Malcolm Frost

@JeffFisch Longer to train a WSO. The RAF in the Battle of Britain weren't short of aircraft, but pilots.

Pop quiz: How long does it take to train a WSO? Now… how long does it take to replace 3 aircraft. Do. The. Math.

@RioDaps @BobFromAccounts I know in light aviation it does help standards and also checks on whether people are actually medically fit etc. Used for an update on any new rules.

@Malcolm744 @BobFromAccounts Again, what do you hope your suggestion will achieve? It won’t be improved driving standards… Just more admin and cost for everyone.

Incredible that you can pass your driver's licence at 17 years old and drive for at least another 50 years without any re-test or checks whilst simultaneously developing so many bad driving habits that would have prevented you from getting your licence in the first place.

@SimonMcCoyTV The King went to a British public school and was in the Navy so I'm sure he will cope!

Hope he doesn’t speak to the King like that….

@SimonMagus Interesting, and I was brought up down there!

@Malcolm744 Forest in the context of the New Forest doesn't mean woodland but defines land set aside in law for hunting.

One curious fact I remind people of now and then is that tree cover in England is currently about the same as it was when the Domesday Book was compiled. We have this mythos of a forest covered land but the reality is much of the forest cover on England went in the Bronze Age.

@confidencenac Go to any cafe/ restaurant during the week and they are full of grey hair! Well the men at least!!

I’m even more disgusted than I was with my original post. There is so much ignorance. Pensioners often volunteer saving taxpayers millions and making life better for others. This has reduced as more need to work. They give to their children, in money and time. Go to other countries like Italy where they totally respect their Nonnas and wouldn’t dream of describing them in such ways I see on here. I’m off. Happy Easter everyone!

@RioDaps @BobFromAccounts Driving standards are shocking if you haven't noticed!!

@Malcolm744 @BobFromAccounts Why? What do you think it will achieve? Admin and additional cost?

@DizzyJB @afneil Schrodingers oil/gas, a drop in the ocean but vital in the fight against global climate change!

@Malcolm744 @afneil Drop in the ocean…

We’re relying more on LNG to set the price because we’re allowing domestic supplies to decline and depend more on imported LNG supplies. A matter of policy. A bizarre policy driven by net zero zealots. Even in a mature field like the North Sea there is still a lot more gas to get out. Ask the Norwegians. Increase that supply and UK NBP hub prices will come down. Tax revenues will rise. Balance of payments will improve. Sterling will strengthen. And more jobs will be saved/added. Simples.

@ret_ward @ClaireCoutinho @KemiBadenoch @royalsociety "UK is providing global leadership" "The UK is responsible for 1% of global emissions" If Rosebank will only cause 1% of 1%, whats the problem? Other countries won't care about our "global leadership".

And for the benefit of ⁦@ClaireCoutinho⁩ and ⁦@KemiBadenoch⁩ here is the @royalsociety explaining the importance of the U.K. reaching net zero by 2050 royalsociety.org/current-topics…

@LowCarbonD61778 I think we are pretty much on the same page, I have a wall charger but my granny charges fine when it fails, or my daughter needs to plug in as well.

@Malcolm744 Average is one thing reality is another. Nope a granny charger wouldn’t suit my needs at present and with 2 x EVs going a wall charger is the only option

If you are plugging in a granny charger and getting in 100 miles a night (I guess in 6 hour cheap rate) you must either have an ultra efficient EV , or you are putting too many amps through a household ring or radial circuit and should get that circuit inspected regularly

@PensionsMonkey Either CPI or average wages are justifiable, not sure about the 2.5% backstop which has probably done its job.

What is the point of the state pension triple lock? At what level of state pension do you stop it? Without an end point it has no meaning, it is just mindless bribery. To anyone who argues in favour of the triple lock, I ask, what is your end game? When will it have done its job?

@SimonCalder I remember when "fuel surcharges" were a thing!

BA, easyJet and Ryanair are all flying as normal. What would happen in the hypothetical event of a 20% cut in aviation fuel? Some passengers shuffled onto other flghts. Airlines furious, but fares would rise sharply – hitting people who haven't yet booked. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

@LowCarbonD61778 Even 15,000 miles a year, well above average is only 41 miles a day!

@Malcolm744 Yes I think as we get older drop to one car the one we have would probably do us

@cjkgal It's the Supersize principle, the extra ingredients cost very little but the price can be increased much more.

Has anyone else got to that stage in life where they can't face a big plate of food. For example a pub roast is usually piled high and it just puts me off. Probably an age thing.

@SirSimonClarke Brian Cox is the very worst of virtue signalling actors.

No child alive today has been raised in anything other than an SNP run Scotland. They took power when Tony Blair was the UK PM and have held it ever since. Education standards have slumped. Europe’s worst drug epidemic ruins lives. Taxes are much higher than any part of the UK. And Brian Cox thinks *more* of their rule is what Scotland needs 🤯

@ret_ward @TiceRichard Stop moving the argument.

Pure nonsense. The U.K. North Sea does not contain enough reserves to ever become self-sufficient. @TiceRichard cannot be trusted to tell the truth about energy.

@LowCarbonD61778 I wouldn't get the ultra cheap rate for the whole time, but even then would get 50 odd miles at that rate. Just saying it's doable for some people depending on usage.

@LowCarbonD61778 I have a 2019 Tesla 3 and over 80k miles it's overall consumption is 259Wh/mile so just under 4mi/kWh and the charger is limited to 10A.

@BowTiedCFI That is rubbish. land straight ahead maybe, but not 210 degree turn.

We did a ton of engine failures and runway turnbacks during PC12 Training I was able to return to the runway after losing my engine at 400' after takeoff. Learning to make a safe return isn't luck I practice the "impossible turn" and make my students learn it (at altitude)

@ManaByte The US public had got bored with Apollo and the expense.

“Why is it so hard to land again” is only a question if you ignore how Apollo actually worked. We did not lose the ability. We stopped funding the program. Apollo was a massive national project with 400,000 people, a blank check budget, and a Cold War deadline. When the political goal was met, the money and workforce were redirected. Modern missions are not trying to repeat Apollo. They are trying to build sustainable systems, reusable landers, long duration habitats, and deep space infrastructure. That is a much harder engineering problem than a short term flags and footprints mission. If we wanted another Apollo style landing, we could brute force it the same way we did in the 60s. The challenge today is not “we forgot how.” It is that we are building something bigger, safer, and meant to last. The difficulty is a sign of ambition, not evidence of a hoax.