New Year Resolution

1. Earn enough money to have enough to give others too.

And that's it.

V1...Rotate

FO: "Approach path clear and clear left"
C: "Clear right, landing lights on please"

Tower: "Albatross EIGHT TWO NINER ONE, Winds are THREE TWO ZERO ONE 16 KNOTS, Cleared for take-off runway two seven, climb to two thousand five hundred turn right heading three six zero"

FO: "Blah blah blah, cleared for take-off runway two seven"
C: "Take off"
FO: "Stablised......Thrust set"
FO: "One hundred....V one....Rotate"


FO: "Was that a bird hit?"
C: "Kinda...looks like OUR bird got badly hit"
FO: "Fire on the starboard engine sir, nothing on the ECAM"
FO: "Mayday Mayday Mayday......"
C: "We have taken off, there seems to be no useful power coming out of the right engine and we are heavy"
FO: "Fuel dumping sir?"
C: "This is no time for respect, and who on earth gave you a license?"
FO: "HMPF"
C: "We'll turn to Juhu"
FO: "We can't turn right sir, we have lost our right engine"
C: "Again, who taught you aerodynamics?"
FO: "HMPF"
C to Tower: "Tower, MAYDAY, Albatross 8291 has lost starboard engine and engine on fire, attempting visual into Juhu aerodrome"
Tower: "Cleared for whatever the hell you have to do to get down safely BREAK BREAK Speedbird 119 standard hold at current position, and all departing aircraft continue last instruction, Qatari 201 left heading 180"
C: "Thank you, aircraft under control, will call once on "
Tower: "Albatross 8291 do you read?"
Tower: "Albatross 8291?"
Qatari 201: "Aircraft spotted on fire 1 nautical mile off the coast, suspecting Albatross from colour"
Tower: "..."


Tower (different voice) : "Speedbird 119, cleared for the ILS runway 27, winds are calm and so are the people who went down"