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 an interview with Michael Gilmour from Downwind.com.au, our usual opinionated review of the news and listener mail. We also wrap up the year with a tip of the wing to the podcasts that inspire us and the guests who have helped give us some great content.
Here’s how the episode came together this time:
- Indian company buys Gippsland Aeronautics and Aerostaff (Australian Aviation)
- CASA ups GAAP circuit limit, to use FAA Class D (Australian Aviation)
- Satellite-based navigation system to allow air-traffic controllers to pinpoint aircraft (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
- Air N.Z. More Affected by 787 Delay Than Slump, Airlines Says (Tracy Withers @ Bloomberg.com) plus interview with Rob Fyfe on IATA.org
- Qantas to launch A380 Melbourne-London services (Australian Aviation) and Qantas to operate A380 on Melbourne-London route
- Defence Dept to fix Amberley base creek pollution
- Tiger Airways IPO reduced following luke-warm reactions and may be withdrawn
- QANTAS 747-400 has an engine failure not long after take off at Changi (Singapore)
- QANTAS pilots union upset over JetConnect pilots
- Pilots union to launch legal action to fight for Kiwi pay equality (Ewin Hannan @ The Australian)
- Qantas ‘underpaying NZ pilots’ (ABC News)
- Australian union seeks more for Qantas’ Kiwi pilots (Kathy Marks @ NZ Herald)
- NZ-based pilots paid ‘half of Aussie counterparts’ (Stuff.co.nz)
- APIA takes action on Jetconnect pilot pay (Australian Aviation)>
- Interview with Michael Gilmour from Downwind.com.au
- We review our Listener Mail
- It’s Christmas, so of course everyone’s going on strike
- Qantas faces more strike action (ABC News)
- Qantas engineers to begin 5-day strike from tomorrow (Cynthia Koons @ The Australian)
- Christmas strikes looming on two fronts for Qantas (Steve Creedy @ The Australian)
- Qantas, Jetstar engineers ‘overworked’ (Nine News)
- Work bans threaten air travel (Ben Schneiders @ The Age)
- Qantas engineers set for more industrial action (Australian Aviation)
- Here’s our end of year wrap
- Special thanks to the podcasts that inspired us to start PCDU
- Our great guests in 2009 were
- Special thanks also to
- Dane Golden & Leo Laporte
- Adam Visscher (about to be our photographer)
As from now, we have a forum. Yes, that’s right, a place where you can come and chat about our episodes and anything else related to PCDU. Thanks to Michael @ Downwind for making a space available to us.
As usual, our theme music track is “YouNameIt5” by Brian Simpson (aka t3cat5) and our sound effects come from SoundSnap.com.
Good job guys. Glad to hear our episode is rating well!! Looking forward to a chat later this year….
Indeed – looking forward to hearing more great stories & adventures – hopefully we can keep more than half of them from the cutting room floor next time :) :) :)
Yes grant. I have a lot of stories to share. I am a shit magnet for better or worse….
Hi guys
I just finished listening to this episode. It pains me to say it, but your special thanks section at the end almost made me cry! The progression of listening to various podcasts paralleled my own.
Love your podcast and keep it up. I’m a new student pilot (2nd lesson on Sunday!) and really like listening to the stuff on GA more than the airline industry but I’ll take it all!
Keep it up and have a great 2010.
RW
Hmmm, are you recording them all for later publication in your “Memoirs of a Console Jockey” ??? :)
Saving it for my new podcast: “Plane uncrazy down under”
Hi guys. Well done on a brilliant year. I’m looking forward to sitting on the sidelines and watching you guys grow in 2010.
You mention at 1:28 that you’re considering shutting off comments on this blog – I think this is a mistake… there are many people that won’t wander further afield than this page.
Happy New Year!
Hi Guys,
I enjoyed this episodes and well most of the other ones. Can’t wait to see what you come up with throughout 2010 (Jeremy Get Ready To Cough Up Your $50 When Episode 50 Comes Along, haha). Hopefully more stuff about what its like being a student pilot. Oh, and I agree with Marty above. Don’t get rid of the comments on the website.
Anyway, all the best.
Taking my TIF in the Eurofox next Saturday (16th). Wish Me Luck!
-Jack
Jack I will but being a poor controller I will hold onto till the lastminute, I need the interest
As you can see I don’t proof read what I type, but I speak real good :)
OK – good point about not shutting off the comments – it was more along the lines of having the comments & forum linked some how so posts in one showed in the other. Definitely in the Too Hard basket for now.
Jack: Good luck with the TIF
Jeremy: What, you didn’t get an advance on your memoirs??? :)
Thanks Grant,
I wont be hitting the skies on the 16th for my TIF unfortunately. I gave the aero club a ring but the Eurofox is due for maintenance but the guys that maintenance it are still of their new years break till the 22nd. Looks like next weekend yay!
-Jack
Oh bugger. Gotta hate it when maintenance issues get in the way. Still, it should be worth the wait :)
Let us know how you go.