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RE: SQ Cabin Crew Age Limit?

Thanks for the responses, guys.

Incidentally, when I was trying to get this info from the SQ website I noticed that they are about to launch a recruitment drive for cabin crew - only pre-schoolers need apply (joking!)

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SQ Cabin Crew Age Limit?

At <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym> recently, my wife commented on a passing <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> crew and how attractive the female members of the cabin crew looked after an 8hr flight down from Singapore - of cour...

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RE: Final Qantas 747SP, Innaguration Of The Routes

About 3 years ago I caught the QF747SP on a service <acronym title="Cairns (CNS / YBCS), Australia - Queensland">CNS</acronym>-<acronym title="Darwin - International (DRW / YPDN), Australia - Northern Territory">DRW</acronym>-<acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym>,...

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RE: Lockerbie ./. Persian Gulf

NumberTwelve: I'm not full of hate - I am just wondering why everybody knows lockerbie and no Persian Gulf. Well, most of us here seem to know about both. And I am just wondering why the US government wasn't able to say "sorry" to the Iranian people. Have you tried asking them? I do...

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QF Pax Jump In Oct

QANTAS Domestic passenger figures show almost 9% increase in Oct 2005 with International up over 6%, RSFs for both down. Details in Melbourne's Age Newspaper: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Qantas-passenger-jump-in-Octobers/2004/12/10/1102625512484.html" target=_blank>http://www.the...

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RE: A Question For OZ

Rongotai: can you be a bit more specific and name a couple of examples?

Thanks,

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RE: Virgin Atlantic & Virgin Blue Announce Code Share

Will DJ pax have to pay extra?

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RE: HELP...BA Are Screwing Me!

Catatonic, It's a few years now, but I did something similar and was through checked. I had a return portion of a ticket for <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym> on <acr...

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RE: Air Travel Between Germany And Switzerland

Carfield - please ignore young FlyLondon, of course England is a country. From Encyclopaedia Britannica online: Main Entry: En·gland Pronunciation: 'i[ng]-gl&nd, 'i[ng]-l&nd 1 or Late Latin An·glia /'a[ng]-glE-&/ country S Great Britain; a division of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nort...

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RE: Who Here Is A Pilot/Pilot In Training?

Just short of my GFPT with about 32hrs on PA28s - plan to go through to CPL.

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RE: Need Advise On LON - SYD

What about Air Mauritius from LHR?

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RE: Deregulation:

OttoPylit, Not knowing much else about Australian aviation, please enlighten me, what real competition does Qantas have, other than ANZ and Virgin Blue? Ansett is out, and if I am not mistaken, so is Impulse Airlines. So other than that, there is no real competition. <acronym title="CSA Cze...

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RE: Deregulation:

OttoPylit, Dear, dear.... The Australian domestic market is fully deregulated - why do you think a Pom like Branson was able to start up a new airline from scratch? QANTAS have an excellent reputation in all operations .... from 8,000 miles away maybe, not closer to home. Regulation made the flying ...

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RE: Does The Nationality Of Cabin Really Matter?

Airplaneboy, The debate here is strongly Union-based. At risk are Australian jobs - since the basing of (initially Australian) staff in overseas countries is seen as the first step toward employing totally non-Australians in overseas bases, out of reach of the Union and at rates below those of emplo...

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RE: Does The Nationality Of Cabin Really Matter?

Hmmm....can't see what all the fuss is about. <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> using exclusively "Australian" cabin crew - I don't think so. I flew <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia...

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RE: Why Didn't Boeing Make 7e7 Engines Exclusive?

The interchangable engine policy is viewed by Boeing as being a massive selling point for the 7E7. Boeing view there being a massive market within the leasing companies for the 7E7 - and interchangablility will allow airlines to lease craft without having to then burden themselves with an engine whi...

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RE: Reward Seats Limited?

Hi Frederik, Yes - get in as early as possible - particularly if you're looking at a time of the year when demand is likely to be up, or even if you're looking at a premium route from an airline perspective. Alternatives within the Alliance should always be considered. I just booked <acronym title="...

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RE: BA's Inert Policy To Changing Names/flts

Pe@rson: And then there’s the fact that <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> prices its tickets on a return basis – meaning one-way flights are normally far more expensive than return flights. Since when? Admittedly, a few years ago now - but I decided that I wished to commence jou...

