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Unfortunately I've committed a twin faux pas this year in both not flying much and reading AFF very sporadically. Given the chatter in the past about the premium entry in BNE I assumed it must have been opened a while back and, spotting the sign on the exterior of the building, decided to head...

Premium entry was open today (31 August).

Your question will be better answered by on of the pilots here with multi crew experience, but in the meantime the accident reports on QF1 in Bangkok and SWA345 at LaGuardia (amongst many others over the years) might be relevant to your interests.

Airservices Australia's NAIPS portal provides weather briefings, NOTAMs and other pertinent information for pilots. The website is at https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/naips/Account/LogOn. I think you can register without being a pilot. Regarding smoke at Canberra, there's no NOTAM but it...

I know someone who set up their pool backwards (ie pooled to his wife, rather than from his wife). The mistake wasn't realized until after the first flight posted to the account, but Velocity did fix it up for him.

The YBCG ILS will only be on runway 14. As jb747 said markers are of less import now, are rare on new installations and decommissioning of existing beacons is not uncommon either. Airservices has a good rundown on the YBCG ILS here: Flight path for proposed ILS installation at Gold Coast...

The refit was delayed from March and now begins "mid-year" to be finished by August. Hopefully that trip is Mid May 2016?

Sounds like QF priority boarding - "You're not entitled, but just line up and ask anyway, they'll probably let you in."

The best guide to flight frequency to/from CBR is here: Sitting Calendar – Parliament of Australia In what sense is your ticket "no longer valid"? VA has unilaterally cancelled your reservation? Or shifted your booking to another flight but not notified you?

I have a work colleague who at some point many many years ago had a slightly overhelpful PA book a flight for him with the title 'Doctor.' It seems to persist deep within the depths of the QF system and even though he now always books under 'Mr' he has on a couple of occasions been woken up in...

It's here: QANTAS HALF YEAR 2015 FINANCIAL RESULTS :p

In the words of my DAME, the BMI itself is irrelevant up until the point where you have difficulty physically entering the aircraft and manipulating controls. Obviously a high BMI tends to be correlated with other indicators that may attract scrutiny, but the parameters for those factors are...

I don't think that will happen in the near future: Virgin Australia CEO John Borghetti interview: dual-brand strategies | CAPA - Centre for Aviation

Should have stuck with it for a few more hours, you might have got it eventually :p. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcrpR1YI1qc

Suddenly, fly by wire via side stick controller with no artificial feel makes an awful lot of sense. For some reason I'd never thought of it this way before.