• For this to work, given the understaffing at the gates, the pass reading machine at the gate must be programmed NOT to allow those not yet called to pass … and they need to be ordered to the back of the queue. 

  • Surely with all the tunnelling in Sydney a 1 km tunnel could easily be built.An automated train could do the distance in 5 minutes or less, every 5 minutes, or if they wanted to do it on the cheap even a travellator at 6 kph could do the job in just over 10 minutes, less if one chose to walk as w...

  • I had always thought that T80 was first for Platinum and Gold, and that "the rest" were on delay.

  • I hope there will be some way to find out in advance which carriers are falling for this and which are not - I will abandon QF (am a very loyal Platinum FF) if they go with this nonsense.  I don't want someone's smelly noisy dog sitting next to me.

  • I guess this is what inevitably happens when the main competitor withdraws even deeper into “no frills”.A bit of a race to the bottom.  

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  • Aircraft change - what are my rights?

    Mar 11, 2020, 03:13 PM

    Yes, complain by all means but don't expect any recompense. I find it disgraceful that points upgrades to business PER MEL are the same for the A330 or 787 genuine business suites vs the very ordinary “business” seats on the ageing 737, which are not even up to the 787 premium eco in my opinion, ...

  • ADL-BNE flights

    Sep 01, 2018, 06:32 PM

    None of the 717 routes I fly (mainly PER KTA) has business. For non business flyers unless you are lucky enough to get row 4 in the 737, the 717 is in my experience gererally quieter and more comfortable (though the back rows sound pretty noisy when one ventures there.)

  • My understanding from a very senior training captain in a leading airline is that there is zero risk.What would concern me would be having multiple loudmouths having conversations throughout the flight.

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