Ben Sandilands reported to have died.

[wandering_fred]

Stephen Creedy Editor/Asia-Pacific bureau chief, AirlineRatings.com has tweeted that Ben Sandilands the blogger in chief of Crikey's plane_talking blog has passed away. The last blog entry was 20 October.

His comments with respect to aviation and the Australian variety in particular will be missed.

Just wandering
Fred
Stephen Creedy on Twitter

 

[Must...Fly!]

Very sad. His contributions will indeed be missed. RIP.

 

[Mal]

I never thought Ben was impartial. He had grudges against certain airlines etc.

But R.I.P Ben!

 

[UP4014]

I never thought Ben was impartial. He had grudges against certain airlines etc.

But R.I.P Ben!

Don't we all, sometimes we don't even need a reason. Hah.

I hadn't seen anything from BS for a while so a bit out of touch with his latest opinions.

Matt

 

[codash1099]

He certainly had his hobby horses (quite a few of them!) but many of his contributions were valuable. He'll be missed.

 

[Princess Fiona]

He certainly had his hobby horses (quite a few of them!) but many of his contributions were valuable. He'll be missed.

He certainly did have some strongly held views but he will indeed be missed.
For some reason I always thought he was a lot younger (maybe due to the name association I had with that odious radio “personality” ).

 

[UP4014]

He certainly did have some strongly held views but he will indeed be missed.
For some reason I always thought he was a lot younger (maybe due to the name association I had with that odious radio “personality” ).

Also, I think he also must have used a byline photo from lets say, many years ago.

 

[DC3]

.... (maybe due to the name association I had with that odious radio “personality” ).

The odious one was whom I thought the OP had mentioned. I just saw the " ... Sandilands reported to have died" and thought that was interesting enough to read the post.

 

[whughes3]

Confirmed...

Vale Ben Sandilands, renowned aviation journalist and Crikey blogger - Plane Talking

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Sad news indeed. He gave a voice to many issues which otherwise might not have come to prominence.