Category Archives: Australia Desk

Episode 268: Steve’s team won the Grand Final but we still record a Desk

Posted on October 2, 2013 by admin

It’s that time of the year again and Grant’s found Steve to be more animated than ever, especially as his team (the Mighty Hawks) has won the AFL Grand Final. Confused? How do you think Grant feels having to talk … Continue reading →

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Episode 267: An AirProx, some headlines and Grant’s going to be in AOPA’s Australian Pilot magazine

Posted on September 25, 2013 by admin

Steve and Grant have finally finished running around to various events in Australia (for now 🙂) and have (finally!) put together a “real” Australia Desk. They discuss their experiences at the AusFly event in Narromine then quickly review a few headlines: … Continue reading →

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Episode 266: Earth Rounders with Dick Smith and Ryan Campbell

Posted on September 18, 2013 by admin

At the recent AusFly event, Grant and Ben Jones caught up with Dick Smith (an Australian entrepreneur, pilot and adventurer) and Ryan Campbell (the youngest person to fly around the world) to record a quick chat about their trips around the world … Continue reading →

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Episode 264: Aviation Careers in Australia

Posted on September 4, 2013 by admin

Steve and Grant are back home after the Aviation Careers Expo and, for this “Bits and Pieces” episode of the Airplane Geeks, they bring us an extended Australia Desk report featuring interviews with Andrew Rankin, General Manager of Strategy and … Continue reading →

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Episode 263: The Dreaded Lightsaber Chicken

Posted on August 28, 2013 by admin

The boys were supposed to be off this week but, in honour of Rob Mark mis-identifying Grant’s reference to “Sabre Check-in” (you know, the airline booking system with its check-in module) as a “sabre chicken,” they’ve sent in something about … Continue reading →

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Episode 262: Bali in Business Class and Boeing Airliner Changes

Posted on August 21, 2013 by admin

Grant spent the week vacationing in Bali, Indonesia, and while this is enough to make the rest of us jealous, he did take the time to compile some notes on the flights he took to get there, flying on Virgin … Continue reading →

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Episode 261: Sabres rattle as VA collides with JQ as ANZ warns

Posted on August 14, 2013 by admin

It’s Edition 200 of the Australia Desk! First Boeing 787 in Jetstar livery rolls out of the Everett paint shop. Worldwide Saber Reservation System crash takes Virgin Australia down with it. A Virgin B737 collides with a Jetstar A320 during pushback at Melbourne Airport – up to … Continue reading →

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Episode 260: Catching up with Ryan Cambell at Oshkosh

Posted on August 7, 2013 by admin

Grant can’t make it this week but we’re able to put on an Australia Desk thanks to Bas Scheffers who’s been representing the PCDU team at Oshkosh. Sure, we’re not jealous at all… really… Bas caught up with Ryan Cambell, … Continue reading →

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Episode 259: Human Performance and Multi-Crew Pilot License in your Career

Posted on July 31, 2013 by admin

A research project at Melbourne’s Swinburne University into human performance factors is looking at ways to track pilots eyes while at work in the cockpit, as a method of assessing potential information overload situations. TigerAir launching Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) training programme in … Continue reading →

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Episode 258: Shifting into Wellcamp and C-130Js

Posted on July 24, 2013 by admin

Steve is feeling a tad below par this week after coming off eight years of night shift into early morning starts, and editing of this week’s segment was interrupted when his son, Chris, ended up in the local hospital after … Continue reading →

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