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THE FUTURE
15/04/21 23:21
I am very optimistic about the airline industry's future. Many airlines have used the crisis to reduce staff sizes, optimise dud routes / frequencies and totally reorganise their businesses etc.
They do every time. But this time they are even smarter, and starting from a smarter base, having embraced leasing and outsourcing since the GFC.
When the crisis began none talked about airlines closures, just job losses. That gave me hope. When a company like BA quickly announces a reduction of 6,000 staff, they aren’t planning on closing the doors. Read More…
They do every time. But this time they are even smarter, and starting from a smarter base, having embraced leasing and outsourcing since the GFC.
When the crisis began none talked about airlines closures, just job losses. That gave me hope. When a company like BA quickly announces a reduction of 6,000 staff, they aren’t planning on closing the doors. Read More…
KANGAROO VALLY RESCUE
03/11/20 08:27
Twenty years ago today, we did 60 radio, TV and press interviews worldwide after the Kangaroo Valley Rescue, and received the Air Safety Award from ASFA and the President's Award from AOPA.
Here is a reprint of an article from Flight Safety Magazine from 2001. Read More…
Here is a reprint of an article from Flight Safety Magazine from 2001. Read More…
FACE MASKS ARE RECOMMENDED
04/04/20 15:00
The C.D.C. recommend face coverings
The U.S.A. Center Of Disease Control (CDC) now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where there is a chance where your social distancing may be compromised —not surgical or N95 masks— and the Surgeon General, Dr Jerome Adams gives tips on how to make one.
The Australian Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr.Paul Kelly disagrees, saying that we need to preserve the supply of masks, and gives two reasons against using face masks.
I believe that making and wearing a mask, when you need one, is a skill worth having, and show you how to turn a handkerchief into a 12 layer face covering.
To see the full article, click Read More…
The U.S.A. Center Of Disease Control (CDC) now recommends wearing cloth face coverings in public settings where there is a chance where your social distancing may be compromised —not surgical or N95 masks— and the Surgeon General, Dr Jerome Adams gives tips on how to make one.
The Australian Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Dr.Paul Kelly disagrees, saying that we need to preserve the supply of masks, and gives two reasons against using face masks.
I believe that making and wearing a mask, when you need one, is a skill worth having, and show you how to turn a handkerchief into a 12 layer face covering.
To see the full article, click Read More…
THE CASE FOR FACE MASKS
02/04/20 19:30
Wear face masks, not surgical masks, in public.
I have decided that humans are incapable of keeping their distance when they meet people they know, by accident. The longer they chat, the closer they move in. Read More…
I have decided that humans are incapable of keeping their distance when they meet people they know, by accident. The longer they chat, the closer they move in. Read More…
MELBOURNE FOG
23/04/18 17:40
Waking-Up In A Cloud
Melbourne sits at sea-level. Melbourne Airport is 434 feet above it. So if you wake up just under a cloud, they are in it at the airport. Read More…
Melbourne sits at sea-level. Melbourne Airport is 434 feet above it. So if you wake up just under a cloud, they are in it at the airport. Read More…
BEN SANDILANDS HAS LEFT US
30/10/17 15:31
And Now We Are Really Stuffed
Stricken with cancer, he refused to allow it be publicised:
"... my plan is to fade away when the time comes, and not make a big deal of it ...". Read More…
Stricken with cancer, he refused to allow it be publicised:
"... my plan is to fade away when the time comes, and not make a big deal of it ...". Read More…
ENGINEER HIT BY LIGHTNING
15/11/14 15:11
Australia: The Cleanest Third-World Country On The Planet
Ground Engineers use wireless headsets to talk to Pilots. In Perth, Australia they use last century's technology —attaching the Engineer by a wire. Cheap and effective. Until a plane gets hit by lightning when the Engineer is attached.
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Ground Engineers use wireless headsets to talk to Pilots. In Perth, Australia they use last century's technology —attaching the Engineer by a wire. Cheap and effective. Until a plane gets hit by lightning when the Engineer is attached.
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AFFORDABLE SAFETY?
17/11/10 16:41
In the old days, we'd have an idea … now we have none.
Police in Victoria's southwest are looking for a plane after a man saw one emitting smoke, and heard a loud bang, before losing sight of it. The Police Sergeant said "At this stage we’re just going through the motions making sure we haven’t missed anything."
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Police in Victoria's southwest are looking for a plane after a man saw one emitting smoke, and heard a loud bang, before losing sight of it. The Police Sergeant said "At this stage we’re just going through the motions making sure we haven’t missed anything."
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QF32 SINGAPORE
14/11/10 15:22
When you try to turn an Airbus 380 into a Boeing 747, things happen.
