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One of my fellow pilots was diagnosed and treated for Prostate Cancer about two years ago. Thankfully, he was successfully treated and now juggles a line flying role and a demanding management position. For at least the second year in a row, he is participating in Movember in aid of prostate cancer research and awareness [...]
When I arrived at V Australia in 2008 I discovered that what was missing was the institutional knowledge that an established airline develops over time, but never writes down … so I did. Eventually it became the SOP Guide : Practices & Techniques document. This blog series documents the continual growth of this training resource. [...]
Virgin Blue re-branded its domestic and narrow-body international operation (excluding the Polynesian Blue operation that consists of just one aircraft) into Virgin Australia. We have lots of information coming – including video of the Sydney press conference with Richard Branson and John Borghetti. In the meantime, here’s a few photos from today’s event. We’ll upload [...]
One of my first tasks when I arrived at V Australia in early June 2008 was to watch simulator transition training being conducted at our new simulator in Silverwater, Sydney. The students were straight off the street pilots who had come from regional airlines – in most cases it was their first jet, their first [...]
Talk of the Killer EFB Application that will justify the purchase of the system is a misnomer – the Killer App is the EFB itself. Today I am at Day One of the Airline & Aerospace MRO & Operations IT Conference, looking primarily at EFB and EFB enabled systems. As I sort through the assault of information that comes at you at these events, I’ll be musing here…
On the way to the conference, the status of EFB in the modern flight deck is reviewed from inception over the last decade to the current move towards consumer devices such as the iPad.
Recently, I was THAT GUY … Have you ever slept in for work? In aviation that takes on a special meaning, given the way the tasks of dozens of people and departments revolve around the scheduled departure time of a flight. In my previous company we were collected for work by crew transport – a [...]
At parties, one of the first questions I’m asked, once we’ve done the profession swapping process, is “How do you get used to the Jet Lag?” The answer is of course, you don’t, because you can’t. My airline is a new start up international operation, a subsidiary of an established domestic carrier. As such, while [...]
What did your airline do for Christmas? If you were a passenger, what did your airline do for you? I was (un?)fortunate enough to be working Christmas night out of Los Angeles bound for Sydney. We had a great cabin crew who all seemed to embrace the Christmas season, so the ambience and mood on [...]
Flight.org’s Ken Pascoe was interviewed by The Age newspaper last month. The story was printed on their education website last week; and we have re-printed it below. Captain Ken Pascoe is one of V-Australia’s most senior pilots. With more than two decades of experience captaining a range of aircraft, including the huge Boeing 777 wide-body [...]
V Australia launch their new “Flygirl” campaign tonight on Australian television, marking the commencement of their first major brand and product marketing campaign. The style of campaign was already a success in the USA when it was launched on billboards across California. The campaign moves away from the successful ‘Hamish and Andy’ advertisements that were [...]
As one of those involved in establishing the training organisation here at V, I was fortunate to be the Captain of the first operational Sydney to Los Angeles service – the Inaugural Launch Service. Well the first V Flight Sydney to Los Angeles (VAU 1, callsign “VeeOz One”) is complete. The day began early for [...]
As one of those involved in establishing the training organisation here at V, I was fortunate to be the Captain of the first operational Sydney to Los Angeles service – the Inaugural Launch Service. Well, it’s now seriously Pre-Game. It seems most of V is across at Cockatoo Island at the Launch Party, while the rest of [...]
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From all of the contributors at flight.org, we would like to wish you all the best of the holiday … [Read More...]
One of my fellow pilots was diagnosed and treated for Prostate Cancer about two years ago. … [Read More...]
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