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starflyergold
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BRU based Irish #avgeek #aviation & #travel geek. The views expressed are my own. he/him. Also on flyertalk.com
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Recent Aras elections saw multiple candidates get through process via Oireachtas or local authority support - 1997 had 5 candidates, 2011 had 7 and 2018 had 6. There is no need to change the system because the 2025 motley crew were late to process, poor quality or not serious about running at all.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Oireachtas may have to look at changing the process by which a person gets on the ballot in presidential elections, which he described as "restrictive".
jrnl.ie/6856687
Taoiseach suggests referendum on changing 'restrictive' process for getting on presidential ballot
One in eighter people spoiled their votes.
jrnl.ie
IFE I can agree with #paxex (even if it is Delta)
I'm in France for work, and Delta had the first 14 episodes of The #GoldenGirls. I put in my headphones and drifted peacefully to sleep before Virginia needed a kidney and woke up to Sophia almost having a heart attack and Stan discovering the price of roses had gone up since Truman left office.
Right on the nose 😮
2025-10-25: Saudia Arabian AL Boeing 777-300 (HZ-AK31, *2016) flew in a flock of birds on approach to runway 34R at Jeddah-Intl ASP(OEJN), Saudi-Arabia. Despite damage to the nose cone and the wings, flight #SV340 from Algiers continued the approach and landed safely.
www.facebook.com/AVIO.KNOWLEDGE
What an unattractive and dated colour scheme.
American’s premium push continues with A321XLR arrival, 777 retrofits

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@airchivesloan.bsky.social explores for RGN

#aviation #paxex #avgeek
Can someone in Ireland explain to me how we can have a secret vote, including the banning of selfies in the election booths, but then have ballot papers plastered all over the media, some (spoiled ones) potentially identifiable? This makes a mockery of secret ballots (& gives cranks a platform).
Pin cushion day. 👨‍⚕️💉💪✅
Let's order some new trains! Shall we make the promo material look like they belong to our company? You know with the proper livery? Nah! Just make them look like a U Boat with the logo in a colour we never used slapped on!
EUROSTAR GOES DOUBLE-DECK:
Eurostar confirms order for 30 new double-deck trains from Alstom, similar to TGV-M, with option for 20 more, in service from May 2031. The 200m sets can run to/from London as 2 x 200m with 1,080 seats.
(Another move in the Battle for Temple Mills...)
Youth word of the year in Germany for 2025: "Das Crazy" meaning "ok". However in second place comes "goonen" meaning "to goon"? What's going on in that country? 🤯🇩🇪
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A glimpse of Lufthansa’s 100 year special livery Boeing 787-9 #Dreamliner (D-ABPU) under the South Carolina skies.

Photos: Devin x.com/boeingSCspotter
That's why I have copious amounts of hotel notepads. Saved myself some serious money apparently 🤦‍♂️
“I mean it’s just a note card. What can it cost, $100?”
Well the old BA business class was like that until you put up the divider