Tag Archives: Alan Joyce

Episode 748: Change of Monarch at Qantas by November

Qantas has dominated this week’s airline news so naturally this episode is all about them. We start with the news that long-time, and often controversial, CEO Alan Joyce has announced his intention to step down in November, handing the reins … Continue reading

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Episode 736: Anniversaries abound, from marriages to Emiroo

February seems to be anniversary time in Oz as it’s a cracker time for a Summer wedding, but that’s not been the case this week as it’s been rather cold and we haven’t (yet) seen any snow, and certainly none … Continue reading

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Episode 372: Grant’s Back on Deck

Grant’s back on deck (& so is Nykolai :) ) but he’s struggling to remember how to do the AusDesk. Not to worry, Steve helps him get back in the groove and the guys report on: CASA warning drone operators … Continue reading

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Episode 366: Bigger is better? A380, C130s and Alan Joyce’s salary

Grant’s back and the boys are gobsmacked by Alan Joyce’s $12 million salary! They’re pretty sure their morals would get corrupted for that amount of money! Still with Qantas, they’ve painted A380 VH-OQH to support the Wallabies rugby union team … Continue reading

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Episode 365: Qantas gets a profit & Matt Hall’s back on the podium

Steve is solo this week as Grant is out of action with a throat infection. Steve covers the huge turnaround in the Qantas full year profit ($575 million profit after a $2.8 billion loss the year before) with an excerpt … Continue reading

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Episode 361: Qantas Turning the Corner?

The boys are back in the studio and Grant’s trying VERY hard not to explode over the news that Qantas is doing very well thanks to Alan Joyce. It’s not that they haven’t turned the corner and improved their stock … Continue reading

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

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 314: Qantas Profit, oh Qantas Profit, where for art thou???

Taking advantage of the Bits N Pieces nature of this episode, Steve & Grant sneak in a longer AusDesk than usual. This time it’s back to Qantas who have announced a record loss thanks to some restructuring they’re doing as … Continue reading

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Episode 291: We’re back but the news is much the same

Steve and Grant are back after recovering from the Tyabb Airshow last weekend. It was an amazing show with a great crowd and fantastic aircraft on display. Out of interest, PCDU are producing the official airshow DVD! Follow our Facebook … Continue reading

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Episode 288: Poseidon Adventure

Getting right into the spirit of the Poseidon Adventure, Steve and Grant report on the recent news confirming that the RAAF will indeed be getting the P8A Poseidon (and some HALE UAVs such as the Triton). After that, the conversation … Continue reading

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