Aer Lingus to Malaga...?

billy few mates

Anyone know what type of A/C Aer Lingus use on their flight to Malaga on a Saturday morning 07:00am departure tomorrow....?

dercu

A330

orionm_73

Airbus A330-300 usually does the 7am flight.

Flier

It is indeed an A330 300 tomorrow. EI ELA.

billy few mates

Thanks for that....

andy_g

Flier wrote: »

It is indeed an A330 300 tomorrow. EI ELA.

Guys in future if you are in the know of what A/C as in the reg please dont pop it up A/C type, do due to security reasons.

Gael23

Its an A330 during the summer season and A320/321 for the rest of the year

billy few mates

Thanks again guys....

scudzilla

andy_g wrote: »

Guys in future if you are in the know of what A/C as in the reg please dont pop it up A/C type, do due to security reasons.

Not questioning this (mod decision),, just wondering why?

Is the A/C reg not commonly known beforehand and how could it be a security issue?

billy few mates

I wondered about that myself....

Tenger

scudzilla wrote: »

Not questioning this (mod decision),, just wondering why?

Is the A/C reg not commonly known beforehand and how could it be a security issue?

In the past threats have been called for certain flights.....being able to call in the reg and flight number gives the security threat more credibility.

Which phone threat below sounds more credible? While both will be taken seriously there are different levels of response.

"I put a bomb on the flight to New York from Dublin tomorrow"

"There is a device on DL123 departing DUB at 1045 tomorrow, the aircraft is N123DL"

gordongekko

Tenger wrote: »

In the past threats have been called for certain flights.....being able to call in the reg and flight number gives the security threat more credibility.

Which phone threat below sounds more credible?

"I put a bomb on the flight to New York from Dublin tomorrow"

"There is a device on DL123 departing DUB at 1045 tomorrow, the aircraft is N123DL"

id like to think both would be treated very seriously and the book thrown at whatever clown phoned in a bomb threat.

homerjay2005

Tenger wrote: »

In the past threats have been called for certain flights.....being able to call in the reg and flight number gives the security threat more credibility.

Which phone threat below sounds more credible? While both will be taken seriously there are different levels of response.

"I put a bomb on the flight to New York from Dublin tomorrow"

"There is a device on DL123 departing DUB at 1045 tomorrow, the aircraft is N123DL"

ah come off it, the information is available on google anyway ffs.

Tenger

homerjay2005 wrote: »

ah come off it, the information is available on google anyway ffs.

As i stated..."in the past threats have been called...."

I'm not going all gung ho on this...merely explaining the logic behind not mentioned specific reg on a discussion forum. And google doesn't always give that info until after the aircraft has departed.

homerjay2005

Tenger wrote: »

As i stated..."in the past threats have been called...."

I'm not going all gung ho on this...merely explaining the logic behind not mentioned specific reg on a discussion forum. And google doesn't always give that info until after the aircraft has departed.

aer lingus fleet is very small, especially the A330 series. with 5-10 minutes of research, you could predict practically every flight/reg for the next week.

Tenger

I'm not going to contradict you on that.

Tell you what....you have an issue with the 'advice' above?
...then you argue with the Mod.

andy_g

Lads Tenger hit the nail on the head earlier in the thread. Basically last week a LC airline received a viable threat. Basically the caller gave the past two flights from the aircraft that day.

The reg and the flight it just took off on and time it departed straight away it went up the seriousness level.

There is no problem if someone asks

Hi im off on holiday to X, im traveling on Z date does anyone know the type of plane i'll be on?

And can be answered as follows.

Hi there abc. The aircraft type you will be on is a 757

This way it takes the security concerns out of it.

However anywhere else on the forum reg's maybe used as its not discussing flight information on any given date.

The_Wanderer

homerjay2005 wrote: »

aer lingus fleet is very small, especially the A330 series. with 5-10 minutes of research, you could predict practically every flight/reg for the next week.

Very true. With about two days to go I predicted that I would have EI-EAV "St. Ronan" for my ORD flight last year. The information was gleamed from the likes of fr24 and was from watching previous a/c movements,.

While I understand the security concerns about posting such information in the public domain, any tom dick or harry can easily research such information on the www to use for good or evil intentions.

Tenger

The_Wanderer wrote: »

While I understand the security concerns about posting such information in the public domain, any tom dick or harry can easily research such information on the www to use for good or evil intentions.

No-one is questioning the reality of the situation, it's a case of taking the high road.

Skuxx

The_Wanderer wrote: »

Very true. With about two days to go I predicted that I would have EI-EAV "St. Ronan" for my ORD flight last year. The information was gleamed from the likes of fr24 and was from watching previous a/c movements,.

While I understand the security concerns about posting such information in the public domain, any tom dick or harry can easily research such information on the www to use for good or evil intentions.

That may be the case with the EI fleet, however if it was BA, American, FR etc it wouldnt be so easy to predict and getting a reg from someone in the know on here could save a whole lot of time for someone looking to cause a disruption!