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25th Nov 2011, 15:48
Replies: 52
Views: 13,889
Posted By DOME

QF HKG

My impression was - again reading between lines - that HKG was to disappear entirely in the next months! Not just HKG-LHR.
25th Nov 2011, 06:35
Replies: 52
Views: 13,889
Posted By DOME

QF HKG

I just had a cryptic message from someone who'd know, that HKG is to go the way of SFO, DPS, FCO etc. i.e. off the schedule!

Hard to believe but that's the impression I got from reading between...
26th Jan 2011, 06:30
Replies: 64
Views: 10,536
Posted By DOME

Getting back to the original thread . . . ABC...

Getting back to the original thread . . . ABC Radio continuously played a recording of the passenger who reported that all was well "until the aircraft reached flying altitude . . . ".
14th Sep 2009, 13:42
Replies: 1
Views: 644
Posted By DOME

MCT LAX

Grateful for advice on minimum connections at LAX.

VAUS flight arrives at TBIT and the CO connection is from T6 2.5 hours later. Will I make it?

Will be travelling light, so at worst can leg it...
5th Jun 2008, 05:08
Replies: 292
Views: 45,492
Posted By DOME

Today in Crikey.com

Ben Sandilands' article:

This week’s stand offs between angry passengers and Qantas has seen air travel cross the same threshold of ugliness it did in America , the UK and much of Europe years...
3rd May 2008, 23:30
Replies: 35
Views: 5,912
Posted By DOME

After 12 hours of chaos - "a harmless package". ...

After 12 hours of chaos - "a harmless package".

Why would it take appropriately trained and equipped specialists 12 hours of disruption to arrive at this result?

Would love to be at the debrief.
28th Jan 2008, 20:29
Replies: 30
Views: 4,790
Posted By DOME

Jetscabster wrote: "I wonder if the gossip...

Jetscabster wrote:

"I wonder if the gossip over at SQ counter was "Teipei"

Perhaps the TG counter gossip was "Surat Thani"

Did someone mention Lauda 004?

United? American? Pan Am?
28th Jan 2008, 04:18
Replies: 30
Views: 4,790
Posted By DOME

Was the "normal" 26JAN service. My family...

Was the "normal" 26JAN service.

My family member wasn't overly concerned but said people were talking about "Bangkok" and "Heathrow" - perceptions again. Said a couple of well heeled looking types...
27th Jan 2008, 11:27
Replies: 30
Views: 4,790
Posted By DOME

This was a report of the experiences of "some"...

This was a report of the experiences of "some" passengers on this flight, as relayed by a family member on that flight. It was not a comment on engineering, maintenance or anything else - rather a...
27th Jan 2008, 11:04
Replies: 30
Views: 4,790
Posted By DOME

Qf5 Sinfra 26jan

Flight delayed over an hour because of "cockpit problem". No big deal - except - some pax (according to a family member on board) were very twitchy about any perceived mechanical problems. It seems...
29th Mar 2007, 10:54
Replies: 7
Views: 886
Posted By DOME

Is the TV a Grundig? - I can send a manual for...

Is the TV a Grundig? - I can send a manual for one (or at least scan the relevant pages if so. Sounds like my old set's method for tuning.
18th Jan 2007, 22:30
Replies: 18
Views: 2,315
Posted By DOME

Actually, a 1.3 Daihatsu. But I do know that SIFs...

Actually, a 1.3 Daihatsu. But I do know that SIFs (like Harold Scruby from the "PCA") are blinded by a single issue - you too? Harold's earlier single issue was Ausflag - remember that - when that...
16th Jan 2007, 21:54
Replies: 18
Views: 2,315
Posted By DOME

I probably should have added - and whose sole aim...

I probably should have added - and whose sole aim is to see himself on television, or otherwise in the spotlight.

There are a couple of these types kicking around here aren't there.
12th Jan 2007, 22:41
Replies: 18
Views: 2,315
Posted By DOME

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation . . . is that...

Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation . . . is that like the Pedestrian Council of Australia - a one man operation run by a SIF (Single Issue Fanatic) with little or no real world knowledge or experience....
26th Nov 2006, 05:28
Replies: 8
Views: 1,182
Posted By DOME

If I may give the definitive answer - I deal with...

If I may give the definitive answer - I deal with this scenario EVERY working day - too often in fact.

1. You should apply for a GBR passport at the British High Commission CBR - you're entitled...
15th Aug 2005, 15:50
Replies: 11
Views: 1,640
Posted By DOME

In the last couple of years the ban on mobile...

In the last couple of years the ban on mobile phones in IMM/Customs halls down here has actually been lifted.
22nd Apr 2005, 01:50
Replies: 11
Views: 1,201
Posted By DOME

Last there 6 months ago - ShangriLa Resort. ...

Last there 6 months ago - ShangriLa Resort. Excellent, Fijians top people. There are excellent deals available through any Travel Agency in Australia, which could be accessed via the Web. Need to...
17th Nov 2004, 06:09
Replies: 3
Views: 891
Posted By DOME

Dick again

He's just been on the lead story on WIN Canberra 1800 news service - just caught the last bit where he was saying in relation to the QF groundprox the other month; " If there was a full time ATC as...
4th Nov 2004, 04:13
Replies: 8
Views: 1,980
Posted By DOME

It is slightly humorous . . . but where was the...

