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Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Apr 2024, 09:26
Replies: 101
Views: 25,759
Posted By extralite

Just lodged my renewal through Veritas at auspost...

Just lodged my renewal through Veritas at auspost again.The Auspost lady warned me they have changed their system and it would take her a while to work through it. A line out the door of the post...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Feb 2024, 05:52
Replies: 30
Views: 8,858
Posted By extralite

There is bums on seats marketing which would be...

There is bums on seats marketing which would be "August Special - Fly Qantas/Jetstar to "Byron Gateway" for the price of a case Crownies". But there is also brand building marketing, which was the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Feb 2024, 02:50
Replies: 30
Views: 8,858
Posted By extralite

Ads are subjective so unless you would like me to...

Ads are subjective so unless you would like me to recruit a focus group I don't have any.. But the favorable PR featuring senior manager (CEO?) talking to camera about how they are full service, they...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
23rd Feb 2024, 02:07
Replies: 30
Views: 8,858
Posted By extralite

"Rex have shady ways of bolstering numbers." What...

"Rex have shady ways of bolstering numbers." What are these ways?

As an aside, Rex is killing it in the marketing. They just hit the right spot in terms of appearing genuine which is the marketing...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
22nd Feb 2024, 08:38
Replies: 30
Views: 8,858
Posted By extralite

"Now wonder the public love QF." The...

"Now wonder the public love QF."

The comments on Qantas's social media advertising used to be a hoot until they turned them off. I doubt for the current generations, Qantas will ever be seen as...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Nov 2023, 08:09
Replies: 147
Views: 54,024
Posted By extralite

lol first post.

lol first post.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
24th Sep 2023, 10:41
Replies: 14
Views: 3,467
Posted By extralite

Great that he got out okay. Looking at the size...

Great that he got out okay. Looking at the size of that bucket compared to the scale of most remote area bushfires. Does anyone wonder, other than being able to drop it almost on on top of anyone or...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Sep 2023, 01:52
Replies: 80
Views: 15,676
Posted By extralite

Exactly Piper Cameron. And how short sighted was...

Exactly Piper Cameron. And how short sighted was that. Lay off people that they know take years to train. But presumably, along with that, a lot of those people laid off just don't want to go back....
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Sep 2023, 01:17
Replies: 80
Views: 15,676
Posted By extralite

Yes I have. That is my point. Any half reasonable...

Yes I have. That is my point. Any half reasonable private company can deal with that sort of thing. But thanks for the reminder to keep up to date with my NOTAM reading. Almost missed that there were...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
8th Sep 2023, 01:11
Replies: 80
Views: 15,676
Posted By extralite

Whats going on with ATC Shortage?

Just read this about flight cancellations today in Aus:...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
17th Apr 2023, 09:56
Replies: 2
Views: 888
Posted By extralite

Garmin/Jeppesen Updates.

Jepp updates for a Garmin G1000 for 12 months are now A$1500. ($US 800) Seems pretty expensive but being the only provider, what can you do? Anyone else feel this way or do most think that is a fair...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
21st Dec 2022, 22:41
Replies: 23
Views: 5,260
Posted By extralite

Wrote about this back in the day. This airfield...

Wrote about this back in the day. This airfield with infrastructure, at least covering 100 hectares and a lot of it prime development land in a booming north coast tourist town, was sold quietly by...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
11th Nov 2022, 05:41
Replies: 126
Views: 19,954
Posted By extralite

Only have about 30 glider hours but can tell you...

Only have about 30 glider hours but can tell you at this airport they are good with radios in the circuit. But then in one post complaining about too many radio calls and then not enough, it can be...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
28th Oct 2022, 09:40
Replies: 60
Views: 12,089
Posted By extralite

"Trash-haulers" vs "military professionals" hey....

"Trash-haulers" vs "military professionals" hey. "Tried harder at school." "Knock of early for discount drinks.": And then you talk about an "anti-RAAF grudge.". Wonder why? As an ex RAAF pilot,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Sep 2022, 04:51
Replies: 172
Views: 40,007
Posted By extralite

It is not the FF flyer program and contracts that...

It is not the FF flyer program and contracts that keep people trying to book with Qantas (as opposed to actually them doing the "flying")..it is the fact that it the major partner in what is in...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
6th Sep 2022, 04:12
Replies: 172
Views: 40,007
Posted By extralite

Il join the Qantas bashers! Flew around the...

Il join the Qantas bashers! Flew around the country (4 flights) with Virgin last week. No problem. Booked one flight Gold Coast cairns with this joke of an airline called JETSTAR/QANTAS. Cancelled by...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Sep 2022, 12:02
Replies: 255
Views: 135,277
Posted By extralite

Yes maybe true. However staff support was there...

Yes maybe true. However staff support was there plus lots being trained. And they were friendly. When I last flew with Qantas there were far too few staff on the ground assisting...often none, and...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
5th Sep 2022, 11:01
Replies: 255
Views: 135,277
Posted By extralite

Had 4 domestic Virgin flights last week on an...

