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  1. Sprucegoose

    Qantas to operate evacuation flights from Lebanon via Cyprus to Sydney

    Too often, Canadians are overlooked on the world stage. Operation 'Canadian Caper' was brilliantly orchestrated. Fake passports and posing as a film crew allowed the Americans to escape. Some serious buy-in from Hollywood, the CIA, and Joe Clark, the Canadian PM, supported its success. Did you...
  2. Sprucegoose

    Qantas to operate evacuation flights from Lebanon via Cyprus to Sydney

    You can address me as Mr Spruce. Certainly not, and while it's not a formal military operation or a declared war, there will be grief and loss suffered by those being repatriated from what is a war zone and has been so for many decades.
  3. Sprucegoose

    Qantas to operate evacuation flights from Lebanon via Cyprus to Sydney

    One would certainly hope so—it's a complete uplift. I suppose you will have engineers and baggage handlers, which will be a coordination and logistics challenge. Do catering, fuel, parts, and service accounts all need to be in place, or do pilots still carry an Amex to pay for fuel and consumables?
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    AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

    He must be a live wire!
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    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    I am surprised and disappointed they don't have a streaming TV
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    Qantas to operate evacuation flights from Lebanon via Cyprus to Sydney

    I agree with you. I don't want to unfairly characterise the people now deciding to repatriate. The Federal Government has decided to offer free flights. Who gets to ride in J class?
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    RTW in F/J - Hand Carry Only - Iceland, Finland, Washington and a few other places

    Don't forget the SS gloves.....The Finns were on the losing side but battled well against the Soviets. They may well enact that again shortly—look for the tell-tale signs around the place they are in advanced preparation mode. The concrete supply and placement contracts there would be lucrative...
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    Qantas to operate evacuation flights from Lebanon via Cyprus to Sydney

    There is no explicit obligation for the Australian Gov to assist its citizens for whatever reason they require assistance overseas. The matters are deliberately grey, given you can't countenance all of the circumstances that may give rise to providing assistance. Let's be totally cynical for a...
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    AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

    HVR, I think your bank is quite prudent. Anyone going by the handles QF WP and NM, law enforcement, and AML cops have every right to be suspicious of organisers of any event that makes 'Weekend at Bernie's' look like A-lister heaven. Given the cross-section we get these days, I suspect the...
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    AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

    Sorry to hear that - we all wish you a speedy recovery.
  11. Sprucegoose

    How do Hilton treat you as an Elite?

    Really - did you stay there post rennovation?
  12. Sprucegoose

    AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

    QF WP, you have outed yourself!
  13. Sprucegoose

    LHR T3 lounge crawl Saturday 6 June 2026

    No fun - therefore, I suggest we use interchangeable lice-resistant wigs.
  14. Sprucegoose

    SQ321 LHR-SIN Encountered Severe Turbulence [At least 1 Fatality and 30 Injured]

    Any well-drafted Deed of Settlement will not admit liability by any party; therefore, it covers the finality of the matter - the settlement is final - no further bites of the cherry are allowed with confidentiality clauses on the agreed terms and sometimes (mutual) non-disparagement clauses...
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    AFF Gathering #17 in BNE on 18 - 20 October 2024

    Wasn't another erstwhile BNE-based Moderator trying to arrange this for the last decade or so?
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    LHR T3 lounge crawl Saturday 6 June 2026

    Yes, I can see I am forced to fly BA F, so the needs of the many (that outweigh the needs of the few or the one.......) can be satisfied. This needs to be the challenge, my dear moderator - it is no different from escaping or moving people in and out of Stalag Luft III or Colditz Castle.
  17. Sprucegoose

    RTW in F/J - Hand Carry Only - Iceland, Finland, Washington and a few other places

    That is most probably the case. The narrators I have spoken to focus on personal stories and broader narratives for wider general appeal. You can't beat the IWM for oral history and as an excellent research platform.
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