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Tag Archives: engineers
Episode 223: A disturbance in the Force but no ice skates in Hell (yet)
There is a disturbance in the Force as the Qantas pilots union actually agrees with management on refusing to pay the operators of Brisbane International Airport up front for the construction of a new runway. We’re still stunned about the … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged Alan Joyce, Avalon, Brisbane Airport, crap, disturbance, engineers, Fire fighters, Matt Hall, Qantas, runway, Sydney, the Force, Tooradin, Tullamarine, unions
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Episode 210: Good News, Everyone!
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
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged 747, A380, Air New Zealand, Alan Joyce, annual report, APU, ASK, available seat kilometres, Clive Palmer, engine, engineers, Exercise Pitch Black 12, F18, Goods & Services Tax, GST, Jurassic Park, KC30, LAX, loss, maintenance, MRO, MRTT, probe & drogue, profit, pyjamas, Qantas, RAAF, research, resorts, study, Sunshine Coast, TAE, Tanker, theme park, tourists, turbine, University of Sydney
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Episode 164: Memories of Ansett
The boys are out at Coldstream airport for the Mission Aviation Discovery Day recording live with Anthony “The View from the Lounge” Simmons and ATC Ben. Steve’s working on his diet and, despite his growling stomach, the team discuss the … Continue reading
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Tagged 767, Ansett, Anthony Simmons, ATC Ben, Coldstream, diet, engineers, Korda Mentha, Mission Aviation Discovery Day, View from the Lounge
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Episode 156: Stuff the news, lets talk Oshkosh preparations!
The boys are packing for Oshkosh and Steve’s trying to figure how to get the mega-sized jar of Vegemite through bio-inspection on arrival in Los Angeles. They do have a quick skim through the latest aviation news items from Down … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged A320, A320NEO, Air New Zealand, Alaska, bio-inspection, David Vanderhoof, deep dish, engineers, F18, freight cartel, grounded, industrial action, Jetstar, Los Angeles, Oshkosh, pilots, pizza, price fixing, Qantas, RAAF, Red Flag, Tiger Airways, USA, vegemite
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Episode 140: Fuel Surcharges and Price Fixing Freight Cartels
It’s a cracker Autumn in Melbourne with nine days in a row of flyable weather for the hot air balloons over the city. We give a shout out to Wheelies with Wings which is the Australian organisation that gets physically … Continue reading
Posted in Australia Desk
Tagged ACTU, Air New Zealand, australian, award, C17, defamation, disabled, domestic, engineers, evidence, Fair Work Australia, fair work tribunal, freight cartel, fuel costs, fuel surcharge, HADR, international, offshore, press release, price fixing, Qantas, RAAF, routes, Singapore, USA, V Australia, Virgin Blue, wheelies with wings
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Episode 63: It’s almost all Qantas
Dan Webb encroaches into the Australia Desk despite the boys’ best efforts but they manage to recover and continue on with this week’s stories: Qantas take delivery of their fourth A380 with their fifth & sixth will be added later … Continue reading
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Tagged 787, A380, break even, Dan Webb, delay, Dreamliner, engineers, fake, pathological, Qantas, Virgin Blue
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