Had 4 domestic Virgin flights last week on an around the country work jaunt.. If they keep doing what they are doing they are going to win market share easily.. Lots of helpers at the check in...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
23rd Aug 2022, 03:31
Replies: 98
Views: 19,339
Posted By extralite

"Correctly worn ASIC's"

In the beginning the problem was that terrorists could access an airport with the post 9/11 hysteria. The solution to that apparently was to bring in a new ID card that everyone who worked on an...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
7th Aug 2022, 10:56
Replies: 173
Views: 52,183
Posted By extralite

..and wonderfully quaint it is.

..and wonderfully quaint it is.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
30th Jul 2022, 04:10
Replies: 78
Views: 13,582
Posted By extralite

I also literally said it was a rant against gold...

I also literally said it was a rant against gold coast airport pettiness. Do you always start rage typing against a post before reading it in its entirety? Anyway it is a good sign a thread has run...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
19th Jul 2022, 00:38
Replies: 78
Views: 13,582
Posted By extralite

That was pointed out in the original post. If you...

That was pointed out in the original post. If you can't see the point after reading it, then I'm not sure I can explain it more clearly for you.
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2022, 09:36
Replies: 78
Views: 13,582
Posted By extralite

CTAF procedures for gold coast are in your DAPS....

CTAF procedures for gold coast are in your DAPS. Sure come in at a quiet time all good. But Gold Coast is a busy airport at peak times. Especially compared to Ballina that every rpt driver seems to...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2022, 09:24
Replies: 78
Views: 13,582
Posted By extralite

Vehicles are about 1km from any rpt aircraft so...

Vehicles are about 1km from any rpt aircraft so would need to be a heck of a fuel leak. Fuel leak anywhere that ignites seems pretty unlikely. Also of course that signing the authority to use airside...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2022, 06:23
Replies: 78
Views: 13,582
Posted By extralite

Gold Coast International Airport CTAF

Yesterday (a Friday) at 5 pm peak hour Gold Coast Airport was a CTAF. When i came in, there were a number of Virgin/Jetstar/Qantas flights mixing it up with other aircraft types. When i joined final...
Forum: The Pacific: General Aviation & Questions
16th Jul 2022, 05:38
Replies: 18
Views: 4,905
Posted By extralite

Agree with others. What got me into flying was...

Agree with others. What got me into flying was watching rag and string aircraft as a kid as they seemed accessible. I have a ten yr old daughter who regularly flies commercial or with me in the...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
26th Jun 2022, 06:14
Replies: 29
Views: 9,686
Posted By extralite

I would rather take a stop in Dubai, Doha or...

I would rather take a stop in Dubai, Doha or Singapore on a full service airline than go via Perth on a glorified Jetstar flight any day. Especially if its more likely my bags will arrive with me,...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
17th Jun 2022, 21:15
Replies: 31
Views: 5,170
Posted By extralite

Totally right mate. They should for that reason...

Totally right mate. They should for that reason go somewhere 45 mins drive up the road that does have CTA. Gold Coast. Almost equidistant to Byron. We really don't need every tin pot budget airline...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
10th Jun 2022, 04:14
Replies: 14
Views: 10,781
Posted By extralite

What a pity to lose the A380's from a pax...

What a pity to lose the A380's from a pax standpoint anyway. Just got back from a QF flight, operated by Emirates operating an A380 Brisbane-Dubai which was full both ways in J class. They just seem...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
12th May 2022, 08:20
Replies: 10
Views: 7,854
Posted By extralite

Every time two people have a disagreement at a...

Every time two people have a disagreement at a workplace, the first thing both shout is "they are bullying me" to their supervisor or manager. As a manager it gets so bloody tiring. Once one person...
Forum: Fragrant Harbour
14th Apr 2022, 05:11
Replies: 10
Views: 7,783
Posted By extralite

Is this post implying HK is "business friendly" ?...

Is this post implying HK is "business friendly" ? We recently closed and moved our company's HQ from HK back to Aus (it is only a medium business) partly because of how unfriendly HK is for...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Apr 2022, 07:15
Replies: 39
Views: 11,901
Posted By extralite

Of course many front line staff are doing their...

Of course many front line staff are doing their best under terrible conditions. But honestly, some of them were rude and had an air of auditioning for the next "Airport" TV series. "Look how i stand...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
8th Apr 2022, 06:43
Replies: 39
Views: 11,901
Posted By extralite

Will Australia ever have a good airline again?

I am sure even the Qantas crews must despair at just how far has Qantas fallen from the days it was seen as a bit more reliable and efficient than the others. As posted a couple of months ago, flew...
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Mar 2022, 23:56
Replies: 148
Views: 37,913
Posted By extralite

Given that the Russians don't seem to be able to...

Given that the Russians don't seem to be able to get sandwiches to their troops, their commanders alive and any tactical progress, maybe a post on pprune about where a certain aircraft was probably...
Forum: Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific
1st Feb 2022, 21:11
Replies: 13
Views: 4,191
Posted By extralite

Australia's Airport Videos and Voiceovers are world beating.

This line from news.com.au reminded me so much of our experience flying into Sydney on Sunday. It's about our largest warship not being able to make it to Tonga and back with supplies, while China...
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