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RE: Leaving Flaps Down On Stand

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RE: Why No Transmitting FDR/CVR's?

ADS-C already reports position at scheduled intervals, which can be set by ATC (pretty much as you frequently as you would like). ADS-B is even better, when in range of a ground station (which are becoming more and more prevalent)

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RE: Transponder Question

I understand that on more modern aircraft, the CVR breaker works in conjunction with a fuse, so simply pulling the breaker won't disable the CVR unless the fuse also burns out, although I can't find a reference for this. And a faulty transponder can definitely cause problems for ATC, better to use a...

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RE: ATC Communication Over Oceans

Sasha: VHF range is a couple hundred miles maximum and is line-of-sight, routes are often designed in respect to comms, navaids, etc, but it's not possible to ensure VHF coverage of all major routes, especially Oceanic.

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RE: ATC Communication Over Oceans

It's also important to point out that International <acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</acronym> is operated as a network. <acronym title="OLD: Hapag Lloyd (Germany), NEW: Hapagfly (Germany)">HF</acronym> frequencies are shared by a number of ground stations. An ...

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RE: Extended Toilet Operations

One of the scenarios in our simulator runs for ATC training is for a diversion due to lav issues, so you can be safe in the knowledge that we practice for such situations :-P

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RE: Can QF Base A Plane At LAX For SYD-LAX-JFK?

I thought a major reason for the <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>-<acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> flight was cargo? (I'm sure I remember reading that even if there...

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RE: Do Airlines Own Any Non-rev Aircraft?

I believe China Southern has some bizjets at Jandakot for their training school

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RE: JQ - Charge You $15.00 To Apply For A Job!

I personally wouldn't have a problem with it. Whilst I've not applied for any airline jobs, I know Air Services Australia charge a fee if you make it through to a testing day with them, around $90 or so I believe. In the case of <acronym title="Jetstar (Australia)">JQ</acronym>, I'd imagine it's to ...

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RE: How Big Are LAX's Smaller FIS Facilities

T4 in the morning can be an absolute nightmare. With 2-3 744's arriving at the same time you get far more people than the facility can handle. I've had several occasions where it has taken around an hour and a half all up, and that wasn't even near the back of the line, and I get priority-tagged bag...

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RE: DFW's Skylink - Living Up To Hype?

With a 40 minute transfer I'd be more worried about your luggage making the connection rather than you making it.

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RE: QF Lounge SYD

As long as the lounge is open you can enter, Qantas don't have any restrictions. I've spent 6 or 7 hours in the <acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Mascot) (SYD / YSSY), Australia - New South Wales">SYD</acronym> or <acronym title="Melbourne - Tullamarine (MEL / YMML), Australia ...

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RE: Does QF Deploy The 747ER To SFO?

They definitely use the ER's to SFO, I flew on one in December, the rest of my family arrived a week later, also on an ER

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Mystery Flights

I believe Qantas offered them too at the same time. It as basically a very cheap ticket, you called the day before and they told you what time to arrive at the airport, once you checked in you of course knew where you were going. They used them to fill empty seats. In Perth it was known if you were ...

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RE: What Next Tiger(SQ) OZ/USA?

I can't imagine that they'd want to have Tiger doing the US flights rather than <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym>. The main reason <acronym title="Singapore Airlines">SQ</acronym> would be after the Australia - US flights is because of the number of premium pax. Having an LCC operate ...

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RE: Fiennes Qantas FA Was Prostitute

Curmudegeon: Do you have a source on that? The tax office don't disclose details of any investigations, nor what income someone has declared. If details are released it's only after a conviction.

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RE: A340 -- One-engine Takeoffs?

Someone has to say it.....

A340's can barely take off with 4 engines!

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RE: AA Opening First-class Lavs To Coach Pax

It's almost like a lot of first class pax have the attitude of "the masses can pee on the floor back there, heaven forbid they use *our* lav" If the first class lav isn't in use, it doesn't affect you if someone from economy uses it, if you have to wait for one person (given the 'no congregating' ru...

