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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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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...]
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