GT's online bio from
thewest.com.au, says
Geoffrey Thomas has been in love with aircraft ever since his uncle – an engineer with Trans Australian Airlines – allowed him to clamber over Douglas DC-6Bs at Perth Airport in 1959.
After 25 years in commerce, Geoffrey turned his weekend hobby of writing articles on things that fly into a real job and was appointed the West Australian’s aviation writer in 1996.
Geoffrey took a break for five years in 2004 to write four books on the industry. Along the way, he picked up 23 national and international awards, including the The Royal Aeronautical Society/World Leadership Forums Aerospace Journalist of the Year in Paris in June 2009.
When not writing for The West Australian, Geoffrey is the Senior Editor for Washington DC-based industry journal Air Transport World and also makes regular appearances as an aviation commentator on Channel Seven’s Sunrise program.
You'd think a guy with his talents could look beyond the commerce slant and give a truly accurate report on the QANTAS PIA's. Those pay figures he quoted are so OTT he loses credence with us 'coalface' employees. Tres disappointing.
