Noel Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Well done Team Aer Lingus who've committed their entire fleet of 5 heavy Airbus A330s to fly to Beijing to collect emergency medical supplies, equipment and PPE for healthealthcare professionals. Thank you to the 100 volunteer air crews, loading crews, and aircraft maintenance engineers who are travelling out with the 5 birds to bring back emergency supplies. None will leave the aircraft while on the ground in Beijing so they can return home without being quarantined out there. Way to go Aer Lingus. Two more in the air now with all 5 operating from tomorrow after todays first proving flight landed back in Dublin. 60 flights scheduled for the health service air lift. Cargo hold full of pallet loads of medical equipment and supplies, the cabin filled with more medical supplies and boxes of PPE Two more A330 in the air right now . 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Fair play to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 fair play, bet they wished they had an SCD on that. Back in the day all the seats would be taken out ut I imagine theres shed load of connections for the Entertainment n such. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Don’t forget to say thank you to China for all the medical equipment and the technology they are giving to Ireland as a gift,...! BTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 14 minutes ago, burnthebox said: Don’t forget to say thank you to China for all the medical equipment and the technology they are giving to Ireland as a gift,...! BTB Gift? a €220m contract!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIR Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Let's not cringe and forget the 'gift' they've already given us. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Let's hope they're better than the faulty batch the Netherlands got from China. Meanwhile the wet markets are back in full swing. Great bunch of lads. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 God bless Captain Birdseye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 As it says in the papers, ?The Irish Times: “Huawei will donate personal protective equipment to help those working on the frontline, and ICT solutions which could help with video conferencing, or any other useful applications for those who need it,” he said. Huawei was encouraged to send the equipment by Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave, it is understood, who tweeted on Thursday that an unnamed Chinese company was seeking an address and a “point person to ship medical aid from China to Ireland as a gift”. BTB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Yeah we should send them the bill as as well for the flights out and back, not to mind paying them for the stuff. The amount of quotes I ama getting in looking to bring PPE in from china is unreal. <4000 deaths they had and now they are coining it again. Unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 38 minutes ago, burnthebox said: As it says in the papers, ?The Irish Times: “Huawei will donate personal protective equipment to help those working on the frontline, and ICT solutions which could help with video conferencing, or any other useful applications for those who need it,” he said. Huawei was encouraged to send the equipment by Web Summit chief executive Paddy Cosgrave, it is understood, who tweeted on Thursday that an unnamed Chinese company was seeking an address and a “point person to ship medical aid from China to Ireland as a gift”. BTB And as it says on RTE, "It is the first of 10 flights to Beijing to deliver PPE to Ireland as part of a €208m deal." Possibly one or more donations and everything else we have to stump up for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 All FIVE A330 green Thunderbirds airborne on Beijing medical supplies airlift. I understand there will be between 50 and 60 flights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) I cannot believe how narrow minded some of the comments on this thread are. You don't have to wear anything from China and just take your chances if you prefer. Just please stay away from us until reason returns. There are plenty of front line personnel worldwide who are very short of PPE and feel obliged to treat the sick risking their own health and even self isolating from their own families while doing so . The whiners on the soapbox still EXPECT to be treated so please be grateful for what you have, be respectful and grateful to those helping you and those you love, give it a rest and let us get on with it please! Thanks in advance Edited April 5, 2020 by DiveController 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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