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Episode 216: VIPA bares its teeth

The boys are back from the inaugural AusFly event & discuss what they were up to so far away from home. After that, it’s into the news, including: Virgin Australia pilots reject their initial contract offer according to the Virgin … Continue reading

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Episode 214: What the QFEK? It’s Emiroo!

With new names like QFEK or EmiRoo, the Qantas & Emirates alliance has been announced with much fanfare and we spend some time discussing what it could mean. Meanwhile, Tiger Airways are returning to Adelaide which is a good thing … Continue reading

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Episode 209: It’s Pitch Black, mate!

Steve’s turned off the lights in honour of exercise Pitch Black 12 currently under way in the Northern Territory. Suffice to say, Grant’s taken a rather dim view of this darkness thing, especially after stumbling over gear in the studio… … Continue reading

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Episode 208: Lies, Damned Lies & Statistics

While Steve & Grant are often accused of making statistics up on the spot (like 28.2% of all statistics), this week it appears that Dan Webb is not the only one who can crunch the numbers! Both Qantas & Virgin … Continue reading

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Episode 207: Escaping to Work

Just for a change, Steve’s out on the remote link because he’s run off to work to escape more PCDU editing. Of course, this means Grant’s left in the studio to run the recording and *GASP* edit the show! Qantas … Continue reading

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Episode 180: A380s, Qantas, Emirates and more

Strewth, it’s the first Australia Desk of 2012 and the boys are off the beach, back in the office and bringing you more aviation news from Down Under. Qantas receives their 12th A380 and it’s been named Phyllis Arnott in … Continue reading

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Episode 177: Virgin Oz re-structures and carries more domestic pax than Qantas

The weather isn’t great with a cold & wet start to Summer but hey, there’s still some great aviation news to report on. Virgin Australia’s re-branding has completed with all their various groups now operating under the one corporate banner … Continue reading

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Episode 113: The Kids help out on Father’s Day

It’s Father’s Day down here in Australia and we bring our sons in to help record this week’s segment. Topics we cover include: A Qantas 747-400 has an uncontained engine failure about 45 minutes after departing San Francisco, leading them … Continue reading

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Episode 108: Cash for Clunkers

Grant is flying high on pain killers after damaging his shoulder so Steve’s considering calling him a clunker & cashing him. Meanwhile, things are getting hot over the Tasman airspace: AirAsiaX may leap into trans-Tasman market United doesn’t think Delta-V … Continue reading

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Episode 68: It’s torches and pitchforks as Qantas shareholders prepare for the AGM

Grant’s been meeting with a bunch of Qantas shareholders preparing for the Qantas Annual General Meeting and they’re not happy, with torches and pitchforks being made ready for the big event that this year is being held in Perth. Retreating … Continue reading

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