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  1. trooper

    Seeking advice: US ESTA for transit

    It is not requested..it is required....as already mentioned there is no (or very little) actual "Transit" possible through the US (I believe several airports have sterile transit procedures for some I-I transits but it is certainly not widespread)...it is due to the way most US airports are...
  2. trooper

    Worlds first all electric plane takes off.

    Especially for purely recreational aircraft....
  3. trooper

    Worlds first all electric plane takes off.

    Aren't we going to need a "propellor to jet" type of leap in battery technology to make this a realistic proposition?
  4. trooper

    Those wise old sayings! (and the not so wise and not so old)

    This one is a wise saying... but is used in a mistaken and not-so-wise way by many.... ;) "The exception proves the rule" People say that in the sense that the exception confirms the rule... which is of course ridiculous... "Proves" in that saying is the other, older meaning of...
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    What is wrong with people? [Why does getting on a plane make some people so dumb?]

    Bill Engvall summed it up nicely... "They check their brains with their luggage"
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    International Driving Permits/Licences

    Who suggested that? Like many (most?) my understanding is that IDL's are only required when the license uses a different alphabet (or syllabary) from the country being visited.
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    Access to a GDS

    Far simpler to establish a relationship with a TA who is prepared to book from ITAmatrix itineraries... Be warned though...not everything you find on ITA is actually able to be booked....
  8. trooper

    I had a curious thought

    And Ho Chi Minh city is still SGN and Beijing is still PEK..... and people still ask for Fax numbers.....
  9. trooper

    How to book stopovers

    Sure did! Albacete, Spain...Dezful, Iran..... Awww... nothing for GHI... bummer! :D
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    Qantas PE to Honolulu?

    That's not my experience at all with US based airlines... I am aware of prospective PASSENGERS who got that wrong, thinking "Comfort +" or "Economy Plus" or whatever WERE Premium Economy- suffering the obvious disappointment and then whining........ but I never saw UA (for instance) advertise...
  11. trooper

    Qantas we need you [to service Cairns Internationally]

    Maybe so... but if you CHOOSE to live in such a place , don't you have to accept the limitations that come with that choice? We seem to have a fair number of people in this country who voluntarily live in out of the way - or even remote - places who somehow expect access to all the same...
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    Auctioning off airline seats ?

    And then if they didn't get it for $999 they'd be all over social media talking about 'bait and switch".... ;)
  13. trooper

    Pilotless flying

    I was watching a short youtube doco about Skylab...and (due to damage at launch) the first mission onboard was one of repair..... comments were made that THAT was the huge benefit of manned programs rather than unmanned. People can improvise and adapt....
  14. trooper

    Flying the original Kangaroo Route today?

    All I could find was that route map...Ive been unable to find any more details...sorry! Edit: It appears that is a simplified route map of the 1935 route.... only showing MAJOR stops....not the 20 odd others...lol 3 and a half days to... Singapore..in a DH-86. great start to the 12 day trip!!!
  15. trooper

    Flying the original Kangaroo Route today?

    How about this one...
  16. trooper

    QF B744 maintenance

    https://binged.it/2BafASK Remembered this from some years ago....complex system!
  17. trooper

    Thomas Cook Collapses

    Good point!
  18. trooper

    Thomas Cook Collapses

    Can I ask why you think they should? There are plenty of comments on here decrying the fact that taxpayers money will be used to pay for repatriation... isn't it just as bad - or worse - to use (private) financial institutions funds to make people whole for something those institutions have...
  19. trooper

    Best Use of FlyBuys points!

    Well...the OP must have been around a LONG time.... given that QANTAS moved its HQ from Longreach to Brisbane in June………………… 1930.
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