A small point Mr. Perspective: LHR via JFK operated through SFO with a transit in SFO of about four hours if memory serves me correctly. I may be wrong as it was all so long ago! :ok:

Point taken Mr Borough, it was a long time ago. I should have known it went through SFO as QF didn't fly to LAX until the very late 70s or early 80s from memory.
Those were the days, when they also went to LHR via the Fiesta route... a true 'round-the-world' airline and either first to do so or before many others...
Didn't that start when the code was still 'EM' and not 'QF'???

Name change from Qantas Empire Airways to Qantas Airways was in August 1967.

Yep. My RAM suggests that QF started LAX operations in the early 1980s. The RTW started with the Super Connies in I think 1958 from Essendon. Somewhere in my boxes of history I have philatelic covers that travelled in each direction bearing blue 2/- stamp with the Connie on it.


Correct. I think too that Qf was adopted in lieu of EM at the same time.


Sorry for the thread drift!!

Hoping for the best but experiencing the worst is par for the course as Qf staff.

Don't forget the reason Qf stopped flying to SFO in the '90's was Jimmy, fresh from his extensive international airline career of thinking SYD-PER was ultra long haul decided to SELL the FREEHOLD gates that Qf OWNED at SFO (51/52?). Pilot management was apoplectic.... Word has it Jimmy wanted back in 6 months - SFO simply said 'sorry Qf, back to the end of the line for you now (plus rent and tax of course).'

I sincerely hope there are 30+ 78's in very short order, I hope wee man can recover from his pie assault and manage to leapfrog the Arabs (who clearly well and truly pied the guy in their negotiations) and extract some victory from the jaws of defeat, but that remains to be seen. Surrounding yourself with yes men for 10+ years has (as far as I know) in the history of the entire world never been a recipe* for success.

* Meringue or otherwise.

Beautifully put! Darwin was also long haul but for mine the cherry on top of the cake was one of Jimmy's hand picked blow-ins (a direct report) not knowing what or where was Harare! NFI. They really were genii.