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 aircraft taken to Antarctica has been found again:
- David Vanderhoof gives us an Aviation History segment
- Air NZ’s new cabin crew outfits like ‘drag queens’ (Greer McDonald & Kiran Chug @ Sydney Morning Herald)
- Phrase “elephant in the room” is most popular cliche of 2009 (The Mirror) (AirNZ’s use of the phrase “disestablished”)
- Tiger Airways carries 3 millionth passenger (Travel Daily News)
- Tiger’s flight delayed 10-hours (The Morning Bulletin)
- Tiger Airways advances aircraft delivery (Yahoo! Singapore)
- Discussion about Tiger’s callsign on our forum @ Downwind
- Jetstar and AirAsia form a Joint Venture:
- Australian executives at Jetstar Pacific not allowed to leave Vietnam:
- QANTAS are impacted by another Amadeus crash:
- We chat with Shashank Nigam from SimpliFlying
- We have a c’est la vie moment about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- Technical glitch strands Qantas passengers (ABC News)
- Listener Mail:
- Jack Seymour’s got a blog up about his learning to fly (Student Flight
- Mark mentions Coronal Mass Ejections and their potential impacts on GPS systems
- Shout Outs:
- The new Mile High Flyers podcast is well worth listening to (and they refer to our show in their second episode – w00t :)
- Will & Dave at The Pilot’s Flight Podlog podcast have provided us with a promo piece and are joining in the fun of cross-promoting other podcasts
As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5″ by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com.