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RE: Aussie TV: Two Great Progs?

OK, So what did prople think of week 2? I thought the AeroPeru 603 episode was fascinating - but can any "jockeys" here explain what happens to basic flying instincts once you start flying highly computerised planes? - I joined this story about 5 minutes after the start and as soon as ALT, <acronym ...

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QF Missed Connections On FF Award Flights

Hi Everyone, I've booked <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> next Sept using <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> <acronym title="Tower A...

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RE: Aussie TV: Two Great Progs?

Hi Guys, Border Security: agreed with most points - though I thought the stuff covering the "Italian" was well done. An hour program should be better from an editing viewpoint, but in common with most C7 "reality <acronym title="Virgin Express (Belgium)">TV</acronym> shows" I would still expect ther...

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Aussie TV: Two Great Progs?

Channel 7 this evening (13 Oct) has: 9:30-10:00 Border Security - the work of Customs officers at Melbourne & Sydney Airports 10:00-11:00 Air Crash Investigation - "An Air Transat Airbus runs out of fuel over the Atlantic and has to glide to a power-free landing. Explore the causes that contributed ...

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RE: RB211 Powered 767's

Yep, Flew <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> <acronym title="CURRENT: Hong Kong - Chek Lap Kok International (HKG / VHHH), China - Hong Kong AND OLD: Hong Kong - Kai Tak International (HKG / VHHH) (closed), China - Hong Kong">HKG</acronym>-<acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL /...

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RE: Check-in With A Text Message

QANTAS have been trialling a system since 26 July - using registered FFs and only out of <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym>. No paper boarding passes, just present your electronic pass to the Staff. More details: <...

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RE: Air NZ Rebuilds Images In Australia

Air NZ certainly need to do something - and very quickly. This is their largest overseas market - and it slid into the red last financial year.

So much for "The negativeness is pretty well behind us," Mr Thompson conceded

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RR Derby To Open Doors 5 Sep 2004

As part of the ongoing celebrations of Rolls-Royce 100 years, two sites in Derby will be opened by <acronym title="Royal Air Force (United Kingdom)">RR</acronym> Heritage Trust this Sunday, with buses running between the two. There will be a Spitfire flypast at 2:00pm. Details at <a href="http://www...

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

Australia is hot, requiring more take-off thrust, leading to more engine surges, surely. No 777236ER, the SQ772 inicident took place at cruising height. Could you please read the incident reports. 777236ER, you still haven't answered the question...how many engine incidents should we expect...

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RE: International-to-International Connections

Cory6188, My experiences are probably very different to your own beliefs: I've seldom come across the situation where you have to clear immigration when making an International-International connection. Let's look at Singapore for example (nice big airport with lots of connecting traffic). You arriv...

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

Why thank you 777236ER, ....so to take your stats of 0.0007/1000 for the 777, we should expect a shutdown once every what....once every 14.2million what? Cycles or hours? Doesn't really matter....as you say, this is a very reliable combination. Let's take the worse case scenario, let's say we expect...

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

Glidescope: We all need to remember that in times like these 777 bashing is around every corner. I suppose things would be different if the USA was not once again leading in the overall, and Gold Medal count in Athens. TransPac: It's threads like these that make me realize how ignorant ...

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RE: A330 Flap's?

Ermm....by "ailerons" you mean these things at the end of the wings (just this side of the winglets) which have nothing to do with the flaps? <center><a href="/open.file/225609/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/2...

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RE: Qantas Revamps Domestic Economy Class Service

Hi All, I've long been a critic of those horrible boxes - finally (hopefully!) we've seen the last of them. BUT - I do hope they continue to serve the Birch & Waite muesli for brekkie on the <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym>-<acronym title="Ade...

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

Tom/<acronym title="Perth (PER / YPPH), Australia - Western Australia">PER</acronym>: BD1959 I think you'll find TsenTsan to talking about the A345 ex <acronym title="Singapore - Changi (SIN / WSSS), Singapore">SIN</acronym> had an over-heating problem not the one at <acronym title="Melbourne - ...

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RE: British Airways...another Screw Up.

I thought you curry-munching, sex mad students never slept.

Huh, kids of today....

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RE: British Airways...another Screw Up.

Exactly what is being said in the article Pe@rson, Ryanair wasted little time yesterday in making capital. The Irish airline's spokesman, Paul Fitzsimmons, urged passengers to switch allegiance: "<acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> promotes this image that it somehow looks after its p...

