Brits tell Emirates Turn off those plane cameras!

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Bloke@NextDoor wrote on 27/2/04 18:16:


"James Robinson" wrote in message
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The Bloke Next Door wrote:

The trouble there is you are basically dealing with a bunch of camel
shaggers dressed up as pilots,so it might encourage the suicide bombers.

I believe much of their management, and many of their pilots are
British, actually.
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Oh! Excuse Me "British actually" so they are a bunch of ****heads dressed up
as pilots.


Not to mention the legion of Americans and, of course, Australian pilots on
their flightdecks. The announcement on the Emirates flights I travelled
mentioned the crew comprising up to fourteen nationalities speaking eight
different languages. A more eclectic mix you would be hard-pushed to find on
any other airline.

I'm sure that those of more parochial sentiments would see a broadly
international crew as a drawback.

PJCorrigan.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. Because, on our final
approach to Heathrow, we will be overflying an area where residents like to
sunbathe naked on their rooftops, we require that all blinds be closed."


As others have said, the cameras are no different than looking out the window.
I think this is more of a case of residents surpised to learn that cameras
have been in use for a number of years and fear that passengers aboard
aircraft might have seen something that wouldn't have been seen through
aircraft windows.

I think that residents also underestimate the speed of the aircraft. The thing
is still going at 140 knots in the air and a downward camera will have the
landscape pass by very quickly during final approach, especially since its
field of vision would likely be fairly narrow (unless it has a fisheye lens).

What emirates should do is offer a free flight to one of the representative of
the residents so that they can judge by themselves that the cameras are no
more intrusive than the windows.

Nige wrote:
If I lived under a flightpath to Gatwick and learned of this new intrusion
into my 'space' then I would join the band of protesters.

Would you require a law so that all of the shades on the plane must be
drawn? How much detail do you think is going to be seen and for how long?

nobody wrote:

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain speaking. Because, on our final
approach to Heathrow, we will be overflying an area where residents like to
sunbathe naked on their rooftops, we require that all blinds be closed."


As others have said, the cameras are no different than looking out the window.
I think this is more of a case of residents surpised to learn that cameras
have been in use for a number of years and fear that passengers aboard
aircraft might have seen something that wouldn't have been seen through
aircraft windows.

I think that residents also underestimate the speed of the aircraft. The thing
is still going at 140 knots in the air and a downward camera will have the
landscape pass by very quickly during final approach, especially since its
field of vision would likely be fairly narrow (unless it has a fisheye lens).

What emirates should do is offer a free flight to one of the representative of
the residents so that they can judge by themselves that the cameras are no
more intrusive than the windows.

Perhaps it can be a free one way flight to the airline's home.

Miguel Cruz writes:

That's pretty ridiculous in a country where the police has cameras on every
corner.

Both those cameras aren't operated by people who look like terrorists.

You can barely tell a house from a tree on the tiny screens on the plane.
Anyone can get better detail from readily-available satellite photos.

Don't give anyone any ideas.

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I think the people in the village overestimate their attractiveness to
the passengers flying overhead.

Nige writes:

If I lived under a flightpath to Gatwick and learned of this new intrusion
into my 'space' then I would join the band of protesters. Surely the
villagers of Dormansland are merely expressing their discontent at yet
another intrusion. Already Gatwick has grown into the busiest airport during
the summer months for package holiday planes. Not to talk about Emirates and
all the other airlines.
It is during the summer when you want to enjoy your garden. Already the
villagers are really disappointed by the increasing frequency of early
morning/ late evening flights.
OK - so I suppose they can all sell up and move to a quieter location. But
just think of the upheaval and the inconvience?
And then the UK Government has been equivocating over the decision about
expanding Gatwick to provide a second runway at some point in the future.
That would surely be an intolerable further nuisance to the villagers.
So it is only correct that they choose to make a point about this further
intrusion into their space.
This is true British Democracy. It is not 'whingeing' or NIMBYism.
Nige


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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:06:38 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

I think the people in the village overestimate their attractiveness to
the passengers flying overhead.

Mind you, Miss Gwendoline Ponsonby-Fforbes of No. 36 Acacia Avenue is
a bit of a stunner when she's out in the back garden sunbathing
topless. The tall hedge means that Mr Carruthers at No. 38 can't cop
an eyeful, whereas Co-Pilot Omar Gawd on XYZ 214 from Dubai can see
the lot. And to a true blue Brit that's just not cricket donchaknow?

Nige writes:

If I lived under a flightpath to Gatwick and learned of this new intrusion
into my 'space' then I would join the band of protesters. Surely the
villagers of Dormansland are merely expressing their discontent at yet
another intrusion. Already Gatwick has grown into the busiest airport during
the summer months for package holiday planes. Not to talk about Emirates and
all the other airlines.
It is during the summer when you want to enjoy your garden. Already the
villagers are really disappointed by the increasing frequency of early
morning/ late evening flights.
OK - so I suppose they can all sell up and move to a quieter location. But
just think of the upheaval and the inconvience?
And then the UK Government has been equivocating over the decision about
expanding Gatwick to provide a second runway at some point in the future.
That would surely be an intolerable further nuisance to the villagers.
So it is only correct that they choose to make a point about this further
intrusion into their space.
This is true British Democracy. It is not 'whingeing' or NIMBYism.
Nige

Keith Anderson writes:

... whereas Co-Pilot Omar Gawd on XYZ 214 from Dubai can see
the lot.

Let us hope that the copilot is paying attention to more important
things at the time of final approach.

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Mxsmanic writes:

Miguel Cruz writes:

That's pretty ridiculous in a country where the police has
cameras on every corner.

Both those cameras aren't operated by people who look like terrorists.

Get with it: *Anybody* with a camera looks like a terrorist.
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"Keith Anderson" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 23:06:38 +0100, Mxsmanic
wrote:

I think the people in the village overestimate their attractiveness to
the passengers flying overhead.

Mind you, Miss Gwendoline Ponsonby-Fforbes of No. 36 Acacia Avenue is
a bit of a stunner when she's out in the back garden sunbathing
topless. The tall hedge means that Mr Carruthers at No. 38 can't cop
an eyeful, whereas Co-Pilot Omar Gawd on XYZ 214 from Dubai can see
the lot. And to a true blue Brit that's just not cricket donchaknow?

Bloody funny mate LOL.

I keep trying to tell my kids and grand kids, twits like this actually
exist in Blighty and they think I'm exaggerating (wish they would call me a
racist).

DN

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