New Qantas Uniform
I think people will begin to like the uniform when they see the real thing. However, I do agree metal wings would of been nice.
Capts. will be given the task of formally reporting crew for non compliance, ie not correctly wearing the new uniform?
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Not this retiree. TAA, seconded out, wet, to the Govt. for mineral exploration, and using a DC3 ( VH MIN) flying at around 500 ft, eight hours a day, so it wasn't long before her pilots, designed their own uniform. Stubbies, army socks, army boots, and a baseball hat. That was it. The Skipper getting to wear a Mickey Mouse badge on his hat, just so they knew who was who, if we pranged her. All happy, all good,until one day on arrival at Boulia, we were ( much to our horror) greeted by the Grand Poobah of TAA, Capt. Frank Ball, and a couple of Govt.head honchos. Looking like a couple of homeless, we had to face the traumatized boss, whose face said it all.Ordered back into line flying uniforms, we took the trio out the next morning and headed straight over the desert. It was not long before their ties,came off, shirt sleeves rolled up, coats disgarded as we sat there stoic with our uniforms stuck to us, but uttered not a word. Finally they decided they had had enough, and asked for her to be turned around, desperate to be out of the heat, and a beer. Nothing more was ever said about our flying gear during the rest of our tenure,as we returned to line flying each about 7 kilo's lighter, despite our steady diet of beer, when off duty. See, uniforms mean diddly squat, its the flying that counts, and what they put in your bank acct. And that sort of flying is irreplaceable.
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Same here, Ida.
Drifting a bit from uniform issues, two questions:
1. What was the BMR looking for, using MIN, around Boulia way?
2. About what year was that?
Cheers,
Stan.
Drifting a bit from uniform issues, two questions:
1. What was the BMR looking for, using MIN, around Boulia way?
2. About what year was that?
Cheers,
Stan.
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Around the sixties Stan. Will check my logs.We were based at Boulia, and often camped out at the end of the runway, and thought nothing of starting her up and taxi up to the town end, load her up with "refreshments" and taxi back.Imagine doing that now. We were also based at Gordon Downs Station. We had six Geologists with us and two water table blokes, and MIN had a large "bee sting" Attached to her rump, which gave the Geo Boys info about minerals and water. We normally flew at 500 ft, give or take the odd hill, or rise. It was a three year sign up, for the winter/dry season, and was supposed to move you up to a command quicker if you took it on. (It didn't, nothing has changed!). I flew with Capt. Peter Korsman, a bomber command survivor, and then Capt. Gordon Close, also a WW2 survivor. Both outstanding blokes and pilots, and gave me a background thats hard to get these days. We normally flew up to ISA, on to Camooweal, then all points west, nor'west, but it depended on the Geo boys and their orders as to where we ended up. Flight plans? Sort of. We had a permanent LAME with us, and a collection of parts, but she was a reliable old bus, and didn't let us down to often, which was probably just as well as the LAME enjoyed an ale, but still a whiz at keeping her going. Different times, a bit like out of The Boys Own Manual, living rough, good company, and magic flying. Going back to line flying in the summer, was suffocating after that sort of life, as I was only a young bloke, no wife and kids, so thought I was in heaven, despite the heat.Line flying brought me back to reality, as did the nuptials, and the arrival of the anklebiters! PS. The Geo and water blokes adopted our "uniform" very smartly.
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Good. Thanks, Ida.
I was involved in mineral exploration up that way during the eighties and so we probably would have been using material gathered
by you and your Geo Boys in VH-MIN back then.
Boots, Stubbies and a hat with fly-net were 'uniform'.
Now, back to our scheduled program.
I was involved in mineral exploration up that way during the eighties and so we probably would have been using material gathered
by you and your Geo Boys in VH-MIN back then.
Boots, Stubbies and a hat with fly-net were 'uniform'.
Now, back to our scheduled program.
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When is the new Qantas uniform going to be worn ?
I just saw some QF pilots on the Ch7 sunrise show wearing it whilst doing an interview for pink breast cancer month ( great support on this subject also QF �� )
I just saw some QF pilots on the Ch7 sunrise show wearing it whilst doing an interview for pink breast cancer month ( great support on this subject also QF �� )
Nunc est bibendum
27 October although for various promotional things (announcement of 787 sim in SYD, crew bringing home olympians, etc) some crew have been wearing it. They wear their other uniform every other day.
