Ready for Take-Off (TV show)

[smit0847]

It was okay. Not as entertaining as I thought it would be. The upgrade of the irate customer to 'First Class' seemed very staged.

 

[PLANT]

Abysmal.... Yeah encourage ever sick customer to abuse staff and in attempt to upgrade. Other than that one big ad.... Next week the choir join the program.... To see if the baggage staff realise customs needs to check music equipment this time!

 

[PLANT]

How did that drone get clearance..... Parliamentary enquiry!!!!

 

[JessicaTam]

Were the errors in aircraft types deliberate to get us talking? :?:

TBH I found it a bit 'meh'.

 

[TheInsider]

Really ****s me how these customers get narky and then get free upgrades by these managers.

 

[blackcat20]

Or the close up of the 737 while the wallabies boarded the a380?

 

[roncritch]

oh guys you just ruined it for us backward WA people!! Now I will be looking for errors in 90 minutes time!! lol

 

[JessicaTam]

oh guys you just ruined it for us backward WA people!! Now I will be looking for errors in 90 minutes time!! lol

WARNING, this thread may contain spoilers!*

*There, fixed that.

 

[samh004]

It was okay. Not as entertaining as I thought it would be. The upgrade of the irate customer to 'First Class' seemed very staged.

I forgot the show was on and tuned it just at that moment, then had a chuckle!

If only!!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Really ****s me how these customers get narky and then get free upgrades by these managers.

We don't know what happened. If the passenger was cleared by his doctor and had been able to sit for 3 hours in the gate lounge, he might well have been able to sit on a plane to MEL for three hours. We don't know the time line or what happened behind what was shown.

I have to admit I was waiting for the staff to call the AFP... but I guess that wouldn't have made the show if that was the case.

I'm not sure the passenger got an upgrade because they were narky. It is unlikely an airline would reward such behaviour. It could equally have been that the airline doctor erred in their initial opinion. In that case, the upgrade would have been compensation.

I liked the opening comment... along the lines of 'no matter what the world throws at the airline, they always keep flying'. Unless of course the CEO grounds it.

Thankfully the program has a different style others like Border Control... we didn't have the same thing repeated 100 times.

 

[opusman]

Thankfully the program has a different style others like Border Control... we didn't have the same thing repeated 100 times.

Without the ever-present threat of undeclared bananas it just wouldn't be the same.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Ratings: Ready for Takeoff scored 436,000 nationwide, placing it 16th on the list for the day: Friday 30 October 2015 | TV Tonight

 

[coles525]

Ratings: Ready for Takeoff scored 436,000 nationwide, placing it 16th on the list for the day: Friday 30 October 2015 | TV Tonight

I will never understand how they can guess the ratings!

- Does every single tv in the country installed with a secret spy box?

- Is big brother really watching what everyone is watching (do i seem paranoid yet?)

Or is it just a load of bullTish where less then 1000 people have been given something (a personal tv attachment, with permission) for the ratings to be scored?

6 million+ aussies with a tv or 3, but not many watching tv? (or does the entire country get an email survey on what they watched the previous night?) I sure didn't!

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I will never understand how they can guess the ratings!

- Does every single tv in the country installed with a secret spy box?

- Is big brother really watching what everyone is watching (do i seem paranoid yet?)

Or is it just a load of bullTish where less then 1000 people have been given something (a personal tv attachment, with permission) for the ratings to be scored?

6 million+ aussies with a tv or 3, but not many watching tv? (or does the entire country get an email survey on what they watched the previous night?) I sure didn't!

The rating system is well established. Dunno how it works exactly, but I believe they have a selected 'representative' audience who they log what they watch.

Plenty of people watching tv at the time - but spread across different channels.

 

[whughes3]

I flew out of SYD domestic yesterday, and there was a sign posted at the gate (#10) warning that filming for this show would be going on and to let them know if you didn't want to be on TV. No sign of any actual activity though.

 

[Sdtravel]

I saw the show on catchup as i wasnt able to see it on Friday. (No Adds so YAY!!)

I agree the incident with the medical issue looked staged.
The free upgrade seems out of place as there is no domestic First Class. Or am i mistaken? The PER to MEL are done by A332's which dont have First.
Or do you think he said First Class when it was infact business.

 

[wanderer_au]

The tug driver just said that he was pushing a 737 out, and was then seen to push an A330 out. Come on guys you can't trick up plane spotters... haha.

It's funny how the little things grate when you are well informed about a topic - I can't watch Australian period drama because they inevitably get the medal ribbons for uniforms in the wrong order - or for the wrong country! The policeman in the Dr Blake mysteries was probably a governor before he became a copper

 

[Princess Fiona]

The crew were on the RetroRoo Charity flight to LRE yesterday, maybe we might see one or two AFF'ers pop up on TV

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I saw the show on catchup as i wasnt able to see it on Friday. (No Adds so YAY!!)

I agree the incident with the medical issue looked staged.
The free upgrade seems out of place as there is no domestic First Class. Or am i mistaken? The PER to MEL are done by A332's which dont have First.
Or do you think he said First Class when it was infact business.

There is no domestic first class in Australia. The Qantas agents said they had upgraded the passenger to business class. The passenger simply used the term 'first class'.

Many passengers don't know the distinction and are simply used to having First and economy on a plane.

 

[danny09]

The rating system is well established. Dunno how it works exactly, but I believe they have a selected 'representative' audience who they log what they watch.

Plenty of people watching tv at the time - but spread across different channels.

I have these boxes installed on my tv's at home, on all tv's, connected to all media, & yep, you just press the button to say who's watching & thats about all you have to do, as its wired into all devices. nielsen tv ratings.