Co-Pilot Goes Loco Mid Flight!
November 30, 2008
In the news this week is the airline co-pilot who went loco mid flight… needing to be wrestled out of the cock pit before a stewardess helped with the emergency landing. 
The flight from Toronto to London with Air Canada found the pilot being restrained and sedated. According to a safety report the pilot began talking in a “rambling and disjointed” way before refusing to observe safety procedures.
The pilot then said that his colleague was so “belligerent and uncooperative” that he was unable to fulfil his job. Once this decision was made, the pilot called a number of air stewards to remove the co-pilot, and then two on board doctors sedated him.
The question was then raised by the pilot whether any passengers were qualified pilots; however no one had the qualification. It then came to light that a steward had an expired commercial pilots licence and so was the best option to aid with the emergency landing.
Pilot, plus Air Steward managed to land the plane at Shannon Airport in West Ireland. There were over 150 people on the dramatic Boeing 767 during the flight that day.
Little information was officially given relating to the event and no names of staff were given. It was said that the loco co-pilot was a veteran with licence, who had recently passed a medical examination and had over 6,500 hours flying experience under his belt.
This is terrifying!!!!
Get Into Harry Potter’s Pants!
November 29, 2008
I heard today that you can literally get into the Harry Potter, AKA Daniel Ratcliffe’s pants!
Apparently the jeans that Daniel has been wearing during his stint on Broadway, in Equus are going up for on auction. The auction will take place on Saturday for Equity Fights Aid’s / Broadway Cares campaign.
Following the Saturday afternoon show Daniels Lucky Brand jeans with be auctioned from the Broadhurst Theatre, New York.
This is the second pair of jeans that Daniel has auctioned off, the previous pair brought in £633 in November. I wonder how much our favourite wizards pants will go for this time?
Major UK Names Enter Administration
November 26, 2008
High Street old timer Woolworths with 815 stores UK wide has today gone into administration.
This will put thousands of people out of work with the board of directors meeting at 6pm to make a decision regarding Woolworth’s future.
Not only this, but MFI are also set to go into administration. Problems cited have been less demand, cash flow problems and credit terms being withdrawn. Though not all of the 110 stores are closing, only 24 will remain open.
Back to Woolworths, all 815 stores are in danger with 25,000 potential redundancies. Woolworths have continued to struggle with their £385 million debt, which has been made worse recently as they have had to pay cash to suppliers as they could no longer get trade insurance.
Though there have been great efforts to find buyers for their business, today they have had to accept their fate in administration. I think this goes to show that as much as the Labour Party would like us to believe that the recession will be over in 6 to 12 months, this is unlikely to be the case.
We should look to the long term and prepare for the worst. The recent budget plans seem to be a gamble with Britain’s future, this is the time to be careful and prepare for the next couple of years of doomy finances, not risk everything.
Prince Turns Down Cameo In Dr Who
October 14, 2008
Prince Charles turned down a role in to star in Doctor Who the producer has claimed. Russell Davies spoke at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and call the Prince “a miserable swine”.
Apparently the offer was turned down on the Princes behalf and he never saw the offer. A spokesperson told the BBC:
“We receive a great many requests and it’s impossible to accept them all”
Russell Davies revealed that he had no regrets regarding his four year tenure as chief writer for Doctor Who. He said:
“There’s nothing I regret, the show has stayed successful and popular and good, so I’m really proud of it.”
Davies is currently promoting his book regarding his time on the hit show, though now he is stepping down from the sci-fi.