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RE: Economy Class On 747 Upper Deck

QF had economy seating on the upper deck of their 742's.

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RE: Visiting A US ATC Tower: Possible?

Also, for any pilots, you might find the trip very informative. Although not a pilot myself, my pilot friends were given copies of information they found quite useful, a lot of detail on clearances etc they'd be able to use in future, and were able to get an ATC perspective on things that were and w...

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RE: Visiting A US ATC Tower: Possible?

Being a foreign citizen isn't necessarily an issue. I was recently in the US and went flying a few times with friends out of KPAO. After one such flight one of my friends phoned the tower and asked if it was ok for us to visit. They said it was fine as long as we had <acronym title="Normandie Aviati...

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RE: Photo I.D. And On-Line Check In

ID was checked at the gate in the US for a while following Sep 11, that was back when they also did the secondary screening at the gate. Every time I flew I'd have to wait until my group number was called to board, then they'd see my Australian passport and I'd be told I had to be searched, resultin...

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RE: Photo I.D. And On-Line Check In

Presenting <acronym title="Normandie Aviation (France)">ID</acronym> at check-in in Australia isn't much of a security measure anyway. Anyone is allowed to go through security, so that means the ticketed passenger could present <acronym title="Normandie Aviation (France)">ID</acronym> at check-in an...

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RE: De-icing Equipement@SFO,OAK,SJC & SMF

I flew <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</acronym>-<acronym title="Vancouver - International (YVR / CYVR), Canada - British Columbia">YVR</acronym> with <acronym title="Air Canada">AC</acronym> on Dec 20. We were delayed at the gate for about 40 minute...

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RE: "Airports" Category On Jeopardy Tonight

They did airline codes within the last week also.

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RE: Strange Security Issue At PHX Involving WN

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RE: LAX Advice Appreciated

Qantas Club/Admiral's Club is absolutely no help if he's departing from Terminal 1.

His flight may arrive into T4, but he won't be able to get back through security to access it.

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RE: Airbus Could Trigger Nuclear Option Of € Controls

Futures and options and warrants, oh my!

Airbus are hardly the only company in the world that deal with currency issues, there are numerous solutions available. Quite frankly, if a company cannot manage its own currency risk you really need to question the company's overall viability.

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RE: Bashing Your Company In Public?

Although I work in a completely different sector to airlines (govt department), I would never dream of publicly bashing my employer. Firstly because it'd makemy own job much more difficult if public confidence in us was lower, and secondly because I could be fined, demoted or terminated. It's incred...

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RE: QF Website Lacks Information... Help?

I'm pretty sure that you would get the domestic lounge access given what you've said. I'm a Qantas Club member and was once upgraded to business on a <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym>-<acronym title="Sydney - Kingsford Smith International (Masc...

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RE: I Just Booked JQ HNL-MEL

They had a press release today announcing they have obtained a variation to their <acronym title="Altenburg - Nobitz (AOC / EDAC), Germany">AOC</acronym> from CASA, (and ETOPS) but the <acronym title="Honolulu - International / Hickam AFB (HNL / HIK / PHNL / PHIK), USA - Hawaii">HNL</acronym> is sti...

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RE: Saab 340: My Experience

I've only flown once in a Saab 340, <acronym title="Chicago - Midway International (MDW / KMDW), USA - Illinois">MDW</acronym> to <acronym title="Indianapolis - International (IND / KIND), USA - Indiana">IND</acronym> at night, during a terrible storm, and we had to wait in the aircraft for 45 minut...

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RE: I Love It When Travel Agents Do This....

To counter the whole 'why use a travel agent?' theme on this thread, whilst I book the vast majority of my trips myself, there are times when a travel agent is almost required. We used one for our family holiday coming up in a few weeks. 6 adults, travelling from 2 different cities, leaving on diffe...

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RE: LAX Tbit Lounges

In defense of TBIT, while I hate every other aspect of it, I much prefer the Customs facilities there to <acronym title="Transeast Airlines (Latvia)">T4</acronym>. There is nothing worse than 3 or 4 744's arriving at the same time (which can happen thanks to <acronym title="Qantas (Australia)">QF</a...

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RE: Skywest (Aust.) Starts PER-DPS/HKT

PER-<acronym title="Denpasar / Bali - Ngurah Rai International (DPS / WADD), Indonesia">DPS</acronym> might do well considering Garuda is ceasing international flights out of <acronym title="Denpasar / Bali - Ngurah Rai International (DPS / WADD), Indonesia">DPS</acronym>, <acronym title="Phuket (HK...

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RE: LAX Tbit Lounges

I believe elite status FF's are still allowed entry, or at least Qantas Club members (and Gold and Platinum FF's) and guests still have access.

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RE: One Day Passes On QF/NZ Lounges In AKL And SYD?

From a completely selfish point of view as a Qantas Club member, I wouldn't want one-day passes to be available, it'd result in lounges being crowded, and I like the atmosphere as it is, otherwise I can see the Friday afternoon atmosphere of the lounges becoming a weeklong thing. That said, I know o...

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RE: Rumour: QF A Potential Pvt Equity Takeover Target

Wouldn't the foreign ownership caps prevent any private equity takeover? I'd say there'd be no Australian private equity fund anywhere near large enough to be able to take it on.

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RE: New, More Environmentally Friendly Plane Design.

I personally love the headline CNN used for the article "Silent plane would cut airport noise".

Who would ever have guessed that a lack of noise would result in a lack of noise?

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RE: Non-US Airport Info?

Thanks, he said that info was really useful

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RE: Question About Itinerary With QF An AA

AA-SAN is completely correct.

It doesn't matter what the flight numbers are, you can check your bags the whole way through. (Ths would be the case even if the flights were on seperate tickets)

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RE: New BKK Airport Thai Lounges

Not sure about any others, but I know the QF/BA lounges aren't scheduled for completion until December, and the temporary lounges they're using are fairly restricted (they're not even admitting anyone flying Economy, regardless of their status.)

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Non-US Airport Info?

I have a friend who has started getting into playing flight sims (something I don't know much about) He's asked if I can find out if there are any good site for info on airports outside the US (he's after airport information, navigational aids etc) Apparently he's been using Airnav for airports with...

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RE: 45 Min Enough Connection Time At ORD?

If you have checked bags, definitely not. <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> assured me repeatedly one time that a 42 minute connection was enough when I flew <acronym title="Indianapolis - International (IND / KIND), USA - Indiana">IND</acronym>-<acronym title="Chicago - O'Hare I...

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RE: If Flight Has To Med Devert, Will Trip Ins Cover?

Er...wouldn't this be something the airline insures against, rather than the passenger?

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RE: Perth Plane Spotting

Just be prepared to wait a while between flights, even in the 'peak' afternoon time it's not unusual for there to be over an hour between intl departures. The observation deck in the intl terminal is ok, the view is partally obstructed (don't expect to be able to see the end of the runway), but it g...

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RE: Who Is ATC Out There?

I'm currently waiting out the last 6 months of the 3 years I was told to wait before reapplying, so fingers crossed I will be by this time next year.

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RE: ATC Vision Requirement?

VikingA346: I've only ever gotten to panel interview stage in Australia (one step short of the medical), but I believe it requires a CASA Class III Medical, there should be info on the CASA site about what those requirements are. I *think* it requires 6/6 (the old 20/20) corrected vision, meaning gl...

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RE: Why Are United's Boeing's Always 7x7-x22

I thought part of the whole 787-x numbering was that they were going to make the design more standardised, rather than every airline choosing from hundreds of different options? (ie standardised flight deck etc)

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RE: Why No Automated People Mover Train At LAX?

I've connected through almost all combinations of terminals at <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> and never had too much of a problem with walking. That said, a <acronym title="San Francisco - International (SFO / KSFO), USA - California">SFO</a...

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