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Tag Archives: Alice Springs
Episode 333: Boned, Pwned & Droned
Grant’s tired after completing his CASA panel interview process for aircraft maintenance management (links to PDF file) and Steve’s hungover after a few too many red wines with the “Infrequent Flyer” himself at the Members’ Reserve in the Melbourne Cricket … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 767, airspace, Alice Springs, Antonov, Antonov 74, Auckland, boneyard, CASA, comingling, drones, fine, HAAMC, hangover, Infrequent Flyer, Kaman, legal, MCG, Melboune Cricket Ground, Members Reserve, Qantas, RAN, RNZAF, Seasprite, UAS, UAV
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Episode 331: Final Flights Abounding
The boys are back for 2015 and wondering what happened to last week? Something about holidays and memos, it would appear :) In this desk we cover the WA Police Air Wing being grounded due to pilots quitting, the last … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 2015, 767, Alice Springs, boneyard, Cairns, Perth, Qantas, SkyTrans, WA Police Air Wing, West Australia
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Episode 282: Not Hot Enough in Alice?
With Steve just about to go into the surgeon’s hands, Grant calls on ATC Ben, Jonesy and Kathy Mexted to help out. As you might expect, the result is a bit of a roller coaster as the team talks about: … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 77SQN, 787, 787-9, A320, Air New Zealand, AIR9000, AIR9000 Phase 7, Alice Springs, ANZ, Boeing, downgrade, engine, failure, helicopter, Melbourne, Moody's, Nevada, NoSteve, Qantas, RAAF, Red Flag, Thales, training, USA, YMML
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Episode 281: Starting 2014 off with NZ News
Steve and Grant kick off the new year on the AusDesk by reporting about New Zealand! Yeah, that works, right? :) Glyn Powell, the man who made the fuselage & wings of the DH Mosquito recently restored by AvSpecs in … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 787, 787-9, Air New Zealand, Alice Springs, Australia, Brindabella Airlines, C27, crisis, first flight, Glyn Powell, Mosquito, New Zealand, NZ, Qantas, Queen's Service Medal, RAAF, restoration, retrench, REX, staff
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Episode 150: Remote ATC and Virgin sneaking a few Qantas senior managers
Steve’s been crook so the boys try to do a quick Australia Desk … well, at least they tried! Airservices Australia are working with SAAB to run a trial Remote Air Traffic Control tower in Alice Springs that will be … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 100th, Adelaide, AirServices Australia, Alice Springs, ATC, domestic, Jetstar, John Borghetti, Qantas, redundancies, remote tower, SAAB, traffic, Virgin Australia
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Episode 149: Alice has a Bone Yard
Once again the boys are trying to present a short OzDesk episode (yeah right, as if!) so they’re going to race through a few items before getting to an item they want to cover in more detail. The RAAF has … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A330, Alice Springs, APAS, Australia, automation, boarding, check-in, F111, fares, fatigue, frequent flyers, international, Jetstar, market share, Perth, pilots, Point Cook, profit, Qantas, RAAF, RAAF Museum, Singapore, strike, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Tom Vincent, Virgin Australia
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