Boarding soon, Retro Roo. Destination, Longreach!

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There were some retro BP, I saw at least two people carrying them but mine were standard onesimage.jpg
 
Looks like a brilliant time was had. Isn't flying into Longreach on an Qantas plane a surreal thing?!

ps. Well, it did in fact rain in Longreach, and a large part of the central west interior, last night - much so, that the road from Longreach to Barcaldine has been closed due to flooding!
 
im.daniel said:
Looks like a brilliant time was had. Isn't flying into Longreach on an Qantas plane a surreal thing?!

ps. Well, it did in fact rain in Longreach, and a large part of the central west interior, last night - much so, that the road from Longreach to Barcaldine has been closed due to flooding!
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A mixed blessing I'm sure.
 
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Well I am still recovering from an amazing day - it went by so quickly so I will be planning my return trip to LRE soon

i loved it all but I must say - the goodies we got were amazing. The little satchel bag and shirt won't be ending up on EBay at all - and all the rest of the logos they used. They did a really good job, can't fault anything

i hope we can do it again - it was the best $737 I ever spent
 
Thank you for all the pics and commentary here and on Facebook. It looks like a great day. I am jealous of you all.
 
JohnM said:
How was seat allocation done?
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Apart from about 4 seats in J I'd think it was completely random.
It didn't really matter in the wash to be honest, I'd have been happy anywhere. Yes J would have been nice obviously but I did get a window seat which I prefer. A shed load of passengers ended up with a middle seat and I guess most of them wouldn't have requested that.
One thing I thought about retrospectively and that is that it would have been good for all the single bookings (and there were many) from AFF/Facebook etc to have the PNR's linked and seating allocated to us as a group. That might be something worth exploring for the next charity flight.
 
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Another thing missing from announcements on the day was the amount Qantas donated by putting on the plane and other services.

The airports did not charge, the crew donated their time and the fuel was donated and I think lunch etc in Longreach.

Red Roo - would the company release an approximation of its in-kind contribution?
 
VHOEJ said:
Well I am still recovering from an amazing day - it went by so quickly so I will be planning my return trip to LRE soon

i loved it all but I must say - the goodies we got were amazing. The little satchel bag and shirt won't be ending up on EBay at all - and all the rest of the logos they used. They did a really good job, can't fault anything

i hope we can do it again - it was the best $737 I ever spent
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You could join some more AFFers in April next year ;)
 
Princess Fiona said:
Apart from about 4 seats in J I'd think it was completely random.
It didn't really matter in the wash to be honest, I'd have been happy anywhere. Yes J would have been nice obviously but I did get a window seat which I prefer. A shed load of passengers ended up with a middle seat and I guess most of them wouldn't have requested that.
One thing I thought about retrospectively and that is that it would have been good for all the single bookings (and there were many) from AFF/Facebook etc to have the PNR's linked and seating allocated to us as a group. That might be something worth exploring for the next charity flight.
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Thanks PF. My question was pure curiosity - not about AFF seat-wrangling. Glad to confirm what I thought: any seat would be good because everything else transcended that :). I could have tolerated a middle seat - as long as I got to sit next to you, of course ;):cool::mrgreen:.
 
Looks like a good day was had by all. Do we know how many AFF'ers were in attendance?

Pushka said:
To read about this event? Im in the AFF one. How many are there (other than personal ones) 
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Quite a few from what I have heard. :confused:
 
Whatever it takes, I'm on the 100th birthday celebration flight/s.NB: I had a dreaded middle seat one way, but it didn't bother me as the time just flew
 
Pushka said:
To read about this event? Im in the AFF one. How many are there (other than personal ones)
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OT but there is no AFF Facebook group. AFF has a Facebook page. I'm aware of two Facebook groups which have AFF members in them. I help to run one of them (it has pics from the event) and the other is much larger and run by a former member of AFF.

The Founders Museum Facebook page has quite a few lovely photos from the day
 
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