Originally Posted by
boaccomet4
Just saw the second episode of this series. Pretty much about sexism and equal rights.
Originally Posted by
Whispering T-Jet
Many be this is coming up in episode two but I suspect much of it will be worthy coverage of how flight attendants lead the way on LGBT rights etc. Not that I have objections to that as part of the story per se, it just seems all a bit light weight as a look at 100 years of civil aviation.
Originally Posted by
deja vu
On the topic of SBS having to weave in a "land rights" moan into a story about aviation, thats the norm for our anti OZ broadcaster, expect more in the next 2 episodes.l
Have any of these commenters read the context of the series and the stories it’s telling? As they state in the program brief this was never going to be about the telling of the total history about piloting, military or rotary wing aviation, it wasn’t going to be a series summarising the last 100 years of Australian Aviation, it was never intended to be from the outset. The
program synopsis below:
The history of flight is filled with danger and glamour, social injustice and opportunity. Just as it brought people together, air travel also revealed the disparities in our society.Over three weeks, Australia Come Fly With Me will celebrate the turbulent history of Australians in the air. 2020 marks 100 years of civil aviation in this country at a time when the industry is facing its biggest challenge.
Hosted by much-loved actor Justine Clarke, the three-part series is a collision of pop culture, the history of flight and the great shifts in Australian life that flying enabled. The opportunities and tensions created by air travel form the context for struggles between sexes, sexualities and cultures that reflect and foreshadow changes that would follow on the ground.
It was always going to be more about social issues within aviation and how they changed with changing Australian society than about pure aviation itself. If that’s not to your liking then don’t watch it. Plenty of other media out there about pure aviation related content you can view to your hearts content.