Thanks to an opportunity presented by Shashank Nigam, Grant’s just had an article about the ongoing Jetstarisation of QANTAS published on Shashank’s Simpliflying site.
It provides a background on the birth of Jetstar, its growth to date and how it is destined to consume more of QANTAS’ mainline routes & aircraft. Head on over to Simpliflying and check out the article.
Thanks to Shashank for giving us the opportunity to gain further [...]
22
Feb
2010
The Jetstarisation of QANTAS is not over yet
Tags: 747, 787, A380, Alan Joyce, Australian Airlines, Ben Sandilands, Business Class, City Flyer, Economy, Emirates, first class, Impulse Airlines, Jetstar, Jetstarisation, LCC, Low Cost Carrier, Melbourne, Plane Talking, Premium Economy, QANTAS, Shashank Nigam, SimpliFlying, Singapore Airlines, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue
04
Feb
2010
Episode 24: Misuse of Accents
Tags: accents, Aerobatics, Air New Zealand, beer, Border Patrol, crash, Customs & Immigration, death, Display Team, F35, Fail, FleetBuzz Editorial, forum, IPO, JSF, passports, QANTAS, QLD, Queensland, R44, RAAF, Red Checkers, RNZAF, Robinson, Saj Ahmad, seats, Technology, Tiger Airways, Virgin Blue
Despite the annoying habit of our “day jobs” and families encroaching into our PCDU time, we’ve finally managed to get some time to record an episode. Steve even managed a marathon effort of post production to edit a coherent episode from our opinionated news discussion and an interview with Saj Ahmad. Go Steve! :)
Despite my best efforts to drone on endlessly, Steve’s also managed to keep the episode under [...]
15
Jan
2010
Episode 23: Australia: A TSA free zone (for now)
Tags: A380, Air New Zealand, AirAsia, Amadeus, Antarctica, Avro Avian, c'est la vent, callsign, CME, Constellation, Coronal Mass Ejection, disestablished, Garuda Indonesia, Go Cat, GPS, Guy Menzies, Jack Seymour, Jetstar, Jetstar Pacifiic, Joint Venture, L-1049, Mawson, Mile High Flyers, Pilot's Flight Podlog, QANTAS, Rockhampton, Shashank Nigam, SimpliFlying, Student Flight, Tiger Airways, TSA, Vickers, Vietnam
Even down here in Australia we’re being impacted by the out-of-control antics of the TSA, so what the heck, we’ll have a bit of a c’est la vent moment about it. We also have our usual opinionated discussion on some other news items and chat with Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying.
Here’s how the show proceeds:
Prosecutors want Garuda pilot back in jail (ABC News)
Farmer’s flight path message for charity (ABC News)
The first [...]
31
Dec
2009
Episode 22: Farewell 2009
Tags: 747, 787, A380, Adam Visccher, ADSB, Air New Zealand, Air Services, Airplane Geeks, Airspeed, Amberley, Bas Scheffers, Ben Ippolito, Carlo Santoro, CASA, Changi, Dane Golden, David Vanderhoof, GAAP, Gippsland Aeronautics, Jeremy Peck, JetConnect, Joel Haski, Karla Courtenay, Lang Kidby, Leo Laporte, Matt Hall, Michael Gilmour, Nick Brau, Nigel Lamb, Owen Zupp, Pilot's Flight Podlog, Podcast Answerman, QANTAS, RAAF, Rob Fyfe, Saj Ahmad, Shashank Nigam, Tiger Airways, UCAP, Uncontrolled Airspace
It’s the Christmas & New Year holiday period, plus down here it’s Summer so we’re totally into listening to long aviation podcasts when we’re not distracted by having fun. So, for all of our listeners who have long drives or lots of chores to do around home, we give you our longest episode yet. With a bit of Christmas cheer, we produce just over two hours of PCDU goodness including [...]
01
Nov
2009
Episode 15: And now for something completely different, here is the news
Tags: 737, 747, A320, A330, A380, A4, Air Traffic Control, Airbus, Airshow, ALEA, Beaver, Black Saturday, bush fire, Centenary, crash, DHC-2, Diggers Rest, evacuation, fire, fire bomber, GA, General Aviation, Geoff Dixon, Hobart, Houdini, Il76, Ilyushin, Jamestown, Jandakot, Jetstar, KC-30, maintenance, MH-60R, MRTT, New Zealand, Newcastle, nose wheel, Perth, QANTAS, RA-Aus, RAAF, RAN, RedBull AirRace, RFDS, RNZAF, Rocket, Rocket Lab, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Skyhawk, Socceroos, Super Beaver, Sydney, Tiger Airways, Victoria, Virgin Blue
We’re back to being our opiniated selves with a backlog of news stories to work through and discuss. Once again Bas Scheffers joins us for some of the news and to discuss a number of RA-Aus items. From Beavers to Tigers and even Kiwi Skyhawks doing battle with bureaucracy, we cover a diverse range of topics including:
QANTAS shareholders fail to block Dixon’s $3m payment
Shareholders blast Qantas over Dixon payout (ABC [...]
