Category Archives: Australia Desk

Episode 212: Qantas Reports First Loss Since Going Public

Posted on August 29, 2012 by admin

It’s a big news week with the Australia Desk covering a number of stories: Qantas is big in the news with: Qantas reports a $244m loss (their first since becoming a public company) Alan Joyce will not be getting his … Continue reading →

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Episode 211: A Shorter AusDesk? What a Challenge!

Posted on August 22, 2012 by admin

The boys are ready to do their longest ever AusDesk segment with stacks of great news stories but Pieter Johnson throws down a challenge to see who can do the shortest segment. With that, Steve trims the story list and … Continue reading →

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Episode 210: Good News, Everyone!

Posted on August 15, 2012 by admin

We’ve got some good news on the maintenance & engineering front so we figured it was too important to leave to later: TAE (a wholly owned subsidiary of Air New Zealand) are opening new workshops in Brisbane & Adelaide to … Continue reading →

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Episode 209: It’s Pitch Black, mate!

Posted on August 8, 2012 by admin

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

Posted on July 31, 2012 by admin

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

Posted on July 29, 2012 by admin

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 206: Hooroo with an iPad

Posted on July 17, 2012 by admin

We managed to dig up a couple of interesting stories and they’re not *all* about being nasty to Qantas: Virgin tops Qantas in SkyTrax awards, coming in at an improved 12th best in the world against Qantas’ fall to 15th … Continue reading →

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Episode 205: Ballooning to the Max

Posted on July 10, 2012 by admin

Grant’s back from Mildura and he’s exhausted. He’s been flying hot air balloons all week and has not only had his first solo (on July 4th, no less!) but he’s finally completed his private pilot (balloon) certificate. Woo hoo! We … Continue reading →

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Episode 204: Max’s Favourite Australian

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin

It’s “Carbon Tax Sunday” and Grant’s out in the cold empty rural lands near Mildura so we bring Anthony “The Voice” Simmons (Max Flight’s favourite Australian) to help with the news discussions. Once Grant’s given us an update on the … Continue reading →

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Episode 203: Qantas crying “Wolf” in Jetstar’s clothing

Posted on June 26, 2012 by admin

We’re very impressed with Episode 202 last week as the Geeks got to hang out with the amazing collection of aircraft at the Udvar-Hazy Centre. Not only was it a great episode but we also have to give a big … Continue reading →

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