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RE: British Airways...another Screw Up.

The airline is training 200 reinforcements, who will be ready to begin work next month. It says delays in obtaining checks on applicants' criminal records are partly to blame for the shortfall. ...and how many redundancies have there been over the last few years? Someone's not doing their r...

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

Tsentsan, Our papers reported the incident as the engine being "overheated". Just spoke with a colleague in the office - he lives 3km from <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia - Victoria">MEL</acronym> and heard the bang - that's one hell of an "overheat" !! BD1959

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RE: Does Your Partner Has Serious Fear Of Flying?

Only of me....she started off saying that she'll only fly with me once I've clocked 100 hrs - now I have to have 10 yrs experience....and I haven't even got my PPL yet!!!

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

DfwRevolution:

ooOOoo... perhaps it isn't the 777, but maybe a aborigine curse on the airport property

Isn't "Tullamarine" aboriginal for "Busted 777" ??

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RE: SQ B773 MEL Emergency Landing

DfwRevolution: However, every time a caution light so much as blinks on a 777, the world goes up in arms about a "serious engineering issue." They're talking of having to pick pieces up off the runway - hardly a blinking light see: <a href="http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/25/10932465...

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RE: Ooo, BBC Spelt Qantas With A "U"!

Will: If you get out a grammar book, you will see that "spelled" if the preferred spelling. and As mentioned, dictionaries tell you how to spell a word, not use it. Get out a grammar book and look it up. Dear, dear Will. Can you please make up your mind? If I take out a "grammar bo...

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RE: Ooo, BBC Spelt Qantas With A "U"!

Will: Spelt is actually a type of grain, and if you are talking about the grain, it is correct. If you are talking about to spell (a word) in the past, both "spelt" and "spelled" are correct, but "spelled" the preferred spelling. Oh dear, not according to the Cambridge Dictionary: spell (FOR...

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RE: Why Not A Large Short-haul Plane?

What's "large" and what's "short-haul"? <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</acronym> operate almost exclusively 767s <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym>-<acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Aust...

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Virgin Blue Profit Dives 22%

DJ CEO Brett Godfrey announced yesterday that profits for the first 4 months of the financial year had slumped by 22%. The market reacted with <acronym title="Virgin Blue Airways (Australia)">DJ</acronym>'s share price hitting an all time low of $1.75. Surprisingly, Godfrey was downbeat when quizzed...

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RE: Jetstar Vandalism - Free Seating To Blame?

7E7, I pressed on him to call channel 7's Today Tonight to tell them what happened, but he thought they won't believe him. Oh, they'd probably believe him but (being Today Tonight) Naomi wouldn't be interested as there's no weight-loss, hyperactive kid or book to sell (featuring hyper-activ...

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RE: Jetstar Vandalism - Free Seating To Blame?

Miami1, In this instance the type of vandalism <acronym title="Island Airlines (USA) and Eagle Air/Arnaflug (Iceland)">IS</acronym> of a major concern since it was the result of a very sharp implement being smuggled onto the aircraft. To date, taking ones hands onto an aircraft is not illegal (thoug...

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RE: Jetstar Vandalism - Free Seating To Blame?

There has been no increase in theft or vandilism since the introduction of free seating Miami1, I'm not suggesting that there has been. What I am asking is: 1) Whether this type of vandalism would have occurred with allocated seating 2) Whether free seating possibly encour...

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RE: Jetstar Vandalism - Free Seating To Blame?

OK - this seems to have gone a little off thread (nothing unusual there!). ARGinMIA: yes, I appreciate that you don't need to cut the seatbelt in order to remove the buckle. However, in this instance the spokesman is quite clearly quoted as saying that the belts were slashed. People: As the...

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Jetstar Vandalism - Free Seating To Blame?

Hi All, Old news, but I can't find an article on it so here goes... <a href="http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/31/1091080486427.html?oneclick=true" target=_blank>http://theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/31/1091080486427.html?oneclick=true</a> Two Jetstar seatbelts were slashed on a flight from HTI ...

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RE: UA Flight Returns To Sydney?

Will Once again, do note that there was confusion if it said "bomb" or "bob", not any acronym confusion. Actually Will, there is acronym confusion here in the Australian press. It is being reported simply that the message was "BOB" - so there is confusion as to whether this meant Best or Bo...

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