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Ultimately everything is the pilots decision however there are a lot of things around that, e.g. Aircraft performance, ATC requirements, wind, turbulance, SOP's to name but a few. All things being equal though an aircraft will fly as high as possible which is limited by weight. As fuel is...

Can't speak for all aircraft but certainly been my experience that the larger more sophisticated aircraft do not have keys. You would need to be fairly clued up on the ac systems to take one for spin.

I departed Essendon one day (in a jet) - 28 - "right turn contact approach". Of course right on que the transponder fails so no radar contact - that was interesting for a few minutes. Fortunately not IMC at the time.

True but reserves are easily worked out on a time basis so the average controller would have some idea. That said I know of a few stories where ATC could perhaps been a little more aware of reserves and in one case because of lack of knowledge almost contributed to a serious 747 incident at...

Certainly is. No traffic at that point and you can most always get a clearance if you track overhead - there is a reason for that !!

Correct - "not so simple" - but I feel for different reasons. It is hard to understand how a model that has vastly different economies could be brought together to function in an equitable manner that improves the lives of all that are party to it especially when you consider all that brings...

There are a lot of negatives around this, some positives I guess but for me and it is a very selfish view I acknowledge - the LCC regime will move in and take over. I for one enjoy the comforts afforded by a more full service airline (though to be honest Malev was a bit lacking). That said my...

maybe that was "half a ton"

VA - 5 in last two months UA - 3 x Y+ to J | 4 x J to F LH - 2 x J to F QF - 0 MALEV - 2 AN - dozens but flew almost every second day for two years. Mostly on 767 SYD-MEL and VV. Once on a flight Brisbane to Cairns via Hamilton Island had the whole plane to myself - on a positioning flight...

Way too scarey to contemplate - perhaps they should forward them onto Mr Joyce.

I guess if you go in with an entourage in tow then they would come in handy. Not worth collecting though. I have a few dozen Ansett lounges passes - not doing me much good. :(

I imagine there should be a lot of us here that should have complimentary lounge passes based on this. Personally I don't think I will ever use them given the generous allowance with Platinum - but it would still be good to know what has come of this benefit.

A little ignorant here ... is the Platinum line a seperate number to the 131875 on the website or is it that it is routed differently when the Velocity # is keyed in at the prompt? I only see the one number. When I log into my *Gold account I see a different contact number for status members -...

Was looking at the latest VA site this morning - curious as to how the complientary lounge passes per 100 status points is progressing. I may be missing something but I can't see it listed on the site any longer. I was sure it was under the benefits marked as "coming soon". No longer there - or...

Something like this maybe .. Bear Attacks Plane, Pilot Fixes Plane With Duct Tape, Pilot Flies Duct-Taped Plane Home

I believe airlines will do whatever is commercially viable. If that means point to point and not via hubs then they will do that but if it is not economically viable they won't so I'm not so sure the aircraft type has much to do with routing, other than the capacity of the A/c (forgetting...

Awesome machine to fly in. Travelled in SQ J a number of times. Very quiet and smooth all round. Safe enough to fly - absolutely. I tend to think the media jumps onto stuff just for effect. Uninformed, uneducated offer up all sort of "opinions" that somehow get legs. Me I've been flying for...

Go and look at post #13 you'll see with your own eyes a real life example of where eligible sectors ARE shown - 19 I believe. Look at that same post and you'll see a grab from my account that DOES NOT show how many eligible sectors I have flown it only shows that I still require 8 sectors...

What about slots? There is a limit to number of aircaft landings per hour at any airport. Larger aircraft = less movements.

I refer you back to the response I got from VA and this clause I have also see on thier website. The way I read that is that from 25th August Eligible Sectors will be visible. They are not - so I have reason to believe it is set up incorrectly - because I have been told they are now showing...