We have seen an email from one of the Qantas Pilots on the QF32 Flight Deck. Read More…
We have seen an email from one of the Qantas Pilots on the QF32 Flight Deck. Read More…
QANTAS A380
06/11/10 16:58
'Parts from a Qantas jet have landed on a school'
The Twitter-world went crazy with reports that a Qantas A380 had crashed into an Indonesian island. Reports were dispelled after a very tense hour. I had just flown the Emirates A380 from Sydney to Dubai, and had just arrived at my home when the first reports came in. Read More…
The Twitter-world went crazy with reports that a Qantas A380 had crashed into an Indonesian island. Reports were dispelled after a very tense hour. I had just flown the Emirates A380 from Sydney to Dubai, and had just arrived at my home when the first reports came in. Read More…
TIME TO LEAVE AFGHANISTAN?
16/09/10 16:28
Armed Forces Vs Terrorists
In terrain that has defated every invader since time began, Australians are fighting, and dying, in Afghanistan. The futility of Armed Forces Vs Terrorists becomes apparent to anyone who has seen the geography. Read More…
In terrain that has defated every invader since time began, Australians are fighting, and dying, in Afghanistan. The futility of Armed Forces Vs Terrorists becomes apparent to anyone who has seen the geography. Read More…
AUSTRALIAN'S 1,000 MPH RECORD BID
13/09/10 16:22
It will end in tears.
Rosco McGlashan's attempt to travel at 1,000 miles an hour in 20 seconds —and live— will end in tears. Read More…
Rosco McGlashan's attempt to travel at 1,000 miles an hour in 20 seconds —and live— will end in tears. Read More…
AUSTRALIA'S AVIATION FUTURE
06/03/10 16:09
So, who would be a pilot in the future?
Pilot salaries and conditions have been steadily declining for years, which is why they have been flooding the Middle Eastern airlines that continue to pay higher wages in tax-free environments. Here's what we need to do to retain the talent. Read More…
Pilot salaries and conditions have been steadily declining for years, which is why they have been flooding the Middle Eastern airlines that continue to pay higher wages in tax-free environments. Here's what we need to do to retain the talent. Read More…
MELBOURNE'S NEW DAM
20/11/09 15:25
There is a great location for Melbourne's new dam.
It's off the coast of Cape Otway, in Bass Strait. Read More…
It's off the coast of Cape Otway, in Bass Strait. Read More…
SRI LANKAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
01/11/09 14:57
On the other side of the Indian Ocean, they'd be called Pirates
78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers are sitting on an Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, 10 nautical miles off the coast of Indonesia, demanding to come to Australia. It’s a stand-off that can only end in tears for the Australian Prime Minister Read More…
78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers are sitting on an Australian Customs vessel, the Oceanic Viking, 10 nautical miles off the coast of Indonesia, demanding to come to Australia. It’s a stand-off that can only end in tears for the Australian Prime Minister Read More…
MELBOURNE'S SLIPPING
16/10/09 14:21
First to seventeenth in a decade
Melbourne has not been the most liveable city in the world since last century when it was #1 on Mercer's Most Liveable City In The World list.
In 2004 a Melbourne newspaper used a U.K. Expat lifestyle survey to call the city number one, while Mercer's have us slipping.
The Mercers study shows what all Melbournians know. The living is not getting easier. With traffic congested, trains that can’t handle the heat, and ongoing water restrictions due to a lack of planning by the most over-governing politicians in the world.
The least the press can do is report the facts correctly. First to seventeenth in a decade. That should be the headline. And a plan to arrest the decline should be implemented.
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Melbourne has not been the most liveable city in the world since last century when it was #1 on Mercer's Most Liveable City In The World list.
In 2004 a Melbourne newspaper used a U.K. Expat lifestyle survey to call the city number one, while Mercer's have us slipping.
The Mercers study shows what all Melbournians know. The living is not getting easier. With traffic congested, trains that can’t handle the heat, and ongoing water restrictions due to a lack of planning by the most over-governing politicians in the world.
The least the press can do is report the facts correctly. First to seventeenth in a decade. That should be the headline. And a plan to arrest the decline should be implemented.
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SOLAR STREET LIGHTS
16/10/08 22:33
Become world leaders
Australia should lead the world by committing to a policy that all streets lights in the entire country must be replaced by combination wind and solar street lighting within three years, powered by energy captured at its point of use.
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Australia should lead the world by committing to a policy that all streets lights in the entire country must be replaced by combination wind and solar street lighting within three years, powered by energy captured at its point of use.
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AUSTRALIA'S EXPAT BRAIN POWER — FREE BUT UNTAPPED
16/10/08 11:26
With now over one million Australians living overseas, the Australian Government should draw on the brain power of some of the world’s best and brightest people to assist in making Australia successful.
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AUSTRALIA'S FILM INDUSTRY
01/10/08 11:31
Preserve our culture by giving it a market.
Australia should strengthen its film industry by demanding that 35% of all theatre screening slots be filled by Australian-made films. Read More…
Australia should strengthen its film industry by demanding that 35% of all theatre screening slots be filled by Australian-made films. Read More…
WHEN THE KIWIS LEFT
19/04/06 11:33
Highly-taxed, single Australians are leaving to work overseas
… even the New Zealanders have returned home. Read More…
… even the New Zealanders have returned home. Read More…
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