03
Oct
2009
Episode 11: Recreationally Yours
Tags: 737, AAAF, Adelaide, All Nippon Airways, ANA, Boeing, dust, F16, GAAP, Geoff Dixon, Mackay, Parafield, QANTAS, RA-Aus, Recreational Aviation Australia, Recreational Flying, Sydney, Thunderbirds, Tiger Airways, USAF, Wedgetail, YPPF
This episode we’re joined by Bas Scheffers, a Recreational Aviation Australia pilot (our version of the US Sport Pilot rules) who flies out of Parafield airport (YPPF) in Adelaide, South Australia. We have a great chat about flying RA-Aus aircraft, GAAP issues, the benefits of learning to fly under RA-Aus instead of the usual GA, the information available from the recreational flying community and even discuss the new AAAF Forum [...]
11
Sep
2009
Episode 8: Riding Our Segways
Tags: Adelaide, Air New Zealand, Airplane Geeks, B57, Bankstown, Canberra, Dan Web, Delta, Fiji, finance, Jetstar, Jetstar Pacific, Karla Courtney, Kokoda, QANTAS, QANTAS Travel Insider, RAAF, RFDS, Royal Flying Doctor Service, segways, Shashank Nigam, SimpliFlying, Tecnam, Tiger Airways, Toowomba, Virgin Blue, webjet
We thought we’d have this episode out within a few days of our previous one, but there was so many news items to review, so much to discuss and so many bits to splice together that it took a whole week to bring it to you. Weighing in at almost 2 hours, this episode has interviews, GA, follow ups and much much more.
16
Aug
2009
Episode 5: Jet Lag Recovery
Tags: Accident, AirAsiaX, Airlines PNG, Australian Aviation, Bankstown, Delta, DHC-6, Eaker AFB, Fiji, Jetstar, Kokoda, Landing Gear, Laser pointer, Leo Laporte, Malaysian Airlines, MAS, Pacific Blue, Papua New Guinea, QANTAS, Regional Airlines, RFDS, Royal Flying Doctor Service, SimpliFlying, Tiger Airways, Twin Otter, TWiT, V Australia, Virgin Blue, Woolworths, YSBK
Steve’s back from his trip to the USA and, despite some jet lag woes, he’s in the recording studio and the banter is flowing in our longest episode yet. Sadly, the first 15 minutes sound like Grant’s testing NASA’s new Interplanetary Internet and experiencing a really crappy connection. Not to worry, it soon clears up and the rest of the episode quite clearly reveals our usual commentary on this week’s [...]
07
Aug
2009
Episode 4: Hand Propped
Tags: Alan Joyce, ATR72, Bangkok Airways, Cathay Pacific, Cessna, DHC-6, Geoff Dixon, hand propping, Indonesia, Jetstar, Koh Samui, marketing, MU-2, Papua, QANTAS, RAAF, RNZAF, Seasprite, SMS, swine flu, Thailand, Tiger Airways, Twin Otter, V Australia, Vietnam, Virgin Blue, website
This week’s episode comes out a little late as Steve’s still in the USA and Grant was up in Sydney for the PCDU / SimpliFlying TweetUp that happened along side the Asia / Pacific Aviation Outlook Summit 2009. A great time was had by all who attended the event but now it’s back to work as there’s news to read, interviews to arrange and a podcast to produce.
This week’s episode [...]
31
Jul
2009
Episode 3: Flying Solo
Tags: 737, Air New Zealand, Auckland, Brett Godfrey, Brisbane, Delta, Embraer, Gold Coast, Jetstar, John Holland, Macquarie Airports, Macquarie Group, Melbourne, New Zealand, PelAir, Perth, QANTAS, Regional Express, REX, Sydney, Tiger Airways, TSA, USA, V Australia, Virgin Blue
We were a little delayed because Grant was trying to do it all this week, but better late than never. With Steve in the USA, Grant was flying solo and discovering that he missed having someone to put the gear up on take off.
This week’s episode includes the following topics:
Air New Zealand joins Tiger to say that Delta teaming up with V Australia (Delta V) is bad, but QANTAS stays [...]