It is slightly humorous . . . but where was the TSA and/or other security to let it happen?
26th Sep 2004, 01:46
Replies: 44
Views: 7,986
Posted By DOME

Folks will remember what it was like at HKG last...

Folks will remember what it was like at HKG last year in the middle of the SARS thing - the W terminal area (gates 40-80) virtually shut down.

Why then with monotonous regularity would pax mistake...
21st Sep 2004, 22:26
Replies: 79
Views: 17,597
Posted By DOME

Front page of today's Canberra Times as well -...

Front page of today's Canberra Times as well - tho' not on/in the Internet version.

The ubiquitous Dick shoves his oar in at the end of the article. PpRUNe gets a mention as a "pilot's Internet...
Forum: Cabin Crew
12th Sep 2004, 08:36
Replies: 17
Views: 1,704
Posted By DOME

Don't know much of GD's recent past - but he WAS...

Don't know much of GD's recent past - but he WAS a middle ranking public servant years ago. Posted to LA Consulate as the media/PR/spin merchant I believe. By all accounts his personality hasn't...
25th Aug 2004, 08:32
Replies: 79
Views: 5,037
Posted By DOME

Is it just me - or are there more and more...

Is it just me - or are there more and more posters these days treating this and other forums (fora for the inevitable rapid and witty riposte) as if they are in a chat room? Stupid comments, fired...
25th Aug 2004, 07:18
Replies: 11
Views: 1,686
Posted By DOME

Today's Canberra Times editorial hits the nail on...

Today's Canberra Times editorial hits the nail on the head:

"IT IS CERTAINLY not in the interests of the people of Canberra to have a single airline in a virtual monopoly of the most important air...
18th Jul 2004, 00:50
Replies: 56
Views: 5,121
Posted By DOME

Argus, It might be appropriate to ask...

Argus,

It might be appropriate to ask whether the QANTAS travel providers were contracted thru a tender process by the organisations which use them - I suspect so; and perhaps those organisations...
17th Jul 2004, 01:51
Replies: 56
Views: 5,121
Posted By DOME

Its a problem when facts get in the way of a good...

Its a problem when facts get in the way of a good whine isn't it.

Most if not all C'wealth agencies have an "outsourced" travel provider - AMEX Travel, Carlson Wagon-Lits etc - which was forced on...
11th Jul 2004, 15:34
Replies: 10
Views: 719
Posted By DOME

TM 1) have disconnected the router and used...

TM

1) have disconnected the router and used its cable - modem direct to PC NIC - no difference.

2) Defragged about 2 weeks ago.

3) not many apps running - basically only those required.
...
9th Jul 2004, 15:38
Replies: 10
Views: 719
Posted By DOME

DSL Download speeds

Here's one for the gurus - I have a 1500Kbps ADSL connection, and 3 PCs on a LAN, one of them wirelessly connected.

I've "speed tested" the connection using a small app from somewhere or other on...
8th May 2004, 01:35
Replies: 18
Views: 746
Posted By DOME

I have a mini size Lexmark WinWriter laser...

I have a mini size Lexmark WinWriter laser printer - bought it about 6 years ago. With 4 in the family (2 at Uni) it gets some heavy use, but is only now on its second toner.

The printer was...
18th Feb 2004, 12:45
Replies: 4
Views: 1,066
Posted By DOME

They may have been like me - hurrying off to work...

They may have been like me - hurrying off to work to implement some sensible secUrity . . . <g> and after all U and I are pretty close together . . .
18th Feb 2004, 11:04
Replies: 4
Views: 1,066
Posted By DOME

Security?

Today's Hong Kong Standard reports that an FBI agent will report to the airport police here this morning after being arrested Feb 8 with a full clip of .45 rounds inside the PTB.

The agent had...
22nd Jan 2004, 14:01
Replies: 14
Views: 1,998
Posted By DOME

One of my local colleagues had this advice for me...

One of my local colleagues had this advice for me when I first came here (long term TDY in HKG): Never buy electronics in TST; never buy ANYTHING from a local with brown dyed or streaked hair!
26th Dec 2003, 11:17
Replies: 101
Views: 12,258
Posted By DOME

Have a butcher's at the AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA...

Have a butcher's at the AIR SAFETY AUSTRALIA website - no mention of directors, offices etc. Its veerrryy supportive of Dick tho'. The ASIC website doesn't help either.

Could well be another one...
15th Nov 2003, 06:50
Replies: 7
Views: 1,738
Posted By DOME

Torres, agree about our airports - Sydney...

Torres, agree about our airports - Sydney International in particular.

We arrived there mid-morning a month or so ago, and needed to take the QF domestic shuttle to continue. We knew where we were...
1st Nov 2003, 11:04
Replies: 32
Views: 4,476
Posted By DOME

The dumb leading the blind . . .

From today's SMH.

"Graeme Innes, AM flies with his unrestrained (shock!) guide dog.

For many people who are blind, travelling by plane requires following the maxim "If you don't laugh you'll...
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