June 1982, the route was flown by City of Edinburgh, a 747-236B registered G-BDXH. Around 19 days later SQ's 747 had the same problem, only this time it's just 3 engines instead of 4.

Thanks for organizing it and inviting us too, Capt Nik. And don't worry about not being able to hang with us.. we can see how busy you and Nicholas with his walkie-talkie and the rest of the event organizers were making sure the event went smoothly. Even Uncle Norman was practically flying around taking photos for the event, he sure is a hardcore, serious photographer! Thanks again for the invite!

According to the newspaper ad (The Star, Saturday March 15, 2008): Hope that helps

BC Tam, I'm just a small ikan bilis to make that conclusion (without prior research of any kinds of BHS background), plus I do plead ignorance in my comments, so I think it should be noted that I am not the general masses voice! Can be false generalisation if we take it as so. So yeah... my lacking of awareness can be outlandishly astounding! Please pardon my judgment, and do continue this discussion

I agree with you Azman, indeed I believe that this should be the core value our government as well as the top brass should focus on to revive our national carrier to its utmost glory.

I agree with Alan B about the FREE WIFI! Good ideas for our local airport scenes you have there Azizul, some of which I am in agreement as well, like the open garden cum open observation area, budget hotels and as what you've called it a more 'civilized' arrangements re the bus transportations from KL Sentral to LCCT. It's great to see the enthusiasms, the 'shouting competitions' calling for potential passengers but it might scare off some who are unfamiliar with the attitude, and to tourists as well. Heck it was a bit daunting experience for me at first when I've tried to get a ride to LCCT once! Ah... that is somewhat a sore sight for me, the makeshift sunglasses stall at the check-in counters. About check-out facilities at KL Sentral... I'm guessing it might not be feasible yet... (unless some airport has done it already, so pardon my ignorance) that would be such an extensive BHS (baggage handling system) from the airport... Obviously some kind of tags need to be applied to luggages all the way from the departing point for the baggage handlers to be able to identify which one goes onto conveyor belts and which one goes to the KLIA Express. Will be a tad complicated if one decided to take the KLIA Express but upon arrival they had to go other places directly.. bags go KL Sentral while body goes Seremban, for example

Yeah.. what Ramani said was about the same as what my friend told me. The test at the swimming pool which she made it was actually to see the immersed candidates reactions towards deep water.

Was reading an article on BBC when I stumbled on Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7290432.stm Good idea to get opinion from the public, frequent flyers, aviation enthusiasts, basically everyone with a good opinion about what makes a good airport. Looking forward to see you guys shed some bright ideas Some comments on the site: