stu7708 244 Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 With Section 1 out of the way it's time to get cracking on section 2. The full version of the departure board can be found below. The official departure board on the forum will be updated once all flights are assigned. As you can see we have another ten legs in front of us, and unlike Section 1 all legs are open for bidding. The section will take us from our current position on Crimea down through Turkey, Iran, the United Arab Emirats, Oman, India, Nepal, Bangladesh all the way to Kalay in the north western parts of Burma (or Myanmar if you prefer). All destinations feature paved long runways enabling the use of tube liners to those that so wish, but there are also legs short enough to cater to those that prefer GA-aircraft. The only slightly difficult airport in the bunch is VNKT - Tribhuvan Intl in Kathmando. While the runway is just shy of 10,000 feet long the fact that it's located at an elevation of 4,400 feet adds a bit to the challenge. Couple that with terrain raising up to around 8.000 feet with 10 nm of both ends of the runway and a situation where a late go-around is called for could be a recipe for disaster. The bidding window for this section will open at 18:00 UTC on Tuesday February the 17th. As usual only bids sent to atwc@mutleyshangar.com after the bidding window is opened will be considered when assigning the flights. Please remember to include the word "ATWC" in the subject of your e-mail to make it easier for me to find the bids in my inbox. As always consider including more than one leg in your bid to increase your odds for getting a flight assigned, just remember to sort the list in order of your preference with your top pick first. If you include leg 12 from Kars (LTCF) to Mehrabad Intl (OIII) in your bid we also need to know what plane you will be using if you get that leg to ensure it meets the Maximum MTOW restriction of 2.500 lbs. In an effort to spread the flights evenly among the active pilots those that did not get a flight in section 1 will be given priority handling in the assignment process, but other than that flights will be assigned in the order they arrive in my inbox. That's all for now, get your thinking caps on and decide on your bids. I'll look forward to them tomorrow evening and as always I look forward to reading the continued adventures of the Baton. Safe skies and keep the blue side up (unless your over the ocean in overcast conditions of course) Micke Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Status update on the bidding process. As of now I have 7 out of the 10 pilots needed for Section 2. With the three pilots offering to take any open leg added to the first available leg the assignments looks like this List updated 20th of February Leg 11: Unassigned Leg 12: John Guest (assuming he can get out of jail in time) Leg 13: Brian Cowell Leg 14: Joe Lawford Leg 15: Jessica Bannister-Pearce Leg 16: Brian Buckley Leg 17: Kieran Marshall Leg 18: Mikael Stockfors Leg 19: Auger (Pete White if my memory serves me correctly, but I need to double check that on my home computer) Leg 20: Unassigned So come on and send those bids in so we can continue on this adventure... Micke Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I see slot 11 is now free. Whoever takes it will have to do a prison visit to pick up the Baton! Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I'll do 11 if no-one else wants it Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 <grin> Well I'll just *hope* to see you in Tehran soon, then, John! (Don't forget it's OIII, not the more usual OIIE). But I'm sure you'll come up with something. Cheers, Bruce a.k.a. brian747 Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 @Brian I just hope that I get a visit soon.I have got to get out of here as there is a big guy here who keeps wanting to know when I an going to the Showers. I am starting to get rather grubby. Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Whoops double post. This prison internet is a bit slow. Press a button and nothing happens pressit again and it happens twice Link to post Share on other sites
brett 2,283 Posted February 22, 2015 Report Share Posted February 22, 2015 Sounds like you are pressing your cell mates buttons. Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 I guess we could always ask Dai to land his helicopter in the prison yard during an exercise break and pick you up. They might not be wise to that one yet. But John, given your track record might I suggest closer attention to the rule suggested by Messrs Flanders and Swann in the wake of the Profumo scandal? "But there's one basic law that thou never shouldst flout — Thou shalt not Thou shalt not Thou shalt not be found out!" Just a thought... Cheers, Bruce a.k.a. brian747 Link to post Share on other sites
needles 1,010 Posted February 23, 2015 Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Whatever you do J G, do not pick the soap off the floor when you're in the showers, should you ever get to the showers in the first place. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Since there are no further bids I'll assign dual flights to some of the pilots. Kieran, are you OK with getting leg 11 in addition to leg 17, in that case it's yours. As for leg 20 I have three bids for that one. John Guest , Jess and Brian (the needles one, not the Bruce one) all included leg 20 as potential legs they were interested in. The first one of those, or any other pilot for that matter, to scream MINE in here will get leg 20 as their second leg for the section. If no takers have laid their grubby hands on leg 20 by the time I head home from work tomorrow (Thursday) I'll pick up leg 20 as well. Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I am happy to take on Leg 20 if nobody else wants to do it. Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Thanks John, it's yours.. and Kieran confirmed through a PM that he'll take leg 11, so section 2 is now filled. I'll sort the departure board as soon as I have the software needed installed on my brand spanking new computer (sadly not a new FSX computer, but rather a new one for my office at work ). Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 No Problem Micke the leg goes into Burma - so plenty of fun to be had there! @ Kiran - there is no need to bust me out of jail, but please do come and visit me to pick up the baton Some Marmite wouldn't go a miss as a trade for the baton, you cant get it inside this prison for love nor money! Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 You're not planing on testing the hospitality of both the Iranian and Burmese prison systems too are you John Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce (a.k.a. brian747) 142 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 > "...Marmite wouldn't go amiss as a trade for the baton, you can't get it inside this prison for love nor money!" <*cough*> If pushed, maybe you should try the money first, John? Cheers, Bruce a.k.a. brian747 Link to post Share on other sites
hurricanemk1c 195 Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 @ Kiran - there is no need to bust me out of jail, but please do come and visit me to pick up the baton Some Marmite wouldn't go a miss as a trade for the baton, you cant get it inside this prison for love nor money! Despite spelling my name wrong, there are plans afoot. Be ready for a big bang....................... Link to post Share on other sites
stu7708 244 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Careful so you don't re-start the war over there Kieran Link to post Share on other sites
J G 927 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 @ Kiran - there is no need to bust me out of jail, but please do come and visit me to pick up the baton Some Marmite wouldn't go a miss as a trade for the baton, you cant get it inside this prison for love nor money! Despite spelling my name wrong, there are plans afoot. Be ready for a big bang....................... @ Kieran sorry about the name!! Please see PM about section 2 Link to post Share on other sites
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