Ready for Take-Off (TV show)

[penegal]

I missed it because I was flying... I guess I will have to catch up on QF IFE.

 

[Sdtravel]

You know you can see it online.
https://www.9now.com.au/ready-for-takeoff

I watched it this morning as im out on Friday nights.

Good episode (but i like all things QF so i could be biased).
Some of the behind the scenes is interesting. Although i wonder yes how much is staged or made to look like a big deal or like its happening in tandem.
Eg Its likely the scene of the 35 turn around was over several flights not just the one flight. One flight doing the inside filming and another the outside stuff. Operationally it probably slowed things down if it was one flight.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

You know you can see it online.
https://www.9now.com.au/ready-for-takeoff

I watched it this morning as im out on Friday nights.

Good episode (but i like all things QF so i could be biased).
Some of the behind the scenes is interesting. Although i wonder yes how much is staged or made to look like a big deal or like its happening in tandem.
Eg Its likely the scene of the 35 turn around was over several flights not just the one flight. One flight doing the inside filming and another the outside stuff. Operationally it probably slowed things down if it was one flight.

I suspect a lot is edited to make it more interesting. 'Border Security' the other week is a good example, they stopped a passenger and the show made it look like officers were acting on suspicion and did all sort of checks (bag swabs, x-rays etc etc) before 'suddenly discovering' $53,000 in TRS receipts. Me thinks the passenger was flagged specifically for the TRS receipts, the bag swab/x-ray was done later as a final check.

When the staff member approached the wife in Ready For Takeoff Ep1, it's possible that it was the second or third staff member who had approached the wife to say they'd found the husband... hence wife reading newspaper and not looking too concerned. It's not the sort of information you'd withhold from the passenger to wait for the manager and film crew to arrive... someone had probably delivered the news earlier.

 

[Sdtravel]

True. But if a film crew turned up wouldnt you want to act like you are relieved and what about the boarding scene. You can see cameras still perhaps pretend you're a happy couple. For exactly this reason. Everyone will speculate and judge.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Eg Its likely the scene of the 35 turn around was over several flights not just the one flight. One flight doing the inside filming and another the outside stuff.

Just watched this episode. Some stretching of the truth about passengers 'liking' 35 minute turn-arounds. It makes absolutely no difference to the passenger how long the plane takes to turn around. Passengers like the plane to leave on time. Whether or not an airline can meet their internal deadline isn't relevant - if they can't meet them they need to schedule longer for the turn-around. (Praise for the staff for having to accommodate management timelines.)

Rest of the program was ok actually. Although I'm puzzled how the whole family of UK passport holders couldn't get residence in the UK?

 

[moa999]

Although I'm puzzled how the whole family of UK passport holders couldn't get residence in the UK?

And/or why they didn't confirm that before leaving Australia
And why they didn't leave Australia on their Australian passports (as is required/recommended) -- presumably the UK passports they left on wouldn't have had any valid visas either

 

[kermatu]

I quite enjoy the show but haven't finished season 1 yet - it is still available on the catch-up site so will work my way through.

 

[Flying Fox]

I'm liked the OZ Harvest story and glad to know un-eaten food gets a second life.

 

[clazman]

I'm liked the OZ Harvest story and glad to know un-eaten food gets a second life.

Does Qantas do this in every state?

 

[Deleted member]

I thought it was a boring episode, lets hope it gets more interesting

 

[Flying Fox]

Does Qantas do this in every state?

Unknown. The story didn't indicate whether the OZ Harvest program was national or state specific.

Maybe REDROO might be able to answer this question?

 

[Scr77]

Hash tag 'helpful Henry' is just starting.

 

[JessicaTam]

Hash tag 'helpful Henry' is just starting.

Thanks for the bump. I nearly forgot.

 

[Quickstatus]

Unknown. The story didn't indicate whether the OZ Harvest program was national or state specific.

Maybe REDROO might be able to answer this question?

They are in all capital cities except Hobart,Darwin
I think cooked food is not saved

 

[yohy?!]

Quite a mixed bag tonight - cringeworthy scenes in the lounge for the young guys first day, on board medical drama where the CSM helps count out aspirin - the mechanical failure was interesting at least

 

[MEL_Traveller]

... the mechanical failure was interesting at least

indeed. Had this been a departure from the EU it would have cost $500,000 in compensation. Incentive perhaps to have parts available locally to minimise the delay.

 

[moa999]

indeed. Had this been a departure from the EU it would have cost $500,000 in compensation. Incentive perhaps to have parts available locally to minimise the delay.

I'm sure Qantas have expendable/regularly replaced parts in most ports, but I suspect that particular part is highly specialised. You can't have a full parts warehouse in every port (and that looked like an epic warehouse -- wish it had got a few more minutes)

Just lucky it failed in MEL and not LAX.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

but I suspect that particular part is highly specialised. You can't have a full parts warehouse in every port

But then it's up to the airline to determine what it wants to do. It may make the decision that 1/2 million dollars compensation is worth it. But with EU261 at least the passengers get compensated for the inconvenience.

 

[Himeno]

viewing options for outside Australia?

 

[Hvr]

viewing options for outside Australia?

VPN set to an Australian location.