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In one of the smarter moves that Aussie tourism has made in recent years, they’ve just flown a lucky group of Oprah audience members to Australia. Oprah’s now officially on her way to Australia in the comfort of private jet while the rest of her entourage arrived in Sydney this morning. The plan to convert [...]
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 [...]
I’m an airline pilot, or at least, that’s my day job. Partly because of the nature of my profession, partly because of the nature of my work role (I’m a Check Captain and therefore I’m a slave to both the Aircraft and the Simulator, the airline schedule and the trainee pilot) – this involves a [...]
It seems like I’ve spent most of my life commuting to work. Of course I’m alone in this, but while for most it’s a suburban to city drive, for some of my friends this means a walk/car/train/tram experience from Geelong to Melbourne, for me it’s a little more. Geelong to Sydney. This morning I rose at 6am to have [...]
This month marks 20 years since Australian aviation was changed forever. On the 18th of August 1989, the Australian Federation of Air Pilots (AFAP) embarked on an industrial campaign ostensibly in support of a 29.47% pay claim. This action precipitated one of the worst and most expensive industrial disputes in Australia’s history, now known as [...]
I got this via email today. It describes the relentless pursuit of vocational satisfaction in aviation nicely. Full Circle One fine hot Summer afternoon saw a Cessna 150 flying circuits at a quiet country airfield. The Instructor was getting quite bothered with the student’s inability to hold circuit height in the thermals and was getting [...]
This was just sent to me via email. Interesting. Why is it that people are often so rude to cabin crew? Is it simply the sheer numbers of travelers that exposes a nasty section of society, or is something to do with the environment on board an airliner? Is it that passengers simply don’t understand [...]
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