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Visited the Vatican, but so did King Charles, so sadly, much of it was shut to us, and that concentrated the crowds as well. A box ticked, but I wouldn't bother trying again.

I haven't yet managed to drag myself out of bed for early shots in Rome. Evening was the best I could manage.

Off to a new city now. Today was scouting spots for some dawn shoots in the coming week. Our Sistine tour has been cancelled. Apparently the King of England is visiting. You'd think he'd share....

A few more Venice pics.

That would make sense, but what seem to be official reports say it was on the perimeter road. Basically, if it was on the runway, then it was the cause, but if not, what?

I’m having a bit of trouble working out the dynamics of this one. The story seems to be that the vehicle was on the perimeter road, so it’s incidental to the event. The aircraft has touched down at the right spot, and maintained centreline for about 4,000’, before a quite abrupt divergence...

If devoid of talent, a bit of luck helps.

It’s not much further than Perth London, and the winds are behind you. It would be easily doable with whatever load they normally carry to London.

They weren’t in the running at all. Sadly perhaps. I have zero interest in flying on a maggot to get to Perth, nor am I likely to fly on a 787. Plus they don’t actually go anywhere much.

Leaving Venice today, after a lovely 11 day stay. Busy every day, and yet I’m sure we didn’t scratch the surface. Ran into a rather loud tourist in Como who said he’d “done” Venice in 2 days. Fairly predictably from New York.

Seat belt use wasn’t excessive, though crew continued to work. There were never any bumps, but without seeing their radar, I don’t know whether the use was appropriate. And that’s my thinking re that 777 J seat too.

It's my understanding that water is the only thing that is going to be helpful. You basically need to drown the device Not much point to that. Lithium fires are self supporting. They don't need external oxygen. It's only a matter of time.... The world is full of people to whom the rules don't...

Currently in the middle of a much delayed trip to Italy. Basically a couple of days in Como, then two weeks in both Venice and Rome. Flying with SQ. The trip out was on a 777 (which I didn't like) and a 350 (which I did). It will be a 350 for both sectors home.

Wasn't too fast for you?

An airline should be able to whittle that down for them.

I’m nowhere near a manual at the moment, but I think it’s context driven. If shutdown, then it’s just the message, but running then there’d be audio. Airborne, the whole band. But, you’d need a change of state to trip anything. If the door was open, and the message ignored, then there would be...

It’s an Airbus. It isn’t a warning light. Everything is via the ECAM. There is a line drawn through all AB Before Start checklists, which marks the point beyond which you cannot proceed until you are actually ready to go. The very first item after the line is WINDOWS/DOORS. An unlocked door...

It is bizarre. They definitely would have had a door warning.

A failure of the automatic pressurisation controller, won’t suddenly cause the aircraft to depressurise, but it’s a failure that effectively removes one pilot from the normal loop. All of his attention will be on that one small panel.

I watch them occasionally. I went at 63, and I’m glad that I did. There’s a limit to how long cunning and experience can make up for the fact you’re slowing down as age catches up.