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We had a chat to Santa a few days ago. He spoke to us about the preparation leading up to Christmas day. Santa’s sobriety was somewhat questionable at the time of our discussion. As such, he was a little politically and culturally insensitive. It’s probably best not to listen if you’re somebody that’s sensitive to [...]
The industrial unrest within the Qantas group is no secret. The long-haul pilot body, engineers, refuellers and baggage handlers are all looking at their own independent and simultaneous protected industrial action as what can only be considered to be a serious indictment on the current company CEO. While this suggests inevitable grief for the travelling [...]
We would like to wish everybody a happy holiday season. As you would expect, our posting frequency has dropped off a little over the holiday period but we’ll be back in action early in the new year. I’m not quite sure where the following poem came from, but it’s worth reading anyhow. Twas the night [...]
Recently, after commenting on the latest of Qantas’ engine troubles, I was asked to talk about what was an “interesting” in-flight moment for me. Despite this being one of the most common questions, I realised that I’ve never blogged about “interesting” flight moments – which of course immediately motivated me to do so. Funnily enough, [...]
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 [...]
Down route in Phuket, four other crew members and myself decided to go for a late night swim. Two crew were sitting on the edge of the pool and two were standing in the water chatting to them. I had decided to lie on my back and float around the centre of the pool. Just [...]
This Alaska Airlines commercial is brilliant! In a historical sense, it demonstrates the paradigm shift in both the airline product and passenger expectations in the airline industry over the last 25 years. The advert pokes fun at the concept of lowering the costs of travel by suggesting that one day, in the future, airlines may [...]
Sydney Radio Station Mix 106.5 is engaging in a fairly juvenile attempt to make their afternoon radio jock Ant Simpson cry while on National radio. They’ve subjected him to all kinds of inhumane torture including a leg wax and chemical (onion) warfare – but of greater interest was their attempt at having him cry by [...]
The Saverjet viral video campaign is orientated around the operations of the budget (and fictitious) airline at SaverJet.com. It plays out as a parody of Australian low cost carriers and their supposed array of hidden fees and charges incurred beyond the advertised airfare. The ‘humorous’ approach to the low cost experience was directed at both [...]
It was on our clothes, on our seats, on our faces and as we scrambled around playing spot the vomit we heard, “Oh excuse me, you’ve ah, you’ve got a chunk in your hair!”.
I have a confession to make. For some time now I’ve been indulging in an illicit, subversive, un-seemly behaviour – very much out of keeping with my persona and belief system as an IT hip type person (did I just use the word hip? Sorry, must be stress/guilt). I’ve been doing this despite having a [...]
This audio clip is quite old. It’s some comedic audio that details the nature of outsourcing Crew Scheduling to an Indian call center. I have no idea if outsourcing scheduling was actually part of Continental’s agenda at any point… but I guess it’s only a matter of time. If they haven’t considered it yet, perhaps [...]
An Alaskan pilot left some fresh bait and cooler in the back of his Piper Super Cub while he and his chartered passenger were off fishing – not a clever thing to do in bear country. Of course, the bear smelled it and made a meal of his aircraft. This was the end result. The [...]
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