Flights for the asylum seekers?

[Hold_Short]

Would anyone know who has the agreement/contract to transport the asylum seekers from Christmas Island to Malaysia and what aircraft they would use? With approximately 50 - 60 each time, an Bae146 could just be too small and an F100 just too big, are they going to wait to fill the plane before it goes? Or use one flight per boat load?

[ButFli]

I'd be surprised if anyone in the government has even thought about it yet.

[tail wheel]

"...are they going to wait to fill the plane before it goes?"

Shouldn't have to wait long......... :E

[YPJT]

Shouldn't have to wait longI wonder if the policy will make any change. Only time will tell until word gets out on the streets of Colombo, Kabul and Baghdad that you will only have a fleeting glimpse of the promised land before ending up in a Malaysian or other off shore camp for a year or two.

As for the mode of transport. You would have thought the back of a C130 would be the most sensible from a security perspective.

[Andu]

I think that to date, they've been using the A320 that does the Antarctic flights.

Only time will tell until word gets out on the streets of Colombo, Kabul and Baghdad that you will only have a fleeting glimpse of the promised land before ending up in a Malaysian or other off shore camp for a year or two.The problem is, that with all the protections the Australian/Malaysian agreement insists anyone returned to Malaysia must enjoy, it may well prove to be quite attractive to some.

Malaysia refugees threaten to pay people smugglers to take them to Australia | News.com.au (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/malaysia-refugees-threaten-to-pay-people-smugglers-to-take-them-to-australia/story-e6frfku0-1226103668829)

It's started already: The first boatload of asylum seekers destined for Malaysia has been intercepted off Scott Reef | The Australian (http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/the-first-boatload-of-asylum-seekers-destined-for-malaysia-has-been-intercepted-off-scott-reef/story-fn59niix-1226105340780)

[Pinky the pilot]

The problem is, that with all the protections the Australian/Malaysian agreement insists anyone returned to Malaysia must enjoy, it may well prove to be quite attractive to some.

Any takers on bets that the flow of boats will increase?:uhoh:

[Andu]

See: http://www.pprune.org/6595806-post242.html

[thorn bird]

Seems far more sensible to give the boat crews a handful of money and tell them to take them to Malasia, save a whole heap of money.

[Fubaar]

On the ABC news this morning.... the federal government has announced that the Immigration Dept will film the first batch of asylum seekers being loaded onto the flight back to Malaysia and post the film on YouTube "to deter other would-be refugees".

Hmmmm.....

Have I got this right? (It goes without saying) unwilling passengers..... a charter aircraft..... a(n officially provided) film crew.... the film to go on YouTube...... riiiiiight.

If they aren't drugged to their eyeballs, that should make for some award winning footage.

If there's one individual living outside the la-la land of makebelieve that Canberra has become who, after watching what this 'gummit' has (not) achieved since coming to power hasn't come to the conclusion that the inmates have taken over the asylum, this should convince them.

Spare a thought for the poor **** who'll be the captain on that flight.

[Howard Hughes]

Seems far more sensible to give the boat crews a handful of money and tell them to take them to Malasia, save a whole heap of money.
$94 million would pay a lot of bribes, to a lot of people smugglers, not such a bad idea!:ok:

As far as the flights go, whoever is cheapest I suspect!:hmm:

[Horatio Leafblower]

Spare a thought for the poor **** who'll be the captain on that flight.

Pretty sure the FO was recently posting photos of some pretty fkn big crabs on FriendFace this week... :8

[ryanboxer]

A319 - Skytraders
Metro's - Corporate Air
F100 - Alliance
Dash 8's - Skytrans

anywhere between Christmas, perth, darwin, malayasia etc

[sisemen]

Maybe they've got a secret plan a la Argentina

Many of the "disappeared" were pushed out of planes and into the Río de la Plata (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_de_la_Plata) or the Atlantic Ocean to drown. This form of disappearance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forced_disappearance), theorized by Luis Maria Mendia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Maria_Mendia), former chief of naval operations in 1976–77 who is today before the court for his role in the ESMA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESMA) case, was termed vuelos de la muerte ("death flights (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flight)"). These individuals which suddenly vanished are called los desaparecidos meaning "the missing ones" or "vanished ones."