Category Archives: Australia Desk

Episode 360: Grant Made it to Fiji

Posted on July 22, 2015 by admin

Steve’s on his own in the studio because Grant finally made it away for his vacation, although not to Bali as originally planned. Instead, he and his lovely wife flew halfway across the Pacific to Fiji. Now, of course, you’d … Continue reading →

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Episode 359: Grant vs the Volcano

Posted on July 14, 2015 by admin

Grant’s at home when he should be in Bali thanks to the ash cloud from Mt Raung so it’s time to do an OzDesk. The boys talk briefly about flights resuming to Bali. They also talk about the fun they … Continue reading →

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Episode 357: Baby Herc arrives as another 747 retires

Posted on July 1, 2015 by admin

Grant’s holding together with cold & flu medicine long enough to get an Aus Desk recorded with Steve covering: The RAAF’s first C27J Spartan (the ‘baby Hercules’) arrives in Australia BAE Systems gets their contract with the Royal Singaporean Air … Continue reading →

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Episode 354: Breathalysed on a scale of 1 to Rob Mark :)

Posted on June 17, 2015 by admin

In order to prevent a Rob Mark moment on the Oz Desk, Grant has to pass Steve’s breath-a-lyzer test before he can join in reporting on: Qantas & American are teaming up on SYD-LAX route allowing Qantas to redeploy some … Continue reading →

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Episode 353: Can Qantas Restore its Credit Rating AND get 787-9s?

Posted on June 10, 2015 by admin

It’s the Queens Birthday long weekend here in Australia and while the boys didn’t get any recognition from Her Majesty, some of their friends & guests of Plane Crazy Down Under did as Chris Sperou & Dave Jacka both get … Continue reading →

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Episode 352: Sabotage by Cabotage

Posted on June 3, 2015 by admin

The federal government are contemplating a proposal to allow foreign airlines carry domestic passengers between locations north of the Tropic of Capricorn (eg: Cairns, Darwin, Townsville, etc). So, can a reduction in cabotage restrictions in the north end lead to … Continue reading →

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Episode 350: It’s just the gas, man

Posted on May 20, 2015 by admin

The boys are back with the sad news that the Wings Over Illawarra air show show had to be cancelled due to terrible weather. Bummer :( Deciding to go with military stories, we open with the news that RAAF KC30As … Continue reading →

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Episode 347: Soap boxes galore as CASA, Jetstar & the F35 feature

Posted on April 29, 2015 by admin

The boys are back and only slightly embarrassed for thinking last week was the US public holiday. Ooops :) Meanwhile, the Australian government have publically given CASA parameters for the changes they want to see made (basically: CASA are to … Continue reading →

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Episode 345: Barossa Airshow

Posted on April 15, 2015 by admin

Steve and Grant traveled to South Australia this week to provide commentary at the Barossa Airshow, located at Rowland Flat in the famous Barossa Valley wine region. They’re joined by their locally based reporter, Maikha Ly, who worked as ground … Continue reading →

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Episode 344: Charges? Charges? We don’t need no steenkin Charges!

Posted on April 8, 2015 by admin

Grant’s getting on his soapbox once again as it seems that CASA are proposing to increase their rates yet many of us think they should first improve their processes and provide safety cases for the services they provide. Sadly, given … Continue